Tai Kato

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Tai Kato (加藤 泰) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He was best known for making yakuza films at the Toei Company in 1960s.

Biography

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.

Style and influences

Kevin Thomas of Los Angeles Times noted that Kato has been compared with Budd Boetticher and Samuel Fuller.

Filmography as director

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