Yoshi_Katō

Yoshi Katō

Yoshi Katō

Japanese actor

Yoshi Katō (加藤 嘉, Katō Yoshi, 12 January 1913 – 1 March 1988) was a Japanese stage and film actor who appeared in nearly 180 films between 1948 and 1988.[1][2]

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Biography

After leaving Keiō Gijuku High School prematurely, Katō gave his stage debut in 1934.[1] He later joined the Shinkyo Theatre Company, which was forced to disband by the authorities in 1940.[1] After the war, he first became a member of the Mingei Theatre Company before moving to the Bungakuza Theatre Company.[1]

In 1948, Katō gave his film debut in Kōzaburō Yoshimura's Waga shōgai no kagayakeru hi.[1] In the following years, he worked for directors such as Keisuke Kinoshita, Kaneto Shindō and Satsuo Yamamoto, and regularly starred in films of Tadashi Imai.

Katō was married to actress Isuzu Yamada from 1950 to 1953.[1]

Selected filmography

Film

Television

Awards

References

  1. [1]
    "加藤 嘉". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  2. [2]
    "加藤嘉". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  3. [3]
    "戦争と人間 完結篇". eiga.com. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  4. [4]
    "毎日映画コンクール 第38回（1983年）". Mainichi (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  5. [5]
    "13th Moscow International Film Festival (1983)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 7 November 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
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