ACTOR

Shintaro Katsu

1931 - 1997

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Shintaro Katsu (Japanese: 勝 新太郎, Hepburn: Katsu Shintarō, 29 November 1931 – 21 June 1997) was a Japanese actor, singer, and filmmaker. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shintaro Katsu has received more than 465,348 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Shintaro Katsu is the 1,709th most popular actor (up from 1,855th in 2019), the 679th most popular biography from Japan (up from 713th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Japanese Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 470k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Shintaro Katsu ranks 1,709 out of 13,578. Before him are Jason Miller, Choi Min-sik, Vic Morrow, Aleksey Batalov, James Cosmo, and Mirtha Legrand. After him are Ruan Lingyu, Albert Austin, Liam Cunningham, Mila Kunis, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, and James McAvoy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Shintaro Katsu ranks 157. Before him are Roman Opałka, E. L. Doctorow, Guido de Marco, Claude Piron, Magali Noël, and Carmen Dell'Orefice. After him are Freddy Quinn, Peter Collins, Mukaghali Makatayev, Cristina Deutekom, Adriana Asti, and Heisuke Hironaka. Among people deceased in 1997, Shintaro Katsu ranks 101. Before him are Allan Edwall, Jambyn Batmönkh, Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr., Bo Widerberg, Félix Candela, and Robert Serber. After him are Hans Robert Jauss, Jean Françaix, Jean-Dominique Bauby, Laurean Rugambwa, Edward Mulhare, and Anatoliy Banishevskiy.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shintaro Katsu ranks 679 out of 6,245. Before him are Nakano Takeko (1847), Hayashi Razan (1583), Takasugi Shinsaku (1839), Katō Takaaki (1860), Masanobu Izumi (1944), and Hōjō Ujiyasu (1515). After him are Gotō Shinpei (1857), Yoshio Fujiwara (null), Saigyō (1118), Tōdō Takatora (1556), Matome Ugaki (1890), and Kujō Yoritsune (1218).

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Among ACTORS In Japan

Among actors born in Japan, Shintaro Katsu ranks 24. Before him are Masako Nozawa (1936), Ken Takakura (1931), Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (1933), Kinuyo Tanaka (1909), Machiko Kyō (1924), and Mayumi Tanaka (1955). After him are Mie Hama (1943), Meiko Kaji (1947), Sho Kosugi (1948), Chishū Ryū (1904), Yūsaku Matsuda (1949), and Akihiro Miwa (1935).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Tale of Zatoichi
Zatôichi
The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur and master swordsman. Zatoichi targets a yakuza-controlled village, because war with a neighbouring town's smaller gang is brewing.
Apr 18o 19627.26 / 10
The Tale of Zatoichi Continues
Zatoichi
Returning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent, Zatoichi encounters another swordsman and former rival in love.
Oct 12o 19627.006 / 10
New Tale of Zatoichi
Zatoichi
Wishing to find peace, Zatoichi travels to his old village but only finds trouble when he ends up in a love triangle and finds old scores have followed him home.
Mar 15o 19636.889 / 10