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Tai Katō

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.

Et billede af Tai Katō

Directing

1938

[ ] The Abe Clan (Assistant Director)

1943

[ ] Lice Are Scary (Director)

1948

[ ] The Grand Master (Assistant Director)

1949

[ ] Goblin Courier (Assistant Director)

1950

[ 5/10 ] Rashomon (Assistant Director)

1951

[ ] Trouble Over Swords and Women: A Woman's Mind (Director)
[ ] Trouble Over Swords and Women: Sword Light and Shooting Star (Director)
[ ] Jūrokumon karasudō: Sennin higan (Assistant Director)

1952

[ ] Shimizu Harbor Is More Frightening Than the Devil (Director)
[ ] Chronicle of the Bulbul (Director)

1955

[ ] Ninja Arts of Jiraiya (Director)
[ ] Gyakushû Orochimaru (Director)

1957

[ ] Lovestruck Ronin (Director)
[ ] Tales of Young Genji Kuro (Director)

1958

[ ] Wind, Woman and Road (Director)
[ ] Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2 (Director)
[ ] Eight Views of Samurai (Director)
[ ] The Scarlet Cherry Lord (Director)

1959

[ ] Mission to Hell (Director)

1960

[ ] Castle of Flames (Director)
[ ] The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo (Director)
[ ] Road Warriors (Director)

1961

[ ] The Tale of Oiwa's Ghost (Director)
[ ] Way of Morning Mist (Director)

1962

[ ] Tange Sazen: Heavenly Clouds, Earthly Dragon (Director)
[ ] In Search of Mother (Director)

1963

[ ] Sasuke and His Comedians (Director)

1964

[ ] Warrior of the Wind (Director)
[ ] Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall (Director)
[ ] Fighting Tatsu, the Rickshaw Man (Director)

1965

[ ] Blood of Revenge (Director)

1966

[ ] Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza (Director)
[ ] By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him (Director)
[ ] Opium Plateau: Hell Squad, Charge! (Director)
[ ] Nothing But Bones (Director)

1967

[ ] Eighteen Years in Prison (Director)

1968

[ ] I, the Executioner (Director)

1969

[ ] Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game (Director)

1970

[ ] Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return (Director)

1971

[ ] Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You (Director)

1972

[ ] Modern Lady Gambler (Director)
[ ] Theater Of Life (Director)

1973

[ ] Miyamoto Musashi (Director)
[ ] The Blossom and the Sword (Director)
[ ] Flower and Dragon (Director)

1977

[ ] A Scream from Nowhere (Director)

1981

[ ] Flames of Blood (Director)
[ ] The Ondekoza (Director)

Writing

1955

[ ] むっつり右門捕物帖鬼面屋敷 (Screenplay)

1958

[ ] Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2 (Screenplay)

1959

[ ] Mission to Hell (Writer)
[ ] A Young Rabble (Screenplay)
[ ] Turbulent Highways (Screenplay)

1960

[ ] The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo (Screenplay)

1961

[ ] The Tale of Oiwa's Ghost (Screenplay)

1962

[ ] Abekobe dōchū (Screenplay)
[ ] In Search of Mother (Screenplay)

1963

[ ] River Washes Away the Moon (Screenplay)
[ ] The Mysterious Purple Hood (Screenplay)
[ ] Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi (Screenplay)

1964

[ ] Fighting Tatsu, the Rickshaw Man (Writer)
[ ] The Honest Fool (Screenplay)

1965

[ ] Tale of Ninja Duty (Screenplay)

1966

[ ] Opium Plateau: Hell Squad, Charge! (Screenplay)
[ ] By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him (Screenplay)
[ ] The Blazing Sword (Screenplay)

1968

[ ] I, the Executioner (Writer)

1970

[ ] Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return (Screenplay)

1971

[ ] 花も実もある為五郎 (Screenplay)
[ ] Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You (Screenplay)
[ ] やるぞみておれ為五郎 (Screenplay)

1972

[ ] The Witty Samurai (Screenplay)
[ ] Theater Of Life (Screenplay)

1973

[ ] The Blossom and the Sword (Screenplay)
[ ] Flower and Dragon (Screenplay)

1975

[ ] Takehisa Yumeji monogatari: koi suru (Screenplay)

1977

[ ] A Scream from Nowhere (Screenplay)

1981

[ ] Flames of Blood (Screenplay)

1983

[ ] Amagi Pass (Screenplay)

1984

[ ] The Street of Desire (Writer)