was a Japanese stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films.
Career
Graduating from
Waseda University
Waseda University (Japanese: ), abbreviated as or , is a private university, private research university in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as the Tōkyō Professional School by Ōkuma Shigenobu, the fifth Prime Minister of Japan, prime ministe ...
, Katō first became a middle school teacher, but then joined the
Bungakuza
is a Japanese theatre company. Along with the Mingei Theatre Company and the Haiyuza Theatre Company it is considered one of the "Big Three" among Shingeki theatre troupes.
History
The company was founded by Kunio Kishida, Mantarō Kubota ...
theater troupe in 1952.
Beyond appearing in and directing plays on stage, he also appeared in films by such directors as
Akira Kurosawa
was a Japanese filmmaker who List of works by Akira Kurosawa, directed 30 feature films in a career spanning six decades. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers in the History of film, history of cinema ...
,
Shohei Imamura,
Kon Ichikawa
was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His work displays a vast range in genre and style, from the anti-war films '' The Burmese Harp'' (1956) and '' Fires on the Plain'' (1959), to the documentary '' Tokyo Olympiad'' (1965), which won t ...
, and
Kiriro Urayama.
He died on 31 July 2015 after collapsing in a sauna.
Selected filmography
Films
Television
References
External links
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1929 births
2015 deaths
Japanese male film actors
Japanese male stage actors
Japanese theatre directors
Male actors from Tokyo
Waseda University alumni
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