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Kokuten Kōdō

Kokuten Kōdō

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

29/01/1887

Day of Death

22/01/1960
(73) years old

Place of Birth

Takasago, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

Biography

Kokuten Kōdō (高堂 国典 Kōdō Kokuten, 29 January 1887 – 22 January 1960) was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than eighty films from 1923 to 1959.

Known For

Godzilla

Godzilla

The Big Boss

The Big Boss

The Hidden Fortress

The Hidden Fortress

Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman

Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman

The Eleventh Hour

The Eleventh Hour

Case of a Young Lord 6: Mermaid Murder Case

Case of a Young Lord 6: Mermaid Murder Case

Untamed Woman

Untamed Woman

The Fighting on The Trial

The Fighting on The Trial

Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean

Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean

The Horse Boy

The Horse Boy

Filmography

Cast

1977

Godzilla

as The Old Fisherman (uncredited)

1959

The Big Boss

1958

The Hidden Fortress

as Old Man (uncredited)

1958

Half Human: The Story of the Abominable ...

as Mountain Tribe Leader

1957

The Eleventh Hour

1957

Case of a Young Lord 6: Mermaid Murder C...

1957

Untamed Woman

as Kinshichi

1957

The Fighting on The Trial

1957

Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Oce...

as The Old Fisherman (uncredited)

1957

The Horse Boy

1957

Throne of Blood

as Military Commander

1956

Love on Rainbow Island

as Suketa Wada

1956

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

as The Old Fisherman (uncredited)

1956

Street of Shame

as Kadowaki Keisaku

1956

A Rainbow at Every Turn

1956

Three Women Around Yoshinaka

1956

The Kuroda Affair

1956

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

as Old Priest Nikkan (uncredited)

1955

I Live in Fear

as Workers' Older Family Member

1955

Miai Ryokou

1955

Ticket to Hell

1955

Half Human

as Tribal Chief

1955

The Phantom Horse

1955

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

as Old Priest Nikkan (uncredited)

1954

Godzilla

as The Old Fisherman (uncredited)

1954

Asakusa at Night

as Gosuke

1954

Jirocho in Disgrace

1954

Seven Samurai

as Gisaku, the Old Man

1953

Red-Light Bases

as Jusaku Kawanabe

1953

The Blue Revolution

1953

Husband and Wife

1952

Fighting Yasubei

1952

Forty-Eight Man

as Kira Uenosuke

1952

Third Class Executives

1952

Sword for Hire

1952

Vendetta of a Samurai

1951

Sasaki Kojiro

1951

Early Summer

as Old Uncle

1951

The Blue Pearl

as Noe's uncle

1951

The Idiot

as Junpei

1951

Carmen Comes Home

1951

Home Sweet Home

1951

Conduct Report on Matashiro: The Devil P...

as Shige'emon Otobe

1950

Red Peony of Night

1950

Scandal

as Old Man #1

1950

Street of Violence

as Kuga​

1949

Stray Dog

as Old Landlord

1947

Snow Trail

as Haruko's Grandfather

1946

No Regrets for Our Youth

as Mr. Noge

1945

Five Tokyo Men

1945

Sanshiro Sugata Part Two

as Buddhist Priest Saiduchi

1943

Sanshiro Sugata

as Buddhist Priest

1942

Dance of the Capital

1942

Green Earth

1942

Musashibo Benkei

1941

The Battle of Kawanakajima

as Hiryûji Murakami

1941

Dancers of Awa

1941

The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part...

1941

The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part...

1940

Oath on the Burning Sands

1940

Zoku Hebihimesama

1940

Bellflower

as Grandfather

1939

Song of the White Orchid

1939

Old Songs

1939

Blizzard Ronin

1937

Nangoku taiheiki

as Zusho Shozaemon

1937

Yoru no hato

as Old Man

1936

Yukinojō henge, Kanketsu-hen

1935

An Actor's Revenge

as Dobu

1935

Bored Hatamoto Judges 100,000-koku

1935

Bored Hatamoto on the Nakasendo

1933

Bored Hatamoto on a Rampage

1932

Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki

1932

The Loyal 47 Ronin

as Uesugi Family Elder

1932

Yûreitô

1931

Bored Hatamoto Returns to Edo

1931

Bored Hatamoto Appears in Sendai

1930

Bored Hatamoto in Kyoto

1927

Skull

1924

Diary of a Drunkard

as Rokubei