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Hiroshi Koizumi
Born: 12th Aug 1926 Kamakura, Japan - Died 31st May 2015
Dept: Acting
Hiroshi Koizumi (小泉博, Koizumi Hiroshi, birth name written as 小泉 汪) (12 August 1926 – 31 May 2015) was a Japanese actor, best known for his starring role in the 1955 film Godzilla Raids Again as well as other Toho Studios monster movies. He was born in Japan. He is a graduate of Keio University in Tokyo.
In a 1999 interview with Steve Ryfle, Koizumi laments that while he stated he has easy parts to play, he felt he could have done more in his performances. Despite his roles where he usually plays a scientist, he plays a powerful role in Late Chrysanthemums, playing a young man that married an older wealthy woman to escape from the slums. On 31 May 2015, Koizumi died at a hospital in Tokyo from pneumonia at the age of 88.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 104
Film: 102 (98%)
Television: 2 (2%)
Remaining genres not in graph: Mystery, War, Documentary, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Kids, Music
Filmography
Original title: Los albores del kaiju eiga
2019
Japan, 1954. A legend emerges from the ashes of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, devastated by atomic bombs in 1945. The creature's name is Godzilla. The film ... view
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Self - Actor
2008
A look at the unrecognized work of the talented artists and craftsmen who've maintained the tradition of Japanese special-effects. Highlighted is Yasu ... view
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Himself
Original title: ゴジラ×モスラ×メカゴジラ／東京SOS
2003
Mothra and her fairies return to Japan to warn mankind that they must return Kiryu to the sea, for the dead must not be disturbed. However Godzilla ha ... view
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Dr. Shin'ichi Chûjô
1985
Originally released in Japan as "The Return of Godzilla" in 1984, this is the heavily re-edited, re-titled "Godzilla 1985". Adding in new footage of ... view
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Geologist Minami
Original title: ゴジラ
1984
After a fishing boat is attacked, the sole surviving crew member realizes it is none other than a resurrected Godzilla. However, efforts to bring the ... view
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Professor Minami
Original title: 西海道談綺
1983
Set in the Kyushu area of the Edo period. This is a large-length bizarre story that incorporates elements such as mysteries and adventures surrounding ... view
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1981
In 1853, Gentetsu Nishiyama tells his students that the French prophet Nostaradamus foretells great change for Japan, some of his students revolt, cal ... view
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Zoologist
Original title: 暴力戦士
1979
In 1979 Toei president Shigeru Okada saw the future. More precisely, he saw Walter Hill's The Warriors in the US prior to its Japanese opening. Okada ... view
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Original title: ノストラダムスの大予言
1974
Professor Nishiyama, after studying and interpreting the prophecies of Nostradamus, realizes that the end of the world is at hand. Unfortunately, nobo ... view
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Environmental scientist #2
Original title: ゴジラ対メカゴジラ
1974
An Okinawan prophecy that foretells the destruction of the Earth is seeming fulfilled when Godzilla emerges to return to his destructive roots. But no ... view
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Professor Wagura
Original title: 卒業旅行
1973
Mickey, a smart student from England, is on his trip to Japan for vacation. He meets with a Chinese girl Lin Fang on the way. They each have the same ... view
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Oct 1972 (first aired)
Thanks to a Buddhist hermit in India, a young Japanese wrestler transforms into a 7-phased superhero and fights an evil organization hell-bent on dest ... view
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Ichiro Yamato (52 ep.)
Original title: 日本海大海戦
1969
Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japanese fleet and army to take Port Arthur fails, and a ... view
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Kurino
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Original title: 日本のいちばん長い日
1967
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies ... view
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Nobukata Wada - NHK Broadcaster
Original title: 沈丁花
1966
Four sisters are all named after flowers. While the two youngest are married, the eldest two remain single, much to the annoyance of their long-suffer ... view
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Original title: バンコックの夜
1966
Shuichi, a young doctor working at a hospital in Bangkok, falls in love with the daughter of a wealthy Chinese trader. ... view
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Original title: 香港の白い薔薇
1965
Narcotics officer Matsumoto’s investigation into a drug smuggling ring leads him from Tokyo to Hong Kong, where personal ties and painful secrets un ... view
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Takeda, Chief of the Narcotics Division/ Drug dealer boss
Original title: こゝから始まる
1965
Teacher Miyako Hanai, disillusioned by her sisters’ unhappy marriages, rejects love until family conflicts and her mother’s unexpected remarriage ... view
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Shuji Okabayashi (Akiko’s Husband)
Original title: 三大怪獣 地球最大の決戦
1964
After a meteorite unleashes a three-headed beast upon Tokyo, Mothra tries to unite with Godzilla and Rodan to battle the extraterrestrial threat. ... view
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Professor Murai
Original title: 宇宙大怪獣ドゴラ
1964
A floating amorphous life-form descends from the atmosphere to consume carbon in the form of diamonds. ... view
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Kirino
Original title: モスラ対ゴジラ
1964
Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and claimed by greedy entrepreneurs. Mothra's fairies ... view
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Professor Shunsuke Miura
Original title: こんにちは赤ちゃん
