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
- The Blossom and the Sword ... (Director)
- Miyamoto Musashi ... (Director)
- Flower and Dragon ... (Director)
1972
- Theater of Life ... (Director)
- Modern Lady Gambler ... (Director)
- The Witty Samurai ... (Screenplay)
1971
- Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You ... (Director)
- 花も実もある為五郎 ... (Screenplay)
- やるぞみておれ為五郎 ... (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)
- Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza ... (Director)
- By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him ... (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)
- Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall ... (Director)
- The Honest Fool ... (Screenplay)
- Fighting Tatsu, the Rickshaw Man ... (Director)
1963
- Sasuke and His Comedians ... (Director)
- Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi ... (Screenplay)
- River Washes Away the Moon ... (Screenplay)
- The Mysterious Purple Hood ... (Screenplay)
1962
- Abekobe dōchū ... (Screenplay)
- Tange Sazen: Heavenly Clouds, Earthly Dragon ... (Director)
- In Search of Mother ... (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
- Mission to Hell ... (Director)
- A Young Rabble ... (Screenplay)
- Turbulent Highways ... (Screenplay)
1958
- Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2 ... (Director)
- Wind, Woman and Road ... (Director)
- Eight Views of Samurai ... (Director)
- The Scarlet Cherry Lord ... (Director)
1957
- Tales of Young Genji Kuro ... (Director)
- Lovestruck Ronin ... (Director)
1955
- Muttsuri Umon's Detective Stories: The Demon Mask Mansion ... (Screenplay)
- Gyakushû Orochimaru ... (Director)
- Ninja Arts of Jiraiya ... (Director)
1952
- Shimizu Harbor Is More Frightening Than the Devil ... (Director)
- Chronicle of the Bulbul ... (Director)
1951
- Trouble Over Swords and Women: Sword Light and Shooting Star ... (Director)
- Trouble Over Swords and Women: A Woman's Mind ... (Director)
- Jūrokumon karasudō: Sennin higan ... (Assistant 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)