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Yoshi Katō (加藤 嘉, Katō Yoshi, 12 January 1913 – 1 March 1988) was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than 175 films between 1949 and 1988. He won the award for Best Actor at the 13th Moscow International Film Festival for his role in Hometown.^[1] He married the actress Isuzu Yamada in 1950, but they divorced three years later.

Selected filmography

Film

• Mahiru no ankoku (1956)
• The Rice People (1957)
• Zero Focus (1961)
• Immortal Love (1961)
• The Mad Fox (1962)^[2]
• Gang vs. G-Men (1962) as Detective Ogata
• Shiroi Kyotō (1966) as Professor Ōkouchi
• The Profound Desire of the Gods (1968)
• Hiken yaburi (1969)
• Gyakuen Mitsusakazuki (1969)
• Yakuza Zessyō (1970)
• Silence (1971)
• Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima (1973)
• Himiko (1974)
• Castle of Sand (1974)
• Dragon Princess (1976)
• Torakku Yarō: Ippiki Otoko Momojirō (1977) as Sukezaemon Osagawa
• Hometown (1983)
• Tampopo (1985)

Television

• Haru no Sakamichi (1971) as Maeda Toshiie
• Amigasa Jūbei (1974-1975)
• Shiroi Kyotō (1978) as Professor Ōkouchi
• The Yagyu Conspiracy (1978) as Date Masamune
• Sanada Taiheiki (1985-1986)

References

External links

• Yoshi Kato at IMDb
• Katō Yoshi at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)