Kenpachiro Satsuma

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Kenpachiro Satsuma (薩摩剣八郎, Satsuma Kenpachirō) (born May 27, 1947, in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese actor. He is probably best known for playing Godzilla in the Heisei series of Godzilla films (1984–1995), but played other giant monsters (daikaijū) like Gigan and Hedorah. While filming Godzilla movies Satsuma would regularly pass out on the set due to lack of oxygen while wearing the poorly ventilated and heavy rubber suits.^[1]

Films

Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) as Hedorah
Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972) as Gigan
Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) as Gigan
Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974)
G.I. Samurai (1979)
The Return of Godzilla (1984) as Godzilla
Pulgasari (1985) as Pulgasari
Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) as Godzilla
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) as Godzilla
Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992) as Godzilla
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993) as Godzilla
Monster Planet Of Godzilla (1994) as Godzilla
Yamato Takeru (1994) as Yamata no Orochi
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994) as Godzilla
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995) as Godzilla (Misspelled as Kenhachiro Satsuma in the extended credits featured in the International version)

References

↑ "Split Screen: The men behind the masks". Yahoo! Movies. 26 October 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2012.

External links

Roberto, John Rocco. Shigeko Kojima (trans.) Winter 1999. "An Interview with Godzilla: Kenpachiro Satsuma", Kaiju Fan Online.
Kenpachiro Satsuma at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Satsuma, Kanphachiro
Alternative names
Short description	Japanese actor
Date of birth	May 27, 1947
Place of birth	Kagoshima Prefecture
Date of death
Place of death

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