Shoichi Hirose

Shoichi Hirose (広瀬正一 Hirose Shoichi) (born June 23, 1918) was a Japanese actor. 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.^[1]

Filmography

• 1954 - Seven Samurai
• 1954 - Tomei Ningen
• 1955 - Godzilla Raids Again
• 1955 - Half Human
• 1956 - Rodan
• 1958 - The H-Man
• 1958 - Varan the Unbelievable
• 1959 - The Birth of Japan
• 1960 - The Secret of the Telegian
• 1960 - The Human Vapor
• 1961 - Mothra
• 1962 - King Kong vs. Godzilla (King Kong)
• 1963 - Atragon
• 1964 - Dogora, the Space Monster
• 1964 - Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (King Ghidorah)
• 1965 - Red Beard
• 1965 - Frankenstein vs. Baragon
• 1965 - Invasion of the Astro-Monster (King Ghidorah)
• 1966 - The War of the Gargantuas
• 1966 - Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster
• 1967 - King Kong Escapes
• 1973 - Lady Snowblood
• 1975 - Terror of Mechagodzilla

TV

• 1966 - Kaiju Booska

References

1. Japan's favorite mon-star: the unauthorized biography of "The Big G" By Steve Ryfle

External links

• Shoichi Hirose at the Internet Movie Database