Kato Takeshi

Kato Takeshi (加藤武) was born on May 24, 1929. Kato Takeshi movies and tv shows: Monochrome Girl 2009 (Japan), Tenchijin 2009 (Japan), 6-jikan Go ni Kimi wa Shinu 2008 (Japan), Fuurin Kazan 2007 (Japan), The Inugamis 2006 (Japan)...

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Native Name: 加藤武

Also Known As: かとうたけし

Nationality: Japanese

Gender: Male

Born: May 24, 1929

Stage and film actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films. graduated from Waseda University, Katō first became a middle school teacher, but then joined the Bungakuza theater troupe in 1952. Beyond appearing in and directing plays on stage, he also appeared in films by such directors as Akira Kurosawa, Shohei Imamura, Kon Ichikawa, and Kiriro Urayama.
He died on 31 July 2015 after collapsing in a sauna. (Source: wikipedia)