was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than 175 films between 1949 and 1988. He won the award for Best Actor at the

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for his role in '' Hometown''. He married the actress Isuzu Yamada in 1950, but they divorced three years later.

Selected filmography

Film

* '' Mahiru no ankoku'' (1956) * '' The Rice People'' (1957) * '' Zero Focus'' (1961) * ''

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'' (1961) * '' The Mad Fox'' (1962) * '' Gang vs. G-Men'' (1962) as Detective Ogata * ''

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'' (1966) as Professor Ōkouchi * '' The Profound Desire of the Gods'' (1968) * '' Hiken yaburi'' (1969) * '' Gyakuen Mitsusakazuki'' (1969) * '' Yakuza Zessyō'' (1970) * ''

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'' (1971) * '' Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima'' (1973) * ''

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'' (1974) * ''

Castle of Sand is a 1974 Japanese police procedural film directed by Yoshitarō Nomura, based on the novel '' Suna no Utsuwa'' by Seicho Matsumoto. Plot Yoshitaro Nomura's 1974 film of Seicho Matsumoto's immensely popular detective story tells the tale of two ...

'' (1974) * '' Dragon Princess'' (1976) * '' Torakku Yarō: Ippiki Otoko Momojirō'' (1977) as Sukezaemon Osagawa * '' Hometown'' (1983) * '' Tampopo'' (1985)

Television

* '' Haru no Sakamichi'' (1971) as

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* '' Amigasa Jūbei'' (1974-1975) * ''

'' (1978) as Professor Ōkouchi * '' The Yagyu Conspiracy'' (1978) as Date Masamune * ''

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'' (1985-1986)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kato, Yoshi 1913 births 1988 deaths Japanese male film actors 20th-century Japanese male actors People from Tokyo Male actors from Tokyo