Hisashi Katsuta

Acting

Hisashi Katsuta

Born 1927-04-02 · Tokyo, Japan

Hisashi Katsuta (勝田 久, Katsuta Hisashi) was a Japanese actor and voice actor. He is best known for his voice-over portrayal of Professor Ochanomizu in three anime adaptations of the Astro Boy franchise, and also voiced Dr. Hoshi in Astroganger (1972–1973), Professor Tobishima in Groizer X (1976–1977), and Shin'ichirō Izumi in Tōshō Daimos (1978–1979).

Acting credits

Megazone 23 poster
6.9

A young biker stumbles onto a prototype motorcycle with a hidden function that has a link to the true nature of his world.

Megazone 23

1985

One Million-Year Trip: Bander Book poster
5.4

Bander is a 17-year-old boy from Earth who lives on a distant planet, which is populated by human shape-shifters who feed off of vegetables and animal tails. Violence soon breaks out, as invaders launch an attack on Bander's new planet. This was Japan's first 2-hour animated film for television. The program received high ratings when broadcast as part of a set of 24-hour TV programs called "Ai wa Chikyu wo Sukuu" on Nippon Television. After a long gap since his last animated film for television, this work fully reflects Osamu Tezuka's desire to achieve theatrical quality with this production.

One Million-Year Trip: Bander Book

1978

Fumoon poster
6.3

Nuclear testing has resulted in the abrupt evolution of the Fumoon, a tiny but highly intelligent humanoid race on a small island, who are detected by Dr. Yamadano. The Fumoon are kidnapping animals from around the world to bring with them as they use their space ships to evacuate the earth, because they know Earth is shortly to be destroyed by an enveloping cloud of black gas created by a stellar explosion.

Fumoon

1980

Undersea Super Train: Marine Express poster
7.2

The plot of Marine Express can be described in two parts. The first part focuses on the people boarding the train and the problems they encounter on it. The second part takes place after the train has stopped at its half-way point, an island that used to be home to an ancient civilization millennia ago and has its fair share of secrets.

Undersea Super Train: Marine Express

1979

Astro Boy: Ivan's Planet - Robot and Human Friendship poster
5.0

Atom is attending a party on the space station with Dr. Ochanomizu. However, while at the party, he hears a voice. It is the voice of a robot that had been abandoned by someone. The abandoned robot is a security guard robot named Ivan, and after being refueled with energy, Ivan sets off on a journey to find his owner, Minya.

Astro Boy: Ivan's Planet - Robot and Human Friendship

2003

The Tale of Osamu Tezuka: I'm Son-Goku poster
6.3

A semi-autobiography of Tezuka Osamu combined with a 30 minute science-fiction setting of Journey to the West.

The Tale of Osamu Tezuka: I'm Son-Goku

1989

Astro Boy: Mighty Atom – Visitor of 100,000 Light Years, IGZA poster
NR

The interplanetary spacecraft Galileo II carries Atom and his friends to Titan, a satellite of Saturn. However, what awaits them when they arrive there is an attack from an unknown entity. What appears is a mechanical life form called "Igza" that wants to destroy humans. The battle between Atom and Igza unfolds in the far reaches of space.

Astro Boy: Mighty Atom – Visitor of 100,000 Light Years, IGZA

2005

The Secret of Astro Boy’s Birth poster
NR

Doctor Tenma, chief of the Ministry of Science, brought a digital brain genome from an aircraft. Doctor Tenma begins a trip to Mars, then combines the genome with a robot. Doctor Tenma's son, Tobio, who had died in a traffic accident, has been revived.

The Secret of Astro Boy’s Birth

2003

Osamu Tezuka's Last Mystery of the 20th Century poster
5.0

Osamu Tezuka is going to a 21st Century new year's party with all the characters he made. One thing leads to another and he ends up missing! It's up to his most popular characters to find out what happened to him and get him back safely before the rest of the guests show up.

Osamu Tezuka's Last Mystery of the 20th Century

2000

Astro Boy: The Brave In Space poster
5.8

Compilation of Episodes 1,2 46, 56 and 71 from the 1963 Astro Boy series that were reproduced in color for this theater version.

Astro Boy: The Brave In Space

1964

Jungle Emperor poster
5.9

The story of a white lion cub growing to become the king of the jungle.

Jungle Emperor

1966

Astro Boy: Volume of the Blue Knight poster
NR

The film begins with the Phoenix retelling the tales and hopes of Astro Boy. Many of the visual being directly taken from the 1980s TV series as it recaps some of his adventures. Following this recap, Astro Boy confronts Blue Bon and tries to convince him to change his mind about the humans. But Blue Bon misunderstands, assuming that if Astro Boy does not agree then he is an enemy. Blue Bon hates humans because they broke apart his family (Maria and Tonto). A battle begins between the two after Astro Boy fails to convince Blue Bon that they aren't each others' enemy.

Astro Boy: Volume of the Blue Knight

1999

Doctor Chieko no sei to ai no series: Hinin poster
NR

Short pinku distributed by Nikkatsu in 1972

Doctor Chieko no sei to ai no series: Hinin

1972

Astro Boy: The Last Day of Earth poster
NR

Atom rescues Bem, a robot soldier who has escaped from a rubbish planet floating in space and is on the brink of death. A warm friendship develops between Atom and Bem, and it continues to grow. But one day, the rubbish planet suddenly begins to approach Earth. There is only one way to avoid a collision with Earth. Only this is... What will Astro do? Will he be able to protect a peaceful Earth as well as his friendship with Bem?

Astro Boy: The Last Day of Earth

2001

Doctor Chieko no sei to ai no series: Ninshin chûzetsu poster
NR

Short pinku distributed by Nikkatsu in 1972

Doctor Chieko no sei to ai no series: Ninshin chûzetsu

1972

Igaku hakase Matsutsukubo Kôhei no iigaku kôza 2: Free sex poster
NR

Short pinku

Igaku hakase Matsutsukubo Kôhei no iigaku kôza 2: Free sex

1972

No artwork available
NR

Short Pinku

Igaku hakase Matsutsukubo Kôhei no iigaku kôza 1: Shoya

1972

Doctor Chieko no sei to ai no series: Ai no karute poster
NR

Short pinku, distributed by Nikkatsu in 1972.

Doctor Chieko no sei to ai no series: Ai no karute

1972

No artwork available
NR

Short pinku, distributed by Nikkatsu in 1972

Doctor Chieko no sei to ai no series: Uwaki no mukui

1972

No artwork available
NR

Short pinku, distributed by Nikkatsu in 1972

Doctor Chieko no sei to ai no series: Yogoreta hanazono

1972

Igaku hakase Matsutsukubo Kôhei no iigaku kôza 3: Kaikon poster
NR

Short pinku

Igaku hakase Matsutsukubo Kôhei no iigaku kôza 3: Kaikon

1972