Tai Katō
Born: 1916-08-25 in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Died: 1985-06-15
Known For: Directing
Biography
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.
Filmography
1984
- The Street of Desire ... (Writer)
1983
- Amagi Pass ... (Screenplay)
1981
- Flames of Blood ... (Director)
- The Ondekoza ... (Director)
1977
- A Scream from Nowhere ... (Screenplay)
1975
- Takehisa Yumeji monogatari: koi suru ... (Screenplay)
1973
- Miyamoto Musashi ... (Director)
- The Blossom and the Sword ... (Director)
- Flower and Dragon ... (Director)
1972
- Modern Lady Gambler ... (Director)
- Theater Of Life ... (Director)
- The Witty Samurai ... (Screenplay)
1971
- やるぞみておれ為五郎 ... (Screenplay)
- Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You ... (Director)
- 花も実もある為五郎 ... (Screenplay)
1970
- Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return ... (Director)
1969
- Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game ... (Director)
1968
- I, the Executioner ... (Director)
1967
- Eighteen Years in Prison ... (Director)
1966
- Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza ... (Director)
- By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him ... (Director)
- Nothing But Bones ... (Director)
- Opium Plateau: Hell Squad, Charge! ... (Director)
- The Blazing Sword ... (Screenplay)
1965
- Tale of Ninja Duty ... (Screenplay)
- Blood of Revenge ... (Director)
1964
- Warrior of the Wind ... (Director)
- Fighting Tatsu, the Rickshaw Man ... (Director)
- The Honest Fool ... (Screenplay)
- Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall ... (Director)
1963
- Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi ... (Screenplay)
- The Mysterious Purple Hood ... (Screenplay)
- River Washes Away the Moon ... (Screenplay)
- Sasuke and His Comedians ... (Director)
1962
- In Search of Mother ... (Director)
- Abekobe dōchū ... (Screenplay)
- Tange Sazen: Heavenly Clouds, Earthly Dragon ... (Director)
1961
- The Tale of Oiwa's Ghost ... (Director)
- Way of Morning Mist ... (Director)
1960
- The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo ... (Director)
- Road Warriors ... (Director)
- Castle of Flames ... (Director)
1959
- Turbulent Highways ... (Screenplay)
- A Young Rabble ... (Screenplay)
- Mission to Hell ... (Director)
1958
- Eight Views of Samurai ... (Director)
- Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2 ... (Director)
- The Scarlet Cherry Lord ... (Director)
- Wind, Woman and Road ... (Director)
1957
- Tales of Young Genji Kuro ... (Director)
- Lovestruck Ronin ... (Director)
1955
- むっつり右門捕物帖 鬼面屋敷 ... (Screenplay)
- Ninja Arts of Jiraiya ... (Director)
- Gyakushû Orochimaru ... (Director)
1952
- Chronicle of the Bulbul ... (Director)
- Shimizu Harbor Is More Frightening Than the Devil ... (Director)
1951
- Trouble Over Swords and Women: A Woman's Mind ... (Director)
- Jūrokumon karasudō: Sennin higan ... (Assistant Director)
- Trouble Over Swords and Women: Sword Light and Shooting Star ... (Director)
1950
- Rashomon ... (Assistant Director)
1949
- Goblin Courier ... (Assistant Director)
1948
- The Grand Master ... (Assistant Director)
1943
- Lice Are Scary ... (Director)
1938
- The Abe Clan ... (Assistant Director)