Daisuke Katō

9 films on Best Blurays3 in 4K6 in HD

Daisuke Katō (加東大介 Katō Daisuke, February 18, 1911 – July 31, 1975) was a Japanese actor who appeared in over 150 films, including Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai (as the loyal comrade Shichiroji), Rashomon, Yojimbo (as the "wild pig" Inokichi), Ikiru, and Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy and Chushingura.

Biography from TMDB

By format

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Yojimbo (1961)

Supporting role · Director: Akira Kurosawa

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

BFI 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Audio:

2015 Star Media Blu-ray/2019 BFI Player WEB-DL

4.3

Floating Clouds (1955)

Supporting role · Director: Mikio Naruse

Best English-Friendly & Video:

BFI Blu-ray

3.9

Seven Samurai (1954)

Supporting role · Director: Akira Kurosawa

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray or BFI 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

No clear winner, Criterion SDR 4K Blu-ray has better defined grain and is cleaned-up more thoroughly. But looks grayer and flatter in daytime scenes. BFI 4K Blu-ray's HDR/DV is better in contrast but the grading can be debatable.

Best Audio:

BFI Streaming

Additional Info:

The subtitles of Criterion and BFI are translated differently. See BR forum.

4.6

Rashomon (1950)

Supporting role · Director: Akira Kurosawa

Best English-Friendly:

BFI Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · 2019.tiff-jp.net (opens in a new tab) · web.nhk (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

2015 BFI Blu-ray

Best Audio:

BFI Blu-ray, Kadokawa Blu-ray

Additional Info:

(A 4K restoration was shown 2019-2021-2025, but no signs of a home video release so far)

4.2

The End of Summer (1961)

Supporting role · Director: Yasujirō Ozu

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion DVD

Best Video:

Carlotta Blu-ray

Best Audio:

2013 Criterion Hulu+ Streaming

4.0

The Life of Oharu (1952)

Supporting role · Director: Kenji Mizoguchi

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

2023 Toho Blu-ray

Video Notes:

2023 Toho Blu-ray is new 4K restoration. No English subs.

Best Audio:

R5 Triumph Video DVD

4.2

Street of Shame (1956)

Small role · Director: Kenji Mizoguchi

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Eureka MoC Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Eureka MoC Blu-ray, see caps

MoC is sourced from an earlier scan, but still looks more detailed than the later 4K restoration released by Kadokawa in Japan, which has some black crush and DNR. French Capricci disc is sourced from the same scan as MoC but with much worse encoding and wrong levels.