Daisuke Katō Movies

1961 Japanese movie

A drama film based on Ken Domon's photography of the children around the Chikuho coal mines.

The executive director of the «Chuo Shoji» company, Hidaka Shiro, is called a "demon of work", but the hostess of the bar calls him "the...

A film adaptation of Rikuo Honjo's novel "Ishikari River".

Third film in the "Ekimae" series, this time set in Hamamatsu. A widow named Keiko and her brother Jiro run the bento shop, "Goraku." One day, Keiko...

Lonely youth Shinji meets Hatsue, a pretty pearl diver, on the beach and the two fall in love. But Shinji has a rival for Hatsue's affections, Yasuo.

In the fourth film of series, Secret Assignment, Raizo again plays the Jiro Shiina. This time he's out to discover who is spying for the British in...

The purple hood reveals the embezzlement of public money by officials. A remake of Masahiro Makino's 1923 film.

A widowed high-school teacher tries to raise his four children alone.

A food company president is promoted to chairman, but his continued involvement creates leadership confusion.

1960 Japanese movie

1962 Japanese movie

Story of a bandit king part 2.

In late 1940 the Japanese were anxious to conclude peace in China and to that end sent Colonel Hidaka to inaugurate negotiations. He was mysteriously...

1950 Japanese movie

The story of Japan’s greatest warrior, Miyamoto Musashi, after his historic duel with Sasaki Kojiro on Ganryu Island.

Engineer Shuichi defies his wealthy family to live with bar hostess Kazuyo, whose loyalty to her struggling family complicates their love. As class,...

Executives from a Japanese department store travel to Hawaii to acquire land for expansion but become entangled in romantic distractions and...