# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shintaro-katsu
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:12:08.472Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shintaro-katsu"
name: "Shintarō Katsu"
slug: "shintaro-katsu"
description: "Shintaro Katsu  was a Japanese actor, singer, and filmmaker. He is known for starring in the Akumyo series, the Hoodlum Soldier series, the Hanzo the Razor series, and the Zatoichi series."
tagline: "Japanese actor and director (1931-1997)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shintaro_Katsu_(Cleaned).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1931-11-29"
deathDate: "1997-06-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             25
  historical:           27.61584533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  246
  category: null
platforms:
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    title: "Shintaro Katsu"
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    title: "Shintaro Katsu"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump