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Shōichi Hirose
Born: 23rd Jun 1918 Japan - Died 20th Jun 1998
Dept: Acting
Shōichi Hirose was a Japanese actor. Sometimes credited as Solomon Hirose, he is probably best known for playing Godzilla's archenemy King Ghidorah and for being the actor inside the King Kong suit in King Kong vs. Godzilla, along with several tough guy roles.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 89
Film: 89 (100%)
Remaining genres not in graph: History, Family
Filmography
Original title: 幸福
1981
A police procedural surrounding murder at a bookstore and the private lives of the cops trying to solve the case. ... view
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Original title: 金田一耕助の冒険
1979
Obayashi's take on the famous Kosuke Kindaichi series, made popular partly thanks to the numerous movie-adaptions by Kon Ichikawa, the most known bein ... view
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Sarah the Great King
Original title: ハウス
1977
Hoping to find a sense of connection to her late mother, Gorgeous takes a trip with her friends to visit her aunt's ancestral house in the countryside ... view
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Ramen Trucker
Original title: メカゴジラの逆襲
1975
A submarine expedition to salvage the remains of Mechagodzilla is thwarted by a massive dinosaur named Titanosaurus. An Interpol investigation leads b ... view
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Original title: 修羅雪姫 怨み恋歌
1974
Lady Snowblood is caught by the police and sentenced to death for her crimes. As she is sent to the gallows she is rescued by the secret police who of ... view
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Original title: 喜劇 だましの仁義
1974
Ex-conman Junpei plots revenge on a corrupt corporation by leading a team of swindlers posing as politicians. A slick crime comedy of cons and payback ... view
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Prisoner A
Original title: 修羅雪姫
1973
Yuki's family is nearly wiped out before she is born due to the machinations of a band of criminals. These criminals kidnap and brutalize her mother b ... view
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Original title: 紙芝居昭和史 黄金バットがやって来る
1972
The dramatized tale of the 1935 creation of Japan's first superhero, the "Golden Bat", alongside the changes during and after the Second World War, no ... view
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Original title: 西のペテン師 東のサギ師
1971
A satirical comedy starring Makoto Fujita, depicting the two East and West con artists swindling illicit money from bad guys. ... view
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Doya's Husband
Original title: 激動の昭和史 沖縄決戦
1971
The Americans are swiftly closing on Okinawa, an island just south of the Japanese mainland. The Imperial command sends top generals and several army ... view
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Original title: 日本一の裏切り男
1968
The sixth "Japan's No. 1 Man" feature. Followed by "Japan’s No. 1 Disconnected Man". ... view
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Original title: クレージーメキシコ大作戦
1968
The eleventh film in the comedy series starring Japan's leading comedy group, the Crazy Cats. Susumu Sakamori and his friends travel to Mexico to find ... view
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Bandit's Henchman A
Original title: 100発100中 黄金の眼
1968
A killer-for-hire gets mixed up with a cast of wacky characters involved in a gold smuggling route from Beirut to Tokyo. ... view
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Original title: クレージーの怪盗ジバコ
1967
International thief Zivaco, who can assume any identity, eludes the authorities and battles rival thief WCWC for a rare gold samurai sword. ... view
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Taxi driver
Original title: キングコングの逆襲
1967
An adaptation of the Rankin/Bass cartoon, "The King Kong Show". King Kong is brought in by the evil Dr. Who to dig for Element X in a mine when the ro ... view
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Henchman
Original title: 続 社長千一夜
1967
In this continuation of Discover Japan with the 5 Gents (Shacho sen ichiya, 1967), Shoji (Morishige) and his employees plan to build a hotel for Expo ... view
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Original title: クレージー黄金作戦
1967
The Crazy Cats, a Japanese musical-comedy group, were showcased a series of comic adventures throughout the 1960s. Las Vegas Free-For-All, one of thei ... view
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Original title: ゴジラ・エビラ・モスラ 南海の大決闘
1966
Searching for his brother, Ryota stows away on a boat belonging to a criminal alongside two other teenagers. The group shipwrecks on Letchi island and ... view
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Fleeing Infant Islander
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: フランケンシュタインの怪獣 サンダ対ガイラ
1966
Gaira, a humanoid sea beast spawned from the discarded cells of Frankenstein's monster, attacks the shores of Tokyo. While the Japanese military prepa ... view
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Soldier
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: 怪獣大戦争
1965
Astronauts Glenn and Fuji investigate Planet X and encounter mysterious aliens known as the Xiliens, who ask Earth's people to help save their world f ... view
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King Ghidorah
Original title: フランケンシュタイン対地底怪獣
1965
During WWII, Germans obtain the immortal heart of Frankenstein's monster and transport it to Japan to prevent it being seized by the Allies. Kept in a ... view
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Tunnel Worker
Original title: 海の若大将
1965
Eternal young guy, Yuzo Kayama stars in this fifth installment of the Young Guy series. Young Guy returns to the swim team from the first movie, boar ... view
