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Tai Katō

Director, Writer, Additional Credits
Born August 25, 1916Died June 15, 1985 (68 years)
Born in Hyōgo Prefecture, Kato was the nephew of the film director Sadao Yamanaka. He entered the Toho studio in 1937 and first began by working on documentaries. He worked as an assistant director to Akira Kurosawa in Rashomon. After World War II he switched to making jidaigeki.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Rashomon
  • Kutsukake Tokijiro: The Lonely Yakuza

Known For

  • Rashomon
  • I, the Executioner
  • Red Peony Gambler 3: The Flower Cards Game
  • The Ghost Story of Oiwa's Spirit
  • By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
  • Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return
  • Kutsukake Tokijiro: The Lonely Yakuza
  • Eighteen Years in Prison
  • Beast in the Shadows
  • Bakumatsu zankoku monogatari
  • Blood of Revenge
  • Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You
  • In Search of Mother
  • Warrior of the Wind
  • Miyamoto Musashi
  • Fighting Tatsu, the Rickshaw Man
  • Amagi Pass
  • Sanada fûunroku
  • The Ondekoza
  • Shôwa onna bakuto
  • Flames of Blood
  • The Blossom and the Sword
  • Genghis Khan and His Mongols
  • Hono-o no shiro

Tai Katō Filmography

1984
1983
Amagi Pass · as Screenplay
1981
Flames of Blood · as Screenplay
1977
Beast in the Shadows · as Screenplay
1973
The Blossom and the Sword · as Screenplay
1973
1972
The Witty Samurai · as Screenplay
1971
1970
1968
1966
The Blazing Sword · as Screenplay
1966
1965
Ninja Chushingura · as Screenplay
1964
1964
The Honest Fool · as Screenplay
1963
Zangetsu Ôkawa nagashi · as Screenplay
1963
1962
Abe kobe dôchû · as Screenplay
1962
In Search of Mother · as Screenplay
1961
1960
Ôedo no kyôji · as Screenplay
1959
1959
Abare kaido · as Screenplay
1959
1958

1950
Rashomon · as Assistant Director
1949
Tengu hikyaku · as Assistant Director

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