Shigeo Katō

AKA:

0.2746

1925-06-16

Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Biography

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {49}

1991-05-25 7.1

Rhapsody in August

The story centers on an elderly hibakusha, whose husband was one of 80,000 human beings killed in the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, caring for her four grandchildren over the summer. She learns of ...

Genre :Drama

Islander (uncredited)

1970-08-01 6.412

Space Amoeba

When a space probe crash-lands on a far-flung Pacific atoll, the craft's alien stowaways decide to take over their new world one creature at a time. Soon, the parasitic life forms latch onto three ind ...

Genre :Science Fiction, Adventure, Horror

Ship Captain

1985-08-23 6.8

Godzilla 1985

Originally released in Japan as "The Return of Godzilla" in 1984, this is the heavily re-edited, re-titled "Godzilla 1985". Adding in new footage of Raymond Burr, this 16th Godzilla film ignores all ...

Genre :Action, Science Fiction, Thriller

1973-11-17 7

The Blossom and the Sword

Tai Kato’s early 20th century set yakuza epic about an ordinary merchant girl (Hiroko Maki) who crosses paths with an assassin (Tetsuya Watari). The encounter sends her to jail as a suspected accompli ...

Genre :Action, Drama

Takiyama

1958-07-01 0

Oban kanketsu hen

Ushinosuke returns to Tokyo with new ambitions. Fourth and final part of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi’s novel, Oban. ...

Genre :Comedy

Takaiyama

1957-03-05 0

Ôban

A young country boy leaves his village for Tokyo, where he begins to work as a stock trader. First part (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi's novel, Oban. ...

Genre :Comedy

1957-07-19 0

Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen

Ushinosuke returns broke to his hometown, where everyone believes he's rich and successful. Part two (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi's novel, Oban. ...

Genre :Comedy

1969-06-14 8

Black Comedy - Ah, Fool

A timid salaryman is the subject of this black comedy. ...

Genre :Comedy

Police Officer

1969-06-14 7

Too Young to Die

A young couple, composed of a cheating wife and a retired car racer, arrive at a drive-in. A man with a gun arrives at the restaurant and takes hostages. Chaos ensues. ...

Genre :Action, Thriller, Crime

Guest at a coffee shop (uncredited)

1971-06-11 6.7

Lake of Dracula

A young girl suffers a terrifying nightmare of a vampire with blazing golden eyes. Eighteen years later, it is revealed to be a hellish prophecy when a strange package containing an empty coffin myste ...

Genre :Horror, Mystery

Man from Ogawara Town Hall

1970-07-04 6.9

The Vampire Doll

A young man goes missing after visiting his girlfriend's isolated country home. His sister and her boyfriend trace him to the creepy mansion, but their search becomes perilous when they uncover a grue ...

Genre :Horror, Mystery

1968-06-08 0

Judge and Jeopardy

It is based on the story "The Lawyer" by attorney Hiroshi Masaki and his account of Japan's "Headless Murder Case" in which a police officer beat a suspect to death during the Pacific War. ...

Genre :Drama

1964-05-30 7.5

You Can Succeed, Too

A group of friends try to find success in corporate Japan. ...

Genre :Music, Comedy

1953-10-21 7.556

The Eagle of the Pacific

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grave misgivings about leading Japan's navy into war with the United States. He opposes the attack on Pe ...

Genre :Drama, War

International Conference Center Security Officer

1974-12-28 5.6

ESPY

The film deals with the recruitment of race car driver Jiro Miki (Masao Kusakari) and his dog, Caesar, to a group of people who use ESP, psychokinesis, and other special mental abilities to fight crim ...

Genre :Action, Science Fiction, Adventure, Thriller

1981-08-08 6.3

The Imperial Navy

A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of the battleship Yamato, Japan's greatest flagship during the Second World War. ...

Genre :War, Drama

Villager (uncredited)

1955-08-14 4.5

Beast Man Snow Man

Three competing parties all race against time to track down an elusive creature known only as the Snowman. ...

Genre :Science Fiction, Horror, Adventure

Dam Watchman

1961-07-30 7.1

Mothra

Shipwreck survivors found on the presumably uninhabited Infant Island leads to a scientific expedition that discovers a surviving native population along with the Shobijin, tiny twin fairy priestesses ...

Genre :Adventure, Science Fiction, Fantasy

Matsu-chan - Fisherman

1958-06-24 5.9

The H-Man

Nuclear tests create a radioactive man who can turn people into slime. ...

Genre :Science Fiction, Horror

Stationmaster

1993-04-17 7.3

Madadayo

Based on the life of Hyakken Uchida, a Japanese author and academic. The film opens with Uchida resigning his job as a German professor at the onset of WWII. The story is told mostly in vignettes as h ...

Genre :Drama, Comedy

Astronomer

1959-12-26 5.8

Battle in Outer Space

In 1965, the space station JSS-3 is destroyed by a fleet of UFOs, which then begin a global siege on Earth, using rays to manipulate gravity and control the minds of men. In response, a global council ...

Genre :Science Fiction, Action

Farmer

1954-04-26 8.5

Seven Samurai

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend ...

Genre :Action, Drama

South Pole Base Worker

1962-03-21 6.542

Gorath

In 1976, a drifting star named Gorath is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. Although it is smaller than Earth, its enormous mass is enough to destroy the planet totally. A mission sent ...

Genre :Science Fiction, Action, Thriller

1975-03-15 6.9

Terror of Mechagodzilla

A submarine expedition to salvage the remains of Mechagodzilla is thwarted by a massive dinosaur named Titanosaurus. An Interpol investigation leads biologist Ichinose to uncover the work of Dr. Mafun ...

Genre :Science Fiction, Action, Drama

Captain of the Yahata Maru

1984-12-15 7.2

The Return of Godzilla

After a fishing boat is attacked, the sole surviving crew member realizes it is none other than a resurrected Godzilla. However, efforts to bring the story to light are suppressed by the Japanese gove ...

Genre :Science Fiction, Action, Thriller, Horror

1956-10-16 0

Love on Rainbow Island

Japanese counterpart to Romeo and Juliet ...

Genre :Drama

Soldier (uncredited)

1954-09-25 7.2

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a mighty samurai warrior. ...

Genre :Drama, Action, Adventure

Deguchi

1965-09-18 6.7

Fort Graveyard

Charged with insubordination for punching a superior, Sergeant Kosugi is shipped to China in the last desperate days of the Second World War. His commander, Captain Sakuma, is vicious and dictatorial. ...

Genre :Drama, War

1989-02-04 6.4

Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally

Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life in a rural village. When he's caught in the middle of a power struggle between two rival Yakuza cla ...

Genre :Action, Drama, Adventure

1982-12-11 2.5

The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S

Youth suspense movie. ...

Genre :

(uncredited)

1952-11-27 10

The Man Who Came to Port

An Ishiro Honda film. ...

Genre :Drama

(uncredited)

1955-01-09 0

Lovetide

An Ishiro Honda film. ...

Genre :Comedy

1981-11-07 6.1

Station

A detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in murdering police officers. ...

Genre :Drama, Thriller, Romance

(uncredited)

1952-10-09 8.306

Ikiru

Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life. ...

Genre :Drama

Hiyama(光子の父) / Mitsuko's Father

1983-08-26 5.9

Beauty in Rope Hell

A mailman becomes obsessed with a pretty, young wife. He captures the woman, tortures her and keeps her in his basement dungeon where she becomes his private sex toy. ...

Genre :Drama

(uncredited)

1962-06-01 0

Operation Sewer Rats

Towards the end of World War II, five men are tasked with freeing the son of a general from Chinese captivity. ...

Genre :War, Drama

1990-05-11 7.7

Dreams

A collection of magical tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa. ...

Genre :Fantasy, Drama

1976-08-14 1

The Corporation

Tadashi Iki returns to Japan from a Soviet gulag 11 years after being captured during the invasion of Manchuria. He is offered a position in the expansive Kinki Corporation, but rival corporations are ...

Genre :Drama, Thriller

1975-02-01 0

Without Complaint

Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto. ...

Genre :Drama

Seisuke

1976-06-12 6.5

Lullaby of the Earth

The story of an orphan girl, brought up in naive, rustic innocence by an elderly relative, who is suddenly exposed to the brutality, greed and deceptiveness of the outside world when her grandmother d ...

Genre :Drama

1978-04-29 6.8

Double Suicide of Sonezaki

Suicide has long been used as a form of social protest in Japan. In this film, set in 1703, samurai culture is being transformed by the emergence of a new merchant class. Elements of the social contra ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

1952-07-15 7.8

Tokyo Sweetheart

Following the Second World War, the lives of various people in a poverty-stricken area of Tokyo are entertwined. Pachinko parlor girls, shoeshine boys, a maker of costume jewelry, and a streetcorner a ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

Inspector (uncredited)

1960-01-03 6.1

The Last Gunfight

Japanese police detective Saburo Fujioka is suspected of corruption, demoted, and sent to the city of Kojin. Kojin is the scene of fierce fighting between rival gangs. Fujioka is assigned to investiga ...

Genre :Thriller, Crime, Action

1961-04-04 0

Wakarete ikiru toki mo

A Hiromichi Horikawa movie ...

Genre :Drama

1974-05-15 0

Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters

Ex-conman Junpei plots revenge on a corrupt corporation by leading a team of swindlers posing as politicians. A slick crime comedy of cons and payback. ...

Genre :Crime, Comedy

1959-02-10 0

A Young Boss Tries Really Hard

A college football star gets caught in a scandal involving a geisha teacher, endangering his team’s season and his family’s honor—until a last-minute comeback restores both. ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

Mail Carrier (Edosaki)

1959-04-28 0

Fox and Raccoon

A group of hustling peddlers swindle rural towns with fake goods, facing betrayals, close calls, and constant setbacks as they chase survival and dream of a better future. ...

Genre :Drama, Comedy

Residential police

1966-01-02 8.2

Ultra Q

As supernatural events and monster attacks rock Japan, the military and government look to be overwhelmed. Three intrepid young investigators—two pilots and a reporter—take it upon themselves to study ...

Genre :Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Drama

Old Man

1997-02-01 7

Eko Eko Azarak: The Series

Kuroi Misa, a girl with Satanic powers, mysteriously appears in various high schools. Carrying a dagger and a heavy leather bag, she uses her powers to eliminate the evil forces that thrive on deadly ...