Tai Katô

from Kobe, Japan

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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.

Timeline

1984Aged 68

  • Poster for The Street of Desire

    Writer

1983Aged 67

  • Poster for Amagi Pass

    Screenplay

1981Aged 65

  • Poster for Flames of Blood

    Screenplay

  • Poster for The Ondekoza

    Director

1977Aged 61

  • Poster for A Scream from Nowhere

    Director

1975Aged 59

  • Poster for The Story of Yumeji Takehisa: In Love

    Screenplay

1973Aged 57

  • Poster for Flower and Dragon

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Miyamoto Musashi

    Director

  • Poster for The Blossom and the Sword

    Screenplay

1972Aged 56

  • Poster for The Witty Samurai

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Modern Lady Gambler

    Director

  • Poster for Theater of Life

    Screenplay

1971Aged 55

  • Poster for やるぞみておれ為五郎

    Screenplay

  • Poster for 花も実もある為五郎

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You

    Screenplay

1970Aged 54

  • Poster for Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return

    Screenplay

1969Aged 53

  • Poster for Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game

    Director

1968Aged 52

  • Poster for I, the Executioner

    Writer

1967Aged 51

  • Poster for Eighteen Years in Prison

    Director

1966Aged 50

  • Poster for By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza

    Director

  • Poster for Nothing But Bones

    Director

  • Poster for Opium Plateau: Hell Squad, Charge!

    Screenplay

  • Poster for The Blazing Sword

    Screenplay

1965Aged 49

  • Poster for Tale of Ninja Duty

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Blood of Revenge

    Director

1964Aged 48

  • Poster for The Honest Fool

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Warrior of the Wind

    Director

  • Poster for Fighting Tatsu, the Rickshaw Man

    Writer

  • Poster for Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall

    Director

1963Aged 47

  • Poster for The Mysterious Purple Hood

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi

    Screenplay

  • Poster for River Washes Away the Moon

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Sasuke and His Comedians

    Director

1962Aged 46

  • Poster for In Search of Mother

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Tange Sazen: Heavenly Clouds, Earthly Dragon

    Director

  • Poster for Abekobe dōchū

    Screenplay

1961Aged 45

  • Poster for Way of Morning Mist

    Director

  • Poster for The Tale of Oiwa's Ghost

    Screenplay

1960Aged 44

  • Poster for The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Road Warriors

    Director

  • Poster for Castle of Flames

    Director

1959Aged 43

  • Poster for A Young Rabble

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Turbulent Highways

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Mission to Hell

    Writer

1958Aged 42

  • Poster for The Scarlet Cherry Lord

    Director

  • Poster for Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Wind, Woman and Road

    Director

  • Poster for Eight Views of Samurai

    Director

1957Aged 41

  • Poster for Lovestruck Ronin

    Director

  • Poster for Tales of Young Genji Kuro

    Director

1955Aged 39

  • Poster for Ninja Arts of Jiraiya

    Director

  • Poster for Gyakushû Orochimaru

    Director

  • Poster for Muttsuri Umon's Detective Stories: The Demon Mask Mansion

    Screenplay

1952Aged 36

  • Poster for Shimizu Harbor Is More Frightening Than the Devil

    Director

  • Poster for Chronicle of the Bulbul

    Director

1951Aged 35

  • Poster for Jūrokumon karasudō: Sennin higan

    Assistant Director

  • Poster for Trouble Over Swords and Women:  A Woman's Mind

    Director

  • Poster for Trouble Over Swords and Women: Sword Light and Shooting Star

    Director

1950Aged 34

  • Poster for Rashomon

    Assistant Director

1949Aged 33

  • Poster for Goblin Courier

    Assistant Director

1948Aged 32

  • Poster for The Grand Master

    Assistant Director

1943Aged 27

  • Poster for Lice Are Scary

    Director

1938Aged 22

  • Poster for The Abe Clan

    Assistant Director