Kokuten Kōdō

Actor Jan 29 (died age 72) Takasago, Hyogo, Japan 1924–1977 (53 year career)

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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

Film

Seven Samurai

Gisaku, the Old Man

Film

Throne of Blood

Military Commander

Film

Godzilla

The Old Fisherman (uncredited)

Film

The Hidden Fortress

Old Man (uncredited)

Film

Stray Dog

Old Landlord

Film

