Shintarō Katsu
Birthday: 1931-11-29
Place of Birth: Fukagawa, Tokyo, Japan
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Shintarō Katsu (勝 新太郎 Katsu Shintarō?), born Toshio Okumura (奥村 利夫 Okumura Toshio, November 29, 1931—June 21, 1997; nicknamed Katsu-shin) was a Japanese actor, singer, producer, and director. He was the son of kabuki performer Katsutoji Kineya (Kineya Katsutōji) who was renowned for his nagauta and shamisen skills, younger brother of actor Tomisaburo Wakayama (Wakayama Tomisaburō), husband of actress Tamao Nakamura (married in 1962), and father of actor Ryutaro Gan (Gan Ryūtarō). Description above from the Wikipedia article Shintaro Katsu, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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The Summit of Mt. Fuji
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Incident at Blood Pass
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Zatoichi's Vengeance
Zatoichi comes upon a dying man who asks him to give a bag of money to "Taichi". Zatoichi has no ide...
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Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman
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The Life of a Chivalrous Man in Suruga: Broken Swords
The second film in the "Suruga yukyoden" series, in which Shintaro Katsu plays Jirocho Shimizu. The ...
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An Actor's Revenge
In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deat...
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Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold
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Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
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Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
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Tenchu!
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Useless Creature: Fighting Man's Life
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Third Generation's Loyalty Offering
1962 Japanese movie. Remake of Mori's 1942 original movie...
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The Tale of Zatoichi
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The Tale of Zatoichi Continues
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Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice
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Hanzo the Razor: The Snare
Against the backdrop of the Edo treasury devaluing currency and driving many into poverty, Hanzo Ita...
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Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold?
Hanzo extracts a confession from a ghost using his assaulting methods, foils thieves, connects with ...
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Travels of Lord Mito
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Zatoichi the Fugitive
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New Tale of Zatoichi
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Zatoichi on the Road
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The Great Wall
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The Blind Menace
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Fight, Zatoichi, Fight
Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman returning home with her baby. When gangste...
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Zatoichi's Revenge
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Zatoichi's Flashing Sword
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Zatoichi and the Chess Expert
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Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
The blind masseuse is targeted by the leader of a powerful yakuza group while also fending off a jea...
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Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
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Zatoichi and the Fugitives
Zatoichi runs afoul of some evil fugitives, working for a corrupt law official....
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Zatoichi the Outlaw
When a local gambling house kidnaps some peasants because they failed to pay their debts, a rival ga...
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Adventures of Zatoichi
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Zatoichi's Cane Sword
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Zatoichi and the Doomed Man
Blind swordsman Zatoichi, jailed briefly, is implored by another prisoner to aid him in proving his ...
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Zatoichi Challenged
Ichi is staying at an inn when a woman dies. Her dying wish is that Ichi take her son to his father,...
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Zatoichi at Large
Blind masseur and master swordsman Zatoichi finds a robbed and fatally wounded pregnant woman, whose...
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Samaritan Zatoichi
Zatoichi is forced to kill a young man who owes a debt to a yakuza boss. Moments later, his sister O...
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Zatoichi in Desperation
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Zatoichi's Conspiracy
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Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
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The Man Without a Map
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Easy Money
An action-comedy about three men who try to bilk money out of gambling dens....
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Samurai Vendetta
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Ronin-gai
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Devil's Temple
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Jirocho Fuji
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Enchanted Princess
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The Demon of Mount Oe
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The Bogus Policeman
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The Ghost-Cat Cursed Wall
When a nobleman finds a woman to be an obstacle to his growing political influence, he kills her and...
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The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing
A kabuki actress is murdered. Her pet cat laps its mistress's blood and becomes a demon possessed by...
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The Monster Cat of the Fifty-Three Stations
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Akumyo: Notorious Dragon
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Buddha
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Hoodlum Soldier
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The Magoichi Saga
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Hidden Story of the Yagyu Clan
It is brother against brother in this tale of love and betrayal within the famed Yagyu clan. In one ...