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Original title: 太平洋奇跡の作戦 キスカ
1965
In 1943, the Aleutian island of Kiska was fortified by a small contingent of Japanese soldiers. When word arrived of an impending attack by an overwhe ... view
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Yamashita
Original title: 赤ひげ
1965
Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him ... view
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Thug
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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King Ghidorah
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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Thermal power plant staff
Original title: 国際秘密警察 虎の牙
1964
Klima, Deputy Minister of Industry of the Republic of Alabanda, has come to Japan to purchase materials for the water dam construction. Kitami, who ca ... view
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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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Mu Henchman
Original title: 国際秘密警察 指令第８号
1963
Agent Jiro Kitami attempts to stop a smuggling ring from shipping arms to Vietcong guerrillas. ... view
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Original title: 秘剣
1963
This Japanese action-adventure is set in the 17th century when all forms of swordplay were banned. One fighter, an excellent swordsman believes the la ... view
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1963
When an underhanded pharmaceutical company goes to a remote tropical island to steal King Kong for advertising purposes, they get more than they barga ... view
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King Kong (uncredited)
1962
In an effort to find an economic means of purifying salt water, a joint U.S.-Japanese military command is set up on an isolated Japanese island where ... view
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Fisherman
Original title: キングコング対ゴジラ
1962
The advertising director of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, frustrated with the low ratings of their sponsored TV program, seeks a more sensationalist approa ... view
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King Kong
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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Waiter
Original title: 椿三十郎
1962
Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed "Sanjuro." In this companion piece and ... view
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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: 黒い画集 第二話 寒流
1961
Drama about two college friends, now working for the same banking firm, torn apart by jealousy over their inequitable positions and love lives. ... view
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Original title: 守屋浩の三度笠シリーズ 有難や三度笠
1961
When noble wanderer Moritaro saves a disowned merchant’s son from gangsters, he becomes entangled in a town’s struggle against corruption. Teaming ... view
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Highwayman A
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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Dam Worker
Original title: 守屋浩の三度笠シリーズ 泣きとうござんす
1961
A wandering swordsman helps a doll maker and his fiancée fight against a ruthless gang in a small town. As tensions escalate, epic duels and betrayal ... view
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Ee-Kou (a follower)
Original title: 用心棒
1961
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the loca ... view
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Ushitora Follower
Original title: 情無用の罠
1961
Taut thriller about a too-perfect criminal case against an ex-convict that makes a nosy detective suspicious. ... view
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Original title: ガス人間第一号
1960
A failed science experiment gives a librarian the ability to turn into a gaseous substance. He goes on to rob banks to fund his dancer girlfriend's ca ... view
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Burly Guard (uncredited)
Original title: サラリーガール読本 お転婆社員
1960
Two young women start their first jobs at a construction firm. ... view
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Original title: サラリーマン御意見帖 出世無用
1960
A beer salesman with a passion for fishmongering stumbles through mishaps, rivalries, and gangster trouble while chasing a big contract, winning the d ... view
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Yakuza Youth A
Original title: 電送人間
1960
Men are being murdered by a psycho called "The Telegian," who uses a matter-transmitting device to locate his victims. ... 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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Jail Guard
Original title: 日本誕生
1959
The legend of the birth of Shintoism. In Fourth Century Japan, the Emperor's son Ouso expects to succeed his father on the throne, but Otomo, the Empe ... view
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Original title: サラリーマン出世太閤記 課長一番槍
1959
The fourth "Diary of a Successful Salaryman" feature. ... 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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1959
A prehistoric monster called Gigantis emerges alongside another creature named Angurus. ... view
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Convict (uncredited)
Original title: 狐と狸
1959
A group of hustling peddlers swindle rural towns with fake goods, facing betrayals, close calls, and constant setbacks as they chase survival and drea ... view
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Fisherman Senkichi
Original title: 暗黒街の顔役
1959
Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, even murder, wants out of the gangster life, hoping ... view
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Original title: 隠し砦の三悪人
1958
In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who g ... view
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Soldier (uncredited)
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Original title: 大怪獣バラン
1958
When a rare species of butterfly is found in a mysterious valley in Japan, a pair of entomologists go to investigate and find more. They discover Vara ... view
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Fisherman
Original title: 美女と液体人間
1958
When a narcotics deal goes sour and a suspect disappears, leaving only his clothes, Tokyo police question his wife and stake out the nightclub where s ... view
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Fire Department Official (uncredited)
Original title: 重役の椅子
1958
In post-war Japan, The Second Drawer follows Funada, a devoted company man whose planned family trip is disrupted by the sudden death of his boss. Thr ... view
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Ozawa
Original title: 地球防衛軍
1957
In Japan, scientifically advanced invaders from the war-destroyed planet Mysteroid cause an entire village to vanish, then send a giant robot out to s ... view
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Detective in Etsuko's house
Original title: 続々大番 怒濤篇
1957
Ushinosuke returns to his hometown to become a farmer.
Part three (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi’s novel, Oban. ... view
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Tahei
Original title: 下町
1957
A woman struggles to raise her young son on her own in postwar Japan, finding companionship with a kind laborer while still hoping for the return of h ... view
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Original title: 東北の神武たち
1957
Tragi-comedy about the inhabitants of a remote, mountain-locked village where only the first-born sons are allowed to marry and have children. ... view
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Original title: わが胸に虹は消えず: 第二部
1957
An Ishiro Honda film. The second part of A Rainbow Plays in My Heart released the same day as the first film. ... view
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Original title: わが胸に虹は消えず: 第一部
1957
An Ishiro Honda film. The first part of A Rainbow Plays in My Heart released the same day as the second film. ... view
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1957
An American scientist tells two colleagues about the finding of an abominable snowman living in the Japanese alps, where it is worshipped by a remote ... view
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Original title: 大番
1957
A young country boy leaves his village for Tokyo, where he begins to work as a stock trader. First part (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku S ... view
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The Man On The Train
Original title: 嵐の中の男
1957
Judo expert Saburô Watari fights his judo master, Tsujido, while simultaneously in conflict with a karate expert. ... view
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Original title: 空の大怪獸 ラドン
1956
Mining engineer Shigeru investigates the disappearance and death of his fellow coworkers when prehistoric nymphs are discovered emerging from the mine ... view
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Meganulon / Fighter pilot
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Original title: 宮本武蔵完結編 決闘巌流島
1956
A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal by Shogun, Japan's most powerful clan leader. He' ... view
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(uncredited)
Original title: 夫婦善哉
1955
Ryukichi, the pampered heir to a cosmetics wholesaler, abandons his wife and child to pursue a scandalous affair with a famous geisha named Choko. ... view
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Original title: 獣人雪男
1955
Three competing parties all race against time to track down an elusive creature known only as the Snowman. ... view
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Mountain Searcher
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
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Convict
Original title: 雪の炎
1955
During a winter visit to her grandfather’s mountain home, a young saleswoman becomes entangled in love and jealousy among visiting skiers. After hea ... view
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Original title: 透明人間
1954
When an invisible man is run down by a car it’s up to an eager young reporter and a strange clown to bring a dangerous gang to justice. ... view
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Policeman
Original title: かくて自由の鐘はなる
1954
Set during Japan's Bakumatsu period, the film follows Fukuzawa Yukichi, a poor samurai's son who defies societal norms to study Dutch and English. Des ... view
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Keisuke Ohtori
Original title: 七人の侍
1954
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six ... view
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Bandit
Original title: さらばラバウル
1954
A squadron of Japanese fighter pilots realise that they are never going to win the war when they understand that Japanese military tactics have little ... view
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Original title: 太平洋の鷲
1953
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grave misgivings about leading Japan's navy into war w ... view
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(uncredited)
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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Yakuza (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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