Shingo Katori

Shingo Katori (香取 慎吾) is a Japanese actor, singer, television host, radio personality. He was the youngest member of SMAP, one of the best-selling boy band in Asia. Following the group's disbandment at the end of 2016, Katori pursued his solo career. He left his agency, Johnny & Associates in 2017, together with two other SMAP members, Goro Inagaki and Tsuyoshi Kusanagi and entered CULEN, a Japanese talent agency. On 22 September 2017, they launched a new project, "atarashiichizu" ("新しい地図", meaning "New Map") as their common fan site, supported by various Japanese leading creators. Since then, Katori has been extending his activities also into artistic fields.

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Juvenile (2000)

11-year-old Yusuke and his classmates camp in the woods and see a strange light. They discover a small metallic object like a robot which talks, calls himself Tetra and knows Yusuke's name. Tetra can create wonderful gadgets but actually has to save the world with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Yamazaki
CAST:  Shingo Katori  •  Miki Sakai  •  Anne Suzuki  •  Yuya Endo

11-year-old Yusuke and his classmates camp in the woods and see a strange light. They discover a small metallic object like a robot which talks, calls himself Tetra and knows Yusuke's name. Tetra can create wonderful gadgets but actually has to save the world with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Yamazaki
CAST:  Shingo Katori  •  Miki Sakai  •  Anne Suzuki  •  Yuya Endo

Samurai Shodown: The Motion Picture (1994)

One hundred years after their deaths, six legendary holy warriors are reborn to seek justice against the former comrade who betrayed them into the hands of an evil god! The six warriors search the feudal province of Edo questing for the last Saint Soldier, Haohmaru ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Ishiodori
CAST:  Shingo Katori  •  Reiko Chiba  •  Wataru Takagi  •  Yuu Daiki

One hundred years after their deaths, six legendary holy warriors are reborn to seek justice against the former comrade who betrayed them into the hands of an evil god! The six warriors search the feudal province of Edo questing for the last Saint Soldier, Haohmaru ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Ishiodori
CAST:  Shingo Katori  •  Reiko Chiba  •  Wataru Takagi  •  Yuu Daiki

The Human Trust (2013)

A professional scammer is hired by a wealthy young businessman to find a hidden treasure looted from the Bank of Japan and supposedly stashed away by a group of men after WWII in various locations around the globe. Eventually an assassin is put on their trail.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junji Sakamoto
CAST:  Koichi Sato  •  Shingo Katori  •  Arisa Mizuki  •  Joe Odagiri

A professional scammer is hired by a wealthy young businessman to find a hidden treasure looted from the Bank of Japan and supposedly stashed away by a group of men after WWII in various locations around the globe. Eventually an assassin is put on their trail.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junji Sakamoto
CAST:  Koichi Sato  •  Shingo Katori  •  Arisa Mizuki  •  Joe Odagiri

KochiKame - The Movie: Save the Kachidoki Bridge! (2011)

Police Officer Kankichi Ryotsu (Shingo Katori) is back at the Kameari Park Polic Box. Kankichi Ryotsu usually means to do well, but more often than not he ends up causing all kinds of trouble. Like on his way to work he away when he is asked to pay up by a shop ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Taisuke Kawamura
CAST:  Shingo Katori  •  Mocomichi Hayami  •  Karina  •  Kyoko Fukada

Police Officer Kankichi Ryotsu (Shingo Katori) is back at the Kameari Park Polic Box. Kankichi Ryotsu usually means to do well, but more often than not he ends up causing all kinds of trouble. Like on his way to work he away when he is asked to pay up by a shop ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Taisuke Kawamura
CAST:  Shingo Katori  •  Mocomichi Hayami  •  Karina  •  Kyoko Fukada

Bayside Shakedown The Final: The New Hope (2012)

Set 2 years after prior film "Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose," a major case occurs that has the potential to take down the entire police organization. For the next 3 days, Shunsaku Aoshima and his colleagues struggle to unravel the case...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsuyuki Motohiro
CAST:  Yuji Oda  •  Toshiro Yanagiba  •  Eri Fukatsu  •  Yusuke Santamaria

Set 2 years after prior film "Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose," a major case occurs that has the potential to take down the entire police organization. For the next 3 days, Shunsaku Aoshima and his colleagues struggle to unravel the case...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsuyuki Motohiro
CAST:  Yuji Oda  •  Toshiro Yanagiba  •  Eri Fukatsu  •  Yusuke Santamaria

Friends: Naki on Monster Island (2011)

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Offshore, shrouded in fog, there is a mysterious island that is said to be the home of a family of monsters. It is strictly forbidden to approach it. But one day a human child, Mushroom, it loses and coming face to face with the mysterious creatures that live there ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Yamazaki  •  Ryuichi Yagi
CAST:  Shingo Katori  •  Koichi Yamadera  •  YOU  •  Seishirou Katou

Offshore, shrouded in fog, there is a mysterious island that is said to be the home of a family of monsters. It is strictly forbidden to approach it. But one day a human child, Mushroom, it loses and coming face to face with the mysterious creatures that live there ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Yamazaki  •  Ryuichi Yagi
CAST:  Shingo Katori  •  Koichi Yamadera  •  YOU  •  Seishirou Katou

