Yoshi Katō
Known for
Fame aside, Yoshi Katō is above all a career actor who arrived well before the current crop and stayed. Playing Noodle-making Master in 'Tampopo' put him in front of the widest audience of the career. Viewers may also know him from 'Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance'. Measured end to end, the working life on screen runs about 78 years.
Yoshi Katō
105 Movies
4 Series
Fame aside, Yoshi Katō is above all a career actor who arrived well before the current crop and stayed. Playing Noodle-making Master in 'Tampopo' put him in front of the widest audience of the career. Viewers may also know him from 'Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance'. Measured end to end, the working life on screen runs about 78 years.
Movies
Plays Komiya (segment "Abe Sada jiken")
Love and Crime
1969
Plays Noodle-making Master
Tampopo
1985
Plays Detective Ogata
Gang vs. G-Men
1962
Plays Old Man
Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
1975
Plays Seisaku Araki
The Shootout
1982
Plays Kondo
Hachiko
1987
Plays Denzo
Hometown
1983
Plays Choji Otomo
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
1973
Plays Chiyokichi Motoura
The Castle of Sand
1974
Plays Yae's Father
A Fugitive from the Past
1965
Plays Kyohei Kawashima
Vengeance Is Mine
1979
Plays Haruichi Yamao
The Inferno
1979
Plays Chief Public Prosecutor
Solar Eclipse
1975
Plays Ryugen Ryu
Profound Desires of the Gods
1968
Plays Isuke
Ballad of Orin
1977
Plays Danjô Tonami
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
1972
Plays Yozo
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
1962
Plays Kuroda Naritaka
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
1973
Plays Sakuemon
Mount Hakkoda
1977
Plays Yahei Horibe
The Fall of Ako Castle
1978
Plays Jutaro Mitsui
Blind Woman's Curse
1970
Plays Igawa Ushimatsu
Village of Eight Gravestones
1977
Plays Yasokichi Kamiyama
Japan Organized Crime Boss
1969
Plays Denbei Niwa
Revenge
1964
Plays Kunio Takagi
Love Me Tenderly, Love Me Wildly
1979
Plays Seizo Takahashi
Intentions of Murder
1964
Plays Ohkimi
Himiko
1974
Plays Jido
Devil's Flute
1979
Plays Doctor
The Demon
1978
Plays Zenzaemon
Hunter in the Dark
1979
Plays Shoji
The Mad Fox
1962
Plays Temple priest
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight
1964
Plays Makabe
The Betrayal
1966
Plays Koichiro Amemiya
Men and War III: The Final Chapter
1973
Plays Ojii
The River Fuefuki
1960
Plays Sunaga
The Eleventh Hour
1957
Plays Professor Ōkōchi
The Great White Tower
1966
Plays 水野忠政
Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
1965
Plays Sado Nagaoka
Miyamoto Musashi
1973
Plays Hideo Endo
Hiroshima
1953
Plays Jutaro Toriumi
Points and Lines
1958
Plays Old man
Silence
1971
Plays Tokijiro
The Yen Family
1988
Plays Kihei Musashiya
The Scarlet Camellia
1964
Plays Etsuko's Father-in-Law
Internal Sleuth
1973
Plays Sojiro
Immortal Love
1961
Plays Gosaemon
Double Suicide
1969
Plays Ushimatsu's uncle
The Broken Commandment
1962
Plays Harada
The Corporation
1976
Plays Takahiro Hori
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
1963
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Hachiko
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The Yen Family
Tokijiro
1988
Film
Hachiko
Kondo
1987
Film
Spectacle of Buds
Minamoto
1986
Film
Tampopo
Noodle-making Master
1985
Film
Hometown
Denzo
1983
Film
The Shootout
Seisaku Araki
1982
Film
May Love Be Restored
Shogen
1980
Film
Hunter in the Dark
Zenzaemon
1979
Film
The Inferno
Haruichi Yamao
1979
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Yoshi Katō still alive?
Yoshi Katō passed away on March 1, 1988 at age 75.
What are the most famous roles of Yoshi Katō?
Yoshi Katō is best known for roles in Tampopo, Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance, Hachiko.
How many movies has Yoshi Katō been in?
Over a 40-year career (since 1948), Yoshi Katō has appeared in 105 movies and 4 TV shows.
What was Yoshi Katō's first movie?
The career of Yoshi Katō began with The Most Beautiful Day of My Life (1948).
What is Yoshi Katō's most recent movie or series?
Yoshi Katō's most recent release is The Yen Family, which premiered on May 14, 1988.
What TV shows has Yoshi Katō appeared in?
On television, Yoshi Katō has appeared in Professional Killers, The Roads Men Travel, Kogarashi Monjiro, Please Hire Me!.
Yoshi Katō
1913-01-12 · Tokyo, Japan
Fame aside, Yoshi Katō is above all a career actor who arrived well before the current crop and stayed. Playing Noodle-making Master in 'Tampopo' put him in front of the widest audience of the career. Viewers may also know him from 'Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance'. Measured end to end, the working life on screen runs about 78 years.