Yoshirō Katō

Writing

Yoshirō Katō

Known for

Writing

Credits

6 titles

Known for

Cleopatra: Queen of Sex poster
5.8

Three people from the future, who travel spiritually to the era of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII Philopator and her Roman lovers Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, become their closest friends as they try to unravel the nature of the plan developed in their own time by a sinister enemy.

Cleopatra: Queen of Sex

1970

Hungry Soul poster
6.2

Reiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to a man 23 years her senior, is friends with Mayumi, a beautiful widow. Reiko meets her husband’s business rival, a young, capable businessman, and falls for him. Meanwhile, Mayumi enters into a relationship with Shimotsuma, a friend of her late husband.

Hungry Soul

1956

Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District poster
7.0

A jobless young couple, Yoshigi and Tsutue, wind up at the outskirts of the Suzaki red-light district in Tokyo. Tsutue talks her way into a job pouring sake for male customers at a small bar run by a sympathetic older woman, while Yoshigi is shunted off into a nearby noodle shop, where he gets a job delivering noodles. Tsutue charms and runs off with one of her clients. Yoshigi, ignoring the attentions of a sweet co-worker, pursues Tsutue.

Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District

1956

The Balloon poster
6.3

Haruki Murakami is a successful family man and the head of a camera company. Unbeknownst to Murakami, his arrogant son oscillates between a mistress and a new lover who sings at a nightclub. When Murakami’s daughter befriends the mistress, the affair throws the family into turmoil.

The Balloon

1956

No artwork available
NR

Live-action adaptation of Yoshiro Kato’s manga.

Hobo Village

1958

Cybele: A Pastoral Ritual in Five Scenes poster
4.6

A documentary of an avant-garde theatre performance, presents an orgiastic rite of sex, degradation, and bloody sacrifice, performed by Zero-Jigen.

Cybele: A Pastoral Ritual in Five Scenes

1969

Film credits

1950s · 4 titles

Behind the camera