Nin x Nin: The Ninja Star Hattori (2004)

Kanzo Hattori, an apprentice Ninja, leaves his home town of Iga for his final training. He must go to the city of Edo (Tokyo), and the first person he meets shall be his master, whom he must protect with his life, whilst upholding the ninja code. Also while in Edo, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masayuki Suzuki
CAST:  Shingo Katori  •  Rena Tanaka  •  Gori  •  Yuri Chinen

Kanzo Hattori, an apprentice Ninja, leaves his home town of Iga for his final training. He must go to the city of Edo (Tokyo), and the first person he meets shall be his master, whom he must protect with his life, whilst upholding the ninja code. Also while in Edo, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masayuki Suzuki
CAST:  Shingo Katori  •  Rena Tanaka  •  Gori  •  Yuri Chinen

Zatoichi: The Last (2010)

A blind master swordsman attempts to lead a quiet life with his wife but he is provoked back into battle.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junji Sakamoto
CAST:  Shingo Katori  •  Satomi Ishihara  •  Takashi Sorimachi  •  Chieko Baisho

A blind master swordsman attempts to lead a quiet life with his wife but he is provoked back into battle.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junji Sakamoto
CAST:  Shingo Katori  •  Satomi Ishihara  •  Takashi Sorimachi  •  Chieko Baisho

The Magic Hour (2008)

A hustler who gets in trouble with a gang boss in the port town of Sukago agrees to make good with the don by putting him in contact with a mysterious hitman — an assassin the hustler has no idea how to contact. Instead, he hires an actor to play the role, though ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Koki Mitani
CAST:  Koichi Sato  •  Satoshi Tsumabuki  •  Eri Fukatsu  •  Haruka Ayase

A hustler who gets in trouble with a gang boss in the port town of Sukago agrees to make good with the don by putting him in contact with a mysterious hitman — an assassin the hustler has no idea how to contact. Instead, he hires an actor to play the role, though ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Koki Mitani
CAST:  Koichi Sato  •  Satoshi Tsumabuki  •  Eri Fukatsu  •  Haruka Ayase

Sukiyaki Western Django (2007)

A nameless gunfighter arrives in a town ripped apart by rival gangs and, though courted by both to join, chooses his own path.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Hideaki Ito  •  Masanobu Ando  •  Koichi Sato  •  Kaori Momoi

A nameless gunfighter arrives in a town ripped apart by rival gangs and, though courted by both to join, chooses his own path.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Hideaki Ito  •  Masanobu Ando  •  Koichi Sato  •  Kaori Momoi

Suite Dreams (2006)

New Year's Eve at a posh hotel and all should be shipshape. It is not. There is the traditional party, an official ceremony, entertainment and a special dinner planned and yet there is trouble everywhere. An Animal is on the loose, a politician to protect, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Koki Mitani
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Takako Matsu  •  Koichi Sato  •  Shingo Katori

New Year's Eve at a posh hotel and all should be shipshape. It is not. There is the traditional party, an official ceremony, entertainment and a special dinner planned and yet there is trouble everywhere. An Animal is on the loose, a politician to protect, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Koki Mitani
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Takako Matsu  •  Koichi Sato  •  Shingo Katori

Galaxy Turnpike (2015)

Set in the year 2265. There is a small restaurant along the main road Galaxy Kaido, which connects Earth and the space colony Uzushio.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Koki Mitani
CAST:  Haruka Ayase  •  Shingo Katori  •  Yuka  •  Toshiyuki Nishida

Set in the year 2265. There is a small restaurant along the main road Galaxy Kaido, which connects Earth and the space colony Uzushio.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Koki Mitani
CAST:  Haruka Ayase  •  Shingo Katori  •  Yuka  •  Toshiyuki Nishida

One Thousand Trillion Yen Randsom (2015)

Based on the mystery novel by Yagi Keiichi, the former Deputy Prime Minister was investigated after leaving a national debt of 1,085 trillion yen, but charges were mysteriously dropped. Now, his granddaughter has been kidnapped. The ransom? Either 1,085 trillion ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keita Kono
CAST:  Shingo Katori  •  Miyu Honda  •  Riisa Naka  •  Yasuyuki Maekawa

Based on the mystery novel by Yagi Keiichi, the former Deputy Prime Minister was investigated after leaving a national debt of 1,085 trillion yen, but charges were mysteriously dropped. Now, his granddaughter has been kidnapped. The ransom? Either 1,085 trillion ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keita Kono
CAST:  Shingo Katori  •  Miyu Honda  •  Riisa Naka  •  Yasuyuki Maekawa

Go, Masao! (2012)

Go, Masao! describes the relationship between people and their dogs. Comedian Hideki Matsumoto and a labrador retriever named Masao are selected to appear on the travel corner segment of a TV animal program. Until Hideki Matsumoto and the labrador retriever Masao ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kentaro Otani
CAST:  Shingo Katori  •  Ryoko Hirosue  •  Riko Narumi  •  Ken Mitsuishi