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The Homeless
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Life of Matsu the Untamed
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Saga of the Phoenix
Hell Virgin is granted permission to live on earth for 7 days, if she promises not to cause armagedd...
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The Whale God
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Yokosuka Navy Prison
When a rebellious roughneck enlists in the Navy and goes on a rampage against his superiors, he is s...
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Beauty the Enemy
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Three Young Samurai
During Japan's Warring States period three young Tokugawa vassals head their separate ways after Tak...
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An Ode to Yakuza
Tatematsu Minoru, a yakuza belonging to the Ishikawa group that runs the Shinjuku area, has a beauti...
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The Women of Osaka Castle
A television drama aired on November 3, 1983 as a special project to celebrate the 25th anniversary ...
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Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
During the 1200's, legendary Buddhist monk Nichiren returns from his studies to lead Japan out of mo...
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The Loyal 47 Ronin
Japan, 1701. A group of samurai become rônin after their lord is forced to commit seppuku for assaul...
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The Gay Masquerade
The film won 1959 Blue Ribbon Awards for best actor Raizo Ichikawa and for best cinematography Kazuo...
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Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous
The exciting story of Jirocho and his yakuza gang that controlled the area of the Tokaido during the...
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Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo
Daiei Film Company's three biggest stars shine in this exciting story about Vice-Shogun Mito Komon's...
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The Blind Swordsman
A documentary about the character created for a series of Japanese films starring Shintaro Katsu. Th...
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A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
A Girl isn't Allowed to Love is a 1955 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa....
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The Great White Tiger Platoon
The Great White Tiger Platoon was part of the Aizu clan's last ditch efforts to stop the advance of ...
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Tough Guy
Asakichi beats a ganster, Sada, in a physical fight, leading to recognition by Sada's clan boss. Whe...
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The Life of Buddha
A re-edited, feature length compilation of the two parts of Ôfuji's The Great Sage Shakyamuni Buddha...
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The Two Musashis
During the reign of Shogun Hidetada, both Hirate Musashi and Okamoto Musashi strive to become the fi...
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An Osaka Story
A poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi Kenji...
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The Funeral Racket
The film portrays a satirical view of today's heartless money-oriented society....
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The Money Dance
Machida (Shintaro Katsu) is in constant trouble because of his instincts to do right every time, eve...
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Kojiro's Turning Swallow Cut
The story of Sasaki Kojiro, a young swordsman, and his quest to train under master Seigen and develo...
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Inn of Evil
The story takes place in feudal Japan, when any commerce with the rest of the world was strictly pro...
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The Hoodlum Priest
The first film in the 2 part series about Ryuzen, a renegade martial-arts priest who, in addition to...
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Hoodlum Priest And The Gold Mint
It’s cross and double-cross in these further adventures of Ryuzen, the wayward priest played by Kats...
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New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line
The story is presented as a voiced-over narrative by Arita (Takahiro Tamura), speaking long after th...
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The Last Betrayal
A crime boss gets out of prison and tries to find who from his organization betrayed him....
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Rabble Tactics
The warlords overrun the country while the farmers are starving, and forced to become soldiers to ke...
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Vagabonds from Badgerville
A musical about the escapades of some tanuki passing themselves off as humans in human society....
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Ishimatsu - The One-Eyed Swordsman
Ishimatsu of Mori, from his early days leading up to his joining with Shimizu Jirocho, Boss of the T...
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Tsukigata Hanpeita
During the bloody era of the Tokugawa Shogunate collapse, a man appeared capable of overthrowing a c...
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The Thieves' Who's Who
In the book of the world's greatest rogues, the number one man can only be one person....
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Marathon Samurai
The TV drama of Ima Harube was adapted by Yagi Ryuichiro ("Komuso Henge"), directed by Mori Issei ("...
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The Politicians
Who will be the next prime minister? As two candidates start to compete, political game and brutal m...
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