1964
A young Tokyo couple’s blissful newlywed life is turned upside down when an unexpected pregnancy arrives, sending them on a whirlwind quest for supp ... view
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Toshio Mikami
Original title: 海底軍艦
1963
The legendary empire of the lost continent of Mu reappears to threaten the world with domination. While countries unite to resist, an isolated World W ... view
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Inspector
Original title: マタンゴ
1963
Five vacationers and two crewmen become stranded on a tropical island near the equator. The island has little edible food for them to use as they try ... view
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Naoyuki Sakuta - Skipper
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Original title: 忠臣蔵 花の巻・雪の巻
1962
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their hon ... view
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Original title: 香港の星
1962
Wang Xinglian returns from her studies in Japan to visit her father in Hong Kong where she has an encounter with the young Japanese Hasegawa Toru. The ... view
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HK office manager
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Original title: 二人の息子
1961
In the middle of the period of high economic growth in Japan, a family is thrown into disarray over work, money, and romance. Their father's sudden un ... view
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Original title: モスラ
1961
Shipwreck survivors found on the presumably uninhabited Infant Island leads to a scientific expedition that discovers a surviving native population al ... view
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Dr. Shin'ichi Chûjô
Original title: 香港の夜
1961
Romantic melodrama set in contemporary Hong Kong, Japan and Laos. Hiroshi Tanaka (Takarada) is a Japanese journalist on assignment in Hong Kong who me ... view
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Original title: 筑豊のこどもたち
1960
A drama film based on Ken Domon's photography of the children around the Chikuho coal mines. ... view
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Original title: がんばれ！盤嶽
1960
A historical drama that depicts the touching beauty of world obsession and human love in the style of light comedy, in the center of which is a young ... view
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Original title: 娘・妻・母
1960
Sanae is left a widow after her prestigious husband dies, but holds the proceeds of a million yen insurance policy. Being childless, her former in-law ... view
Character:
Hidetaka Tani
Original title: ハワイ・ミッドウェイ大海空戦 太平洋の嵐
1960
Lt. Koji Kitami is a navigator-bombardier in Japan's Naval Air Force. He participates in the Japanese raid on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in 1 ... view
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Original title: 銀座退屈娘
1960
A rebellious heiress clashes with gangsters, dodges an arranged marriage, and unexpectedly falls for a principled lawyer as her father confronts past ... view
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Takashi Koshiba (Lawyer)
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Original title: サザエさんの脱線奥様
1959
Masuo and Sazae are enjoying their newlywed life in their new house, even though they are in company housing. Masuo's colleague is invited to thank hi ... view
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Original title: サザエさんの新婚家庭
1959
Sazae's wish came true and she got married to Masuo. The two ended up living together at Sazae's parents' home, the Isono family. However, the newlywe ... view
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Original title: 野獣死すべし
1959
A promising post-graduate literature student is transformed into a psychotic killer following the suicide of his father and a sleazy affair by his mot ... view
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Detective Masugi
1959
A prehistoric monster called Gigantis emerges alongside another creature named Angurus. ... view
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Tsukioka
Original title: 結婚の夜
1959
A psychological Japanese drama about a department store clerk whose fleeting encounter with a mysterious woman leads to obsession, deceit, and tragic ... view
Character:
Atsio Mizushima
Original title: サザエさんの結婚
1959
Sazae finally gets married, but right after that, Masuo is transferred to Osaka. A heartbroken Sazae sends her parents on a silver wedding trip, and e ... view
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Original title: サザエさんの婚約旅行
1958
An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip. The first entry in the series shot in TohoScope. ... view
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Original title: 東京の休日
1958
May Kawaguchi is a famous Japanese fashion designer. Returning to Tokyo from her home in New York, she travels incognito with a tour group, in hopes o ... view
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Original title: ジャズ娘に栄光あれ
1958
Minako, a runaway from Osaka chasing her dream of becoming a singer, struggles through poverty, failed jobs, and exploitation in Tokyo. With the help ... view
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Masao Akita
Original title: 愛情の都
1958
Aiko, a bar hostess, falls for the son of a company president who also keeps a mistress, and whose family disapproves of his relationship with the bar ... view
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Kyoichi Yamane
Original title: サザエさんの青春
1957
Adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip. The first entry in the series shot in color. ... view
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Original title: 青春航路
1957
Three high school girls travel to Osaka to visit a friend and end up on a lively journey through Kyoto, Beppu, and Aso. Along the way they meet classm ... view
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Yōichi Shimizu (amateur baseball player)
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Original title: 憎いもの
1957
The story follows a humble merchant from Tohoku who travels to Tokyo to fulfill his dream of buying goods directly from wholesalers. During his stay, ... view