Go, Masao! describes the relationship between people and their dogs. Comedian Hideki Matsumoto and a labrador retriever named Masao are selected to appear on the travel corner segment of a TV animal program. Until Hideki Matsumoto and the labrador retriever Masao ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kentaro Otani
CAST:  Shingo Katori  •  Ryoko Hirosue  •  Riko Narumi  •  Ken Mitsuishi

Monkey Magic (2007)

Journey to the West comes to the big screen like never before in the 2007 film Saiyuuki! Also known as Monkey Magic and Adventures of the Super Monkey, this is the latest in a long line of adaptations of the Wu Cheng'en tome.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kensaku Sawada
CAST:  Shingo Katori  •  Eri Fukatsu  •  Atsushi Ito  •  Teruyoshi Uchimura

Journey to the West comes to the big screen like never before in the 2007 film Saiyuuki! Also known as Monkey Magic and Adventures of the Super Monkey, this is the latest in a long line of adaptations of the Wu Cheng'en tome.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kensaku Sawada
CAST:  Shingo Katori  •  Eri Fukatsu  •  Atsushi Ito  •  Teruyoshi Uchimura

Stranger (2016)

Misugi Akira and his lovely companion Maria arrive in Tokyo on a special mission. It seems Akira is there to pick up Ito Kaori, whom he has known since Kaori was a child, so that she can join his and Maria's clan... of ageless vampires! But before Akira can get to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsuyuki Motohiro
CAST:  Shingo Katori  •  Ayami Nakajo

Misugi Akira and his lovely companion Maria arrive in Tokyo on a special mission. It seems Akira is there to pick up Ito Kaori, whom he has known since Kaori was a child, so that she can join his and Maria's clan... of ageless vampires! But before Akira can get to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsuyuki Motohiro
CAST:  Shingo Katori  •  Ayami Nakajo

The Bastard and the Beautiful World (2018)

The Bastard and the Beautiful World is an omnibus film consisting of four episodes. Fujiko is running as fast as she can, being chased after by a creepy masked man called Mad Dog. They meet a talented pianist on the way. A mysterious relationship develops between ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono  •  Kenji Yamauchi  •  Hikari Ota  •  Yuichi Kodama
CAST:  Tadanobu Asano  •  Shinnosuke Mitsushima  •  Fumika Baba  •  Goro Inagaki

The Bastard and the Beautiful World is an omnibus film consisting of four episodes. Fujiko is running as fast as she can, being chased after by a creepy masked man called Mad Dog. They meet a talented pianist on the way. A mysterious relationship develops between ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono  •  Kenji Yamauchi  •  Hikari Ota  •  Yuichi Kodama
CAST:  Tadanobu Asano  •  Shinnosuke Mitsushima  •  Fumika Baba  •  Goro Inagaki

Sea of Revival (2019)

After a man gets fired from his work at a printing plant, he moves with his couple to her hometown in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture. There, the woman opens up a beauty salon. They enjoy peaceful days, but small problems occur which leads to an irrevocable situation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuya Shiraishi
CAST:  Shingo Katori  •  Yuri Tsunematsu  •  Naomi Nishida  •  Ken Yoshizawa

After a man gets fired from his work at a printing plant, he moves with his couple to her hometown in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture. There, the woman opens up a beauty salon. They enjoy peaceful days, but small problems occur which leads to an irrevocable situation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuya Shiraishi
CAST:  Shingo Katori  •  Yuri Tsunematsu  •  Naomi Nishida  •  Ken Yoshizawa

Shoot! (1994)

The Golden Trio of junior high school soccer players, Toshi, Kenji and Kazu, enroll at the new Kakegawa High School merely because they want to play with Kubo, the legendary player who learned his superb soccer techniques in Germany and who helped the Kakegawa team ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuki Ōmori
CAST:  Masahiro Nakai  •  Takuya Kimura  •  Tsuyoshi Kusanagi  •  Shingo Katori

The Golden Trio of junior high school soccer players, Toshi, Kenji and Kazu, enroll at the new Kakegawa High School merely because they want to play with Kubo, the legendary player who learned his superb soccer techniques in Germany and who helped the Kakegawa team ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuki Ōmori
CAST:  Masahiro Nakai  •  Takuya Kimura  •  Tsuyoshi Kusanagi  •  Shingo Katori

Hong Kong Night Club (1997)

Shibata and Tategami are Japanese journalists hiding out in the Lost City Night Club to elude the triads. Shibata falls in love with the club's hottest singer, Cora, but is hampered by his disguise - as a woman. She in turn loves Tachikami, who is gay, and desires ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takayoshi Watanabe
CAST:  Shingo Katori  •  Goro Kishitani  •  Richard Ng  •  Anita Yuen

Shibata and Tategami are Japanese journalists hiding out in the Lost City Night Club to elude the triads. Shibata falls in love with the club's hottest singer, Cora, but is hampered by his disguise - as a woman. She in turn loves Tachikami, who is gay, and desires ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takayoshi Watanabe
CAST:  Shingo Katori  •  Goro Kishitani  •  Richard Ng  •  Anita Yuen
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