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)
- The Witty Samurai ... (Screenplay)
- Theater Of Life ... (Director)
1971
- Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You ... (Director)
- やるぞみておれ為五郎 ... (Screenplay)
- 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
- The Blazing Sword ... (Screenplay)
- By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him ... (Director)
- Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza ... (Director)
- Opium Plateau: Hell Squad, Charge! ... (Director)
- Nothing But Bones ... (Director)
1965
- Blood of Revenge ... (Director)
- Tale of Ninja Duty ... (Screenplay)
1964
- Warrior of the Wind ... (Director)
- The Honest Fool ... (Screenplay)
- Fighting Tatsu, the Rickshaw Man ... (Director)
- Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall ... (Director)
1963
- Sasuke and His Comedians ... (Director)
- Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi ... (Screenplay)
- The Mysterious Purple Hood ... (Screenplay)
- River Washes Away the Moon ... (Screenplay)
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
- Castle of Flames ... (Director)
- Road Warriors ... (Director)
- The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo ... (Director)
1959
- A Young Rabble ... (Screenplay)
- Turbulent Highways ... (Screenplay)
- Mission to Hell ... (Director)
1958
- Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2 ... (Director)
- Wind, Woman and Road ... (Director)
- The Scarlet Cherry Lord ... (Director)
- Eight Views of Samurai ... (Director)
1957
- Tales of Young Genji Kuro ... (Director)
- Lovestruck Ronin ... (Director)
1955
- Gyakushû Orochimaru ... (Director)
- Ninja Arts of Jiraiya ... (Director)
- Muttsuri Umon's Detective Stories: The Demon Mask Mansion ... (Screenplay)
1952
- Shimizu Harbor Is More Frightening Than the Devil ... (Director)
- Chronicle of the Bulbul ... (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)