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Professor Kurata
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Original title: 三十六人の乗客
1957
A suspense drama about a thief who sneaks onto a late-night ski bus heading from Tokyo to Joshinetsu and the detective who rides with him to arrest hi ... view
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Original title: この二人に幸あれ
1957
A young man and woman are determined to marry despite opposition from her parents. ... view
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Original title: 山と川のある町
1957
In a small Tohoku town, family tensions rise when a sick mother’s care leads to conflict over a mistress joining the household. Misunderstandings sp ... view
Character:
Shogo Sugawara
Original title: サザエさん
1956
An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic strip. The first entry in Toho's Sazae-san series. ... view
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Original title: 大暴れチャッチャ娘
1956
After winning a singing contest, Momoko leaves her rural village for Tokyo to pursue her dream. Misunderstandings, scams, and shifting ambitions lead ... view
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Shichihei Hayasugi
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Taniyama
Original title: 暗黒街
1956
Yakuza boss Furuya leans more and more on his protege Takao Shoji, though Shoji has become romantically involved with Furuya's mistress, Natsue. Furuy ... view
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Original title: 新諸国物語 オテナの塔 後篇
1956
As the map fragments are united, conspiracies tighten around the magistrate’s clan. Storms, uprisings and betrayals lead the young hero to the secre ... view
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Original title: 新諸国物語 オテナの塔 前篇
1955
Ainu chieftain Otena Kamui dies leaving a secret to his son. Years later, the grown son and his child are drawn into the hunt for the “Tower of Oten ... view
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Original title: 青い果実
1955
In a seaside town, local boys run each morning to glimpse wealthy Miyako, sparking a prank-filled rivalry with the shopgirls. Hoping to impress her id ... view
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Hiroshi Matsuyama
Original title: ゴジラの逆襲
1955
Two fishing scout pilots make a horrifying discovery when they encounter a second Godzilla alongside a new monster named Anguirus. Without the weapon ... view
Character:
Shoichi Tsukioka
Original title: 月に飛ぶ雁
1955
The story follows privileged college students who secretly work part-time at a beauty salon, amidst emotional and social struggles. It explores love, ... view
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Amemiya
Original title: 人形佐七捕物帖 めくら狼
1955
In this movie, Sashichi tries to catch a serial killer who kills his victims with shurikens. ... view
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Original title: 女性に関する十二章
1954
Minako, a ballerina who has been dating since her school days, and Koheta, a banker. It was Koheta who was finally about to get married as a result of ... view
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Go Koheita
Original title: 母の初恋
1954
A melodrama based on the novel by Yasunari Kawabata, telling about the tragic fate of a mother and daughter who are attracted to the same man. ... view
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Original title: 晩菊
1954
What is the life of a Geisha like once her beauty has faded and she has retired? Kin has saved, and become a wealthy money-lender, spending her days c ... view
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Kiyoshi
Original title: 次郎長三国志 第八部 海道一の暴れん坊
1954
A legendary gangster raises himself out of a small town and gathers followers on his rise to power. ... view
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Original title: 次郎長三国志 第六部 旅がらす次郎長一家
1953
A wandering Jirocho stumbles upon his wife's possible murder and has other adventures while on the run. ... view
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Original title: 次郎長三国志 第五部 殴込み甲州路
1953
Jirocho and his followers chase the Kurokomas into the Kai Province. ... view
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Original title: 花の中の娘たち
1953
Girls in the Orchard (1953) is about tension between the life of a family in a rural area with all the traditions (continuing family business, taking ... view
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Original title: 白魚
1953
A family comprised of a man, woman and their only son is torn apart when the father, who is a doctor with his own clinic, is to go off to war. Soon th ... view
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Sumida
Original title: 都会の横顔
1953
A motley cast of characters, including a human billboard and a shoeshine girl, help a 5 year old girl after she is separated from her mother on the cr ... view
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Original title: 愛情について
1953
Michiko Asakura was married to the eldest son of the Sakuma family, an unsealed family in Shinshu, but died from her husband and returned to her paren ... view
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Original title: プーサン
1953
A math teacher loses his job while falling in love with a local girl. ... view
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Original title: 抱擁
1953
Yukiko Nogami is rescued during a mountain blizzard by handsome forester Shinkichi, and the two subsequently fall in love. But when Shinkichi dies in ... view
Character:
Yoshikawa (Sampei)
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Shingo Nishizawa
Original title: 生きる
1952
Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look ... view
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Jazz Bar Guest (uncredited)
Original title: 東京の恋人
1952
Following the Second World War, the lives of various people in a poverty-stricken area of Tokyo are entertwined. Pachinko parlor girls, shoeshine boys ... view
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Shôtarô
Original title: 金の卵
1952
Once an average and seemingly ordinary Tokyo girl, she suddenly finds herself as a TV star owing to her discovery by a casting company, which noticed ... view
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