Directed credits
54
Prolific
Very extensive directing filmography.
Director
Akira Kato
Directing
Career Snapshot
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Directed movies: 52Directed series: 2All crew credits: 61
TMDB ID: 1119123
IMDb ID: nm0441346
Known for: Directing
Born: May 9, 1934
Died: April 8, 2011
Age: 76
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1964 - 1999
Years active: 36
Wikidata: Q11399207
Also known as
Akira Katō • Akira Katô • Jun Kobayakawa • 小早川純
Frequent jobs
Director (46)Assistant Director (7)Third Assistant Director (1)Screenplay (4)Original Story (1)Still Photographer (1)Writer (1)
Biography
Joined Nikkatsu and studied under Ko Nakahira. He is one of the directors that supported the heyday of Nikkatsu Roman Porno. After that he was active mainly on TV dramas.
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Akira Kato.
5.6
High School Girl Story Indecent Fruit
Director
1997 Movie
Ｆ．ヘルス嬢日記
Director
1996 Movie
6.9
Tokyo Pop
Third Assistant Director
1988 Movie
Corpse of your Choice
Director
1987 Movie
Aijin Bank Satsujin Jiken
Director
1984 Movie
1.7
Akuma no hitojichi
Director
1983 Movie
運命の殺意 北信濃母子心中
Director
1982 Movie
Asami Ogawa's Binding: Jin Ping Mei
Director
1982 Movie
Sekushî purin: Kuse ni narisô
Director
1981 Movie
1.7
Love Beast: Red Lips
Director
1981 Movie
2.0
Moa sekushi kemono no yoni mo ichido
Director
1981 Movie
1.7
Love Beast: Flower of Vice
Director
1981 Movie
3.5
Momoe's Lips: Love Beast
Director
1980 Movie
2.0
Nokezoru onna
Director
1980 Movie
3.0
Jokôsei: Natsu hiraku kuchibiru
Director
1980 Movie
2.0
Joshidaisei no kokuhaku: Akai yûwakusha
Director
1980 Movie
Koichiro Uno's Moist and Steamy
Director
1979 Movie
5.0
A Certain Seductive Summer
Director
1979 Movie
2.8
Female Teacher: Dirty Rumor
Director
1979 Movie
2.3
One Summer Affair
Director
1978 Movie
2.0
Hateshinaki zecchô
Director
1978 Movie
Sixteen Years Old: Nymphets' Room
Director
1977 Movie
2.0
Being Assaulted
Director
1977 Movie
5.0
Poetry of Baseball Enthusiasts
Director
1977 Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Akira Kato.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Akira Kato.
4.7
Swedish Porno: The House of Beasts
Assistant Director
1973 Movie
6.9
Tokyo Pop
Third Assistant Director
1988 Movie
1.7
Love Beast: Flower of Vice
Director
1981 Movie
4.0
Swedish Porno: Dripping of Honey
Screenplay
1973 Movie
3.8
Newlywed Hell
Director
1975 Movie
4.3
The Slave Wife
Director
1976 Movie
2.8
Female Teacher: Dirty Rumor
Director
1979 Movie
2.0
Moa sekushi kemono no yoni mo ichido
Director
1981 Movie
6.6
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
Assistant Director
1970 Movie
5.0
Statue in Fire
Director
1974 Movie
5.7
Sex Education Mistresses
Director
1973 Movie
10.0
She-Beasts, Warm Bodies
Director
1972 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Akira Kato.
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Akira Kato.
2.0
Hakkinbon: Kinbaku nikujuban
Still Photographer
1999 Movie
Janki: Secret Mahjong Battle! The Man Undefeated for 20 Years PART 1
Screenplay
1992 Movie
2.0
Furin no gogo: Hada-gurui
Original Story
1978 Movie
4.0
Swedish Porno: Dripping of Honey
Screenplay
1973 Movie
3.3
Office Lady Diary: Affair of a She-Cat
Screenplay
1972 Movie
Gorgeous Leopardess
Writer
1969 Movie
5.6
Flora on the Sand
Screenplay
1964 Movie