Tai Kato (加藤 泰, Katō Tai, August 24, 1916—June 17, 1985) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He was best known for making yakuza films at the Toei Company in 1960s.[1]
Tai Kato | |
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| Born | Yasumichi Katō August 24, 1916 |
| Died | June 17, 1985 (aged 68) |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1951-1981 |
Biography edit
Born in Hyōgo Prefecture,[2] Kato was the nephew of the film director Sadao Yamanaka.[3] He entered the Toho studio in 1937 and first began by working on documentaries.[2] He worked as an assistant director to Akira Kurosawa in Rashomon.[3] After World War II he switched to making jidaigeki.[2]
Style and influences edit
Kevin Thomas of Los Angeles Times noted that Kato has been compared with Budd Boetticher and Samuel Fuller.[4]
Selected filmography edit
- Brave Records of the Sanada Clan (1963)
- Kaze no Bushi (1964)
- Bakumatsu zankoku monogatari (AKA Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall) (1964)
- Meiji Kyokyakuden: Sandaime Shumei (1965)
- Kutsukake Tokijiro: Yukyo Ippiki (1966)
- By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him (1966)
- I, the Executioner (1968)
- Red Peony Gambler: Hanafuda Shobu (1969)
- Red Peony Gambler: Oryu Sanjo (1970)
- Miyamoto Musashi (1973)
- Ondekoza (1981)
References edit
- ^ Sharp, Jasper (18 January 2008). "Midnight Eye review: By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him". Midnight Eye.
- ^ a b c "Katō Tai". Nihon jinmei daijiten (in Japanese). Kōdansha. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
- ^ a b Yoshimoto, Mitsuhiro (2000). Kurosawa: Film Studies and Japanese Cinema. Duke University Press. p. 188.
- ^ Thomas, Kevin (22 May 1998). "Remembering Masterful Director Tai Kato". Los Angeles Times.
External links edit
- Tai Kato at IMDb
- Tai Kato at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
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