- Geboren am
- Verstorben21. Juni 1997 · Kashiwa, Japan (Kehlkopfkrebs)
- GeburtsnameToshio Okumura
- Spitzname
- Katsu-shin
- Größe1,73 m
- Shintarô Katsu wurde am 29 November 1931 in Tokyo, Japan geboren. Er war Schauspieler und Regisseur, bekannt für Zatôichi to yôjinbô (1970), Kaoyaku (1971) und Shin Zatôichi: Yabure! Tôjin-ken (1971). Er war mit Tamao Nakamura verheiratet. Er starb am 21 Juni 1997 in Kashiwa, Japan.
- EhepartnerTamao Nakamura(5. März 1962 - 21. Juni 1997) (er verstorben)
- Was best remembered for portraying the blind samurai Zatoichi in more films than any other actor.
- Played the character 'Zatoichi' in a total of 26 movies, from 1962-1989.
- Pursued world-renowned geisha Mineko Iwasaki for three years before she agreed to enter a relationship with him. His extramarital affair with her continued for five years before she broke off the relationship after realizing she would always be second to his wife.
- As a child he had a blind shamisen instructor. This coincidence lead to his claiming the talent to play a blind swordsman who plays the shamisen in the Zatoichi series.
- Brother of Tomisaburô Wakayama
- Father of actor Ryûtarô Gan
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