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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.
Tai Katô was born on 24 August 1916 in Kobe, Japan. Tai was a director and writer, known for Rashomon (1950), Nihon kyôka den (1973) and Jinsei gekijô (1972). Tai died on 17 June 1985.
Jul 29, 2022 · “Miyamoto Musashi” is a fantastic film that deserves more international recognition. It is the engaging and human story of a flawed man's journey for greatness, only to be filled with sorrow and come to grips with his actions later. Tai Kato took risks going against a preconceived ideal image of Musashi and revealing a complex individual.
A sadly still somewhat obscure, but extremely talented genre filmmaker, who made some of the greatest jidai-geki and yakuza films of the 1960s and 1970s. Stylistically, Tai Kato was one of the most unique and ambitious visual storytellers of genre cinema.
Tai Kato: The too-often neglected samurai- and ganster-movie master Tai Kato (1916-85) has long ranked high on critics' lists as a neglected director, and the neglect continues, especially ...
Tai Katō was a Japanese film director, writer and assistant director who worked on many jidaigeki and samurai films. He was the nephew of Sadao Yamanaka and worked with Akira Kurosawa in Rashomon.
By Mark Schilling. Jul 20, 2016. Tai Kato (1916-85) has long ranked high on critics' lists as a neglected director, and the neglect continues, especially overseas.
