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
- 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)
- Nothing But Bones ... (Director)
- Opium Plateau: Hell Squad, Charge! ... (Director)
1965
- Tale of Ninja Duty ... (Screenplay)
- Blood of Revenge ... (Director)
1964
- Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall ... (Director)
- Warrior of the Wind ... (Director)
- The Honest Fool ... (Screenplay)
- Fighting Tatsu, the Rickshaw Man ... (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
- 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
- The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo ... (Director)
- Road Warriors ... (Director)
- Castle of Flames ... (Director)
1959
- Mission to Hell ... (Director)
- Turbulent Highways ... (Screenplay)
- A Young Rabble ... (Screenplay)
1958
- Eight Views of Samurai ... (Director)
- The Scarlet Cherry Lord ... (Director)
- Wind, Woman and Road ... (Director)
- Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2 ... (Director)
1957
- Lovestruck Ronin ... (Director)
- Tales of Young Genji Kuro ... (Director)
1955
- Ninja Arts of Jiraiya ... (Director)
- Gyakushû Orochimaru ... (Director)
- むっつり右門捕物帖 鬼面屋敷 ... (Screenplay)
1952
- Shimizu Harbor Is More Frightening Than the Devil ... (Director)
- Chronicle of the Bulbul ... (Director)
1951
- Jūrokumon karasudō: Sennin higan ... (Assistant Director)
- Trouble Over Swords and Women: Sword Light and Shooting Star ... (Director)
- Trouble Over Swords and Women: A Woman's Mind ... (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)