Zentaro Kato

Kato Bin

  • Name: Kato Bin
  • Native name: 加戸敏
  • Also Known as: かと びん, 加藤善太郎, かとう ぜんたろう
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: June 20, 1907
  • Died: July 27, 1982
Kato Bin was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and horse racing commentator born in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture. Ichikawa Asataro, who turned from a Kabuki actor to a movie actor, is his older brother.

He dropped out of the Kansai Engineering College and became a reporter while aspiring to be a playwright. Watching the movie "Our Neighbor Miss Yae" (1934), he changed his aspirations to become a movie director.

After the war, he belonged to Daiei Kyoto Studio.

He died of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 75 on July 27, 1982, at a hospital in Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture. He has one son and one daughter. Edit Biography
Director
Year Title Type Rating
1966 Ambassador Magma
Drama
6.5
1964 Mito Komon
Drama
0.0
1963 Kaidan Onibi no Numa
Movie
0.0
1962 Soran Wataridori
Movie
0.0
1961 Kisobushi Mitsukasa
Movie
0.0
1959 When a Man Risks His Life
Movie
0.0
1958 Zenigata Heiji Torimono Hikae: Onibi Tourou
Movie
0.0
1957 Yuki no Wataridori
Movie
0.0
1957 Zenigata Heiji Torimono Hikae: Megitsune Yashiki
Movie
0.0
1957 Akado Suzunosuke
Movie
8.0
1957 Ninjo Misui
Movie
0.0
1957 Akado Suzunosuke: Monster in the Moonlight
Movie
0.0
1956 Aizome Gasa
Movie
0.0
1956 Ghost-Cat Of Gojusan-Tsugi
Movie
7.0
1956 Zenigata Heiji Torimono Hikae: Shi Bijin Fuuro
Movie
0.0
1955 Judge and Thief
Movie
0.0
1955 The Magical Warrior
Movie
0.0
1954 Mysterious Cat Exorcist
Movie
8.0
1954 Phantom Cat Okazaki Uproar
Movie
7.0
1952 Ohabare Son Goku
Movie
0.0
1951 Onna Jirocho Waku Waku Douchu
Movie
0.0
Assistant Director
Year Title Type Rating
1936 Taii no Musume
Movie
7.0
1935 Chuji Uridasu
Movie
0.0
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  • First Name: Zentaro
  • Family Name: Kato
  • Native name: 加戸敏
  • Also Known as: かと びん, 加藤善太郎, かとう ぜんたろう
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: June 20, 1907
  • Died: July 27, 1982

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