Masatoshi Katō

Movies

Konto 55: The Weaknesses of the Century
Art Direction
A Toho film featuring the comedy duo Konto 55, (コント55号), comprised of comedians Kinichi Hagimoto and Jiro Sakagami.
風来忍法帖 八方破れ
Art Direction
The second of two films based on the novel by Futaro Yamada.
Everybody, Let's Go!
Art Direction
A new stationmaster is appointed to a dilapidated local line. On top of the failing local line feuding for hot spring customers with a bus company looking to start a new route, they even get involved in a disappearance and a murder...
風来忍法帖
Art Direction
The first of two films based on the novel by Futaro Yamada.
Brutal Woman
Art Direction
Tired of poverty, Keiko leaves home and soon takes a lover, but leads a wanton life without paying heed to his advice. However, the younger sister Yoshiko, is an innocent and kind girl. One day, with the sudden death of their mother in a car accident, Keiko learns that she and Yoshiko are actually stepsisters, and that she is the daughter of a murderer. She now plans extortion from Yoshiko's true father who is the president of a well-known trading company.
爆弾を抱く女怪盗
Art Direction
Broken Blossoms
Art Direction
War drama about army nurses.
Flesh Pier
Art Direction
Director Teruo Ishi's crime action follows the investigative adventures of an undercover cop working with a prostitution ring. It's done in an unique documentary style.
Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War
Art Direction
Queen of Asia
Art Direction
Japanese war film based on the true story of Yoshiko Kawashima, played by actress Miyuki Takakura in her film debut.
Santōshain to onna hisho
Art Direction
Japanese film.
浮かれ狐千本櫻
Art Direction
Japanese comedy film.
Road to Hawaii
Art Direction
A 1954 film.
珍説忠臣蔵
Art Direction
A comedic retelling of the legend of the loyal 47 ronin.
Mother
Production Design
A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.
娘十八びっくり天国
Art Direction
Japanese comedy film.
大当りパチンコ娘
Art Direction
Japanese comedy film.
Farewell to the Highland Station
Art Direction
A young botanical researcher moves to the highlands to collect plants for research, and falls in love with a nurse there.
新遊侠伝 遊侠往来
Art Direction
新遊侠伝
Art Direction
Nightshade Flower
Art Direction
Japanese "kayo" film based on the song "Ieraishan" by Yoshiko Yamaguchi.
Enoken's Home Run King
Art Direction
Postwar! Baseball! Comedy! Enoken plays a superfan of the Yomiuri Giants – the real Tokyo team, with many of its star players "acting" as themselves – who, despite his utter lack of athletic abilities, becomes embroiled in their successes, and their personal lives. Will Enoken help the Giants take the pennant?