Yoshi Katō
Acting
Biography
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Born: January 12, 1913
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Known For
Tale of Army Brutality
Director Jun'ya Satô's debut film focuses on the inhuman training of recruits, the brutal drill system that reigned in the Japanese army during World War II, where in the first two years of training, ordinary people were turned into inhuman killers. For his first film, the director was awarded the Blue Ribbon Awards in the Debutant of the Year nomination.
Gambler
The main character Tachibana Isaburo is released from prison and discovers that his boss is dead. He is offered to become the leader of the group, but refuses. A young fashion villain, a Yakuza boss wants to get into politics. He makes a deal with the Osaka Railway Company, leaving many poor people homeless. Tachibana engages in a fierce battle with villains for the poor.
A Samurai Never Tells a Lie
The shogun's vassal Harima Aoyama and a chamber maid are in love with each other, but they cannot be together due to a difference of their status. Soon, an offer of marriage is brought to Harima. Trying to test his love, Okiku breaks one of the plates of the family treasure of the Aoyama family, but Harima doesn't notice. However, someone surrounding her witnesses the moment Okiku breaks the plate on purpose.
Case of Young Lord 5: Death of a Beauty at Midnight
A young lord solves the mystery of multiple murders involving a young couple and a woman.
The White Tower
The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka. The brilliant and ambitious surgeon Goro Zaizen stops at nothing to rise to a position of eminence and authority, while the friendly Shuji Satomi busies himself with his patients and research.
Lord Mito
One of Japan’s most popular historical characters, former Vice-Shogun Tokugawa Mitsukuni, whose travels around the nation are legendary has made it to the silver screen in a dynamic and exciting tale featuring megastar Toshiro Mifune as an expert swordsman drawn into the action to fight injustice. The Elder Lord travels about disguised as a retired merchant with his two trusty bodyguards Sukesaburo and Kakunoshin by his side and secret agent Yashichi close by. After a chance meeting with a dying man and young woman who had been brutally attacked, they set out for Kaga Province to wreak vengeance on the responsible parties. Don’t miss this exciting journey into Japanese history!
Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
In turbulent 16th-century Japan, the leaders of a minor fief have their child taken from them as a political hostage. His mother and his clan endure years of tribulations until he can return.
The Roads Men Travel
The series depicts the employees of a security company from different generations and backgrounds facing many difficult questions. It features a guard who survived a suicide mission during the war and his conflicts, rebellion, empathy and reconciliation with the younger generation born after the war.
Life of Hishakaku
After eloping with a prostitute named Otoyo, Hishakaku takes refuge in the Kogane family’s turf. Indebted to Boss Kogane for his kindness, Hishakaku swears to dedicate himself to protect the Koganes in time of crisis. Hishakaku’s humble life comes to a sudden halt when the Kogane family becomes involved in a fatal feud with their rival, and Hishakaku’s services are called upon.
Professional Killers
A shikakenin was an under-the-cover trade that undertook killing in Edo. Hanemon of Otowa, an agency that introduced laborers and maids, was also one of these. Katsugoro Iseya was a timber dealer who had come in as a client. His target was the constructions magistrate Hanno, and the Tatsumiya who sipped on the benefits. Hanemon who had a stong code towards killing, where he would only kill those who do no good to be in the world, accepts this request. Baian Fujieda, a needle doctor would carry out the killing. However, the professional killer Baian fails to bring down Tatsumiya. Hanemon then looks to another shikakenin, the ronin Sanai Nishimura for the role. Although Sanai's ability with the sword is good, he lives poorly in a tenement, and accepts this commission on the condition that it is kept a secret from his wife and child. Here, they close in on Hanno and Tatsumiya again...
Filmography
as Tokijiro
as Kondo
as Minamoto
as Noodle-making Master
as Denzo
as Seisaku Araki
as Shogen
as Zenzaemon
as Haruichi Yamao
as Kyohei Kawashima
as Jido
as Taibei
as Yahei Horibe
as Doctor
as 大河内清作
as Isuke
as Igawa Ushimatsu
as Sakuemon
as Tsujimoto
as Chief Public Prosecutor
as Old Man
as Kazami
as Chiaki's father
as Chiyokichi Motoura
as Ohkimi
as Kuroda Naritaka
as Koichiro Amemiya
as Sado Nagaoka
as Etsuko's Father-in-Law
as Michinari Shibatsuji
as Danjô Tonami
as Jiroemon
as Old man
as Kōnosuke Ushio
as Takita
as Taisuke Inumaru, Akane's Father
as Jutaro Mitsui
as Priest
as Tokujiro Kuranari
as Komiya (segment "Abe Sada jiken")
as Kôjirô Oonogi, Oonogi Clan boss
as Kamiyama
as Gosaemon
as Ryugen Ryu
as Sokichi Naganuma
as Heizo Asao
as Heizo Asao
as Makabe
as Chief of the Human Rights Protection Division, Okamoto
as Lawyer Fujimoto
as Ryosuke Hosokawa
as Yae's Father
as 水野忠政
as Kawahara
as Kihei Musashiya
as Temple priest
as Denbei Niwa
as Hospital Guard
as Shingo Hamamura
as Seizo Takahashi
as Sasaki Jyuemon
as Detective
as Tamekichi Takamizu
as Bungorô
as Shintaro Shimizu
as Seikichi, Yahichi's father
as Makino Bingo no kami
as Takahiro Hori
as Detective Ogata
as Director General of Information Bureau
as Shoji
as Ushimatsu's uncle
as Sojiro
as Hayashi
as Kogure
as Morihara
as Mr. Murota
as Kimiteru Soga
as Detective
as Ojii
as 沢本耕三
as Officer Kihara
as Kobayashi
as Sugita
as Jutaro Toriumi
as Sunaga
as Gensai Ihara
as The Fiend with Twenty Faces
as Sakata Goro
as Tokimune
as Oshima
as 大月忠馬
as Lieutenant Ishimaru
as Chief Inspector Udagawa
as Sanpeita Den
as Police officer
as Ishizuka
as Hideo Endo
as Kaminari-san
as Narrator
as Lt. Hayashi
as Principal
as 日向一角