Shoichi Hirose

Shoichi Hirose (広瀬正一, Hirose Shoichi) (June 23, 1918 – after 1990)[1] 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.[2]

Filmography

Film
  • 1952: Minato e kita otoko
  • 1953: Hana no naka no musumetachi
  • 1954: Zoku Take-chan shacho
  • 1954: Seven Samurai - Bandit #2
  • 1954: Tomei Ningen - Policeman
  • 1955: Godzilla Raids Again - Convict
  • 1955: Oen-san
  • 1955: Half Human - Mountain Searcher
  • 1955: Meoto zenzai
  • 1955: Kaettekita wakadan'na
  • 1956: Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
  • 1956: Ankokugai
  • 1956: Onibi
  • 1956: Hadashi no seishun
  • 1956: Okashi-na yatsu - Daisuke's Friend
  • 1956: Rodan - F-86F pilot (uncredited)
  • 1957: Zoku Goyôkiki monogatari - Travelling salesman
  • 1957: Ôban - The Man On The Train
  • 1957: Salaryman shusse taikôki - Thief
  • 1957: Ikiteiru Koheiji
  • 1957: Tôhoku no zunmu-tachi
  • 1957: Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen - Tahei
  • 1957: The Mysterians - Detective in Etsuko's house
  • 1958: Yagyû bugeichô: Sôryû hiken
  • 1958: Futari dake no hashi
  • 1958: Yajikata dôchû sugoroku
  • 1958: The H-Man - Fire department officer
  • 1958: Varan the Unbelievable - Fisherman
  • 1958: The Hidden Fortress - Yamana soldier
  • 1959: Ankokugai no kaoyaku
  • 1959: Songokû
  • 1959: Kitsune to tanuki
  • 1959: Gigantis, the Fire Monster - Convict
  • 1959: The Three Treasures
  • 1959: Yari hitosuji nihon bare
  • 1959: Bakushô Mito Kômon man'yûki - Gejimasa
  • 1960: Boku wa dokushin shain
  • 1960: Ginza taikutsu musume
  • 1960: The Secret of the Telegian - Onishi's Henchman
  • 1960: Man Against Man - Genpachi
  • 1960: The Human Vapor - Doomed Burly Guard
  • 1961: Nasake muyo no wana
  • 1961: Yojimbo - Ushitora Follower
  • 1961: Nakito gozansu
  • 1961: Mothra - Dam Worker
  • 1961: Arigataya sandogasa
  • 1961: Witness Killed
  • 1962: Sanjuro - Samurai on watch duty
  • 1962: King Kong vs. Godzilla - King Kong
  • 1962: Ankokugai no kiba
  • 1963: Attack Squadron!
  • 1963: Onna ni tsuyoku naru kufû no kazukazu - Detective
  • 1963: Nippon jitsuwa jidai
  • 1963: Chintao yôsai bakugeki meirei
  • 1963: Kureji sakusen: Kudabare! Musekinin
  • 1963: Atragon - Mu Henchman
  • 1963: Honolulu, Tokio, Hong Kong - Shoe maker
  • 1964: Kyô mo ware ôzora ni ari
  • 1964: Nippon ichi no horafuki otoko
  • 1964: Hadaka no jûyaku
  • 1964: Dogora, the Space Monster - Diamond Truck Driver
  • 1964: Horafuki taikôki
  • 1964: Danchi: Nanatsu no taizai
  • 1964: Hana no oedo no musekinin
  • 1964: Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster - King Ghidorah
  • 1965: Ankokugai gekitotsu sakusen - Man from Kyushu
  • 1965: Red Beard - Thug
  • 1965: Nippon ichi no goma suri otoko
  • 1965: Taiheiyô kiseki no sakusen: Kisuka - Yamashita
  • 1965: Umi no wakadaishô
  • 1965: Frankenstein vs. Baragon - Tunnel Worker
  • 1965: Kureji no daiboken
  • 1965: Invasion of the Astro-Monster - King Ghidorah
  • 1966: Bangkok no yoru
  • 1966: The War of the Gargantuas - Soldier
  • 1966: Kureji daisakusen
  • 1966: Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster - Escaped Slave
  • 1967: Kureji ogon sakusen
  • 1967: King Kong Escapes - Henchman #7
  • 1967: Bâkushoyarô daijiken - Kurokawa
  • 1968: Nippon ichi no uragiri-otoko
  • 1969: Nippon ichi no danzetsu otoko
  • 1969: Mito Kômon man'yûki
  • 1970: Nagurikomi Shimizu Minato
  • 1970: Gekido no showashi 'Gunbatsu' - Hama (uncredited)
  • 1970: Nippon ichi no warunori otoko
  • 1971: Battle of Okinawa
  • 1971: Nishi no petenshi Higashi no sagishi - Doya's Husband
  • 1971: Nippon ichi no shokku otoko
  • 1973: Lady Snowblood
  • 1974: Kigeki damashi no jingi
  • 1974: Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
  • 1974: Rupan Sansei: Nenriki chin sakusen - Museum Guard
  • 1975: Terror of Mechagodzilla
  • 1977: Hausu - Ramen Trucker
  • 1981: Kôfuku - (final film role)

Television

References
  1. 中島春雄 『怪獣人生 元祖ゴジラ俳優・中島春雄』 洋泉社, pg. 329, 2010, ISBN 978-4-86248-589-2
  2. Ryfle 1998, p. 84.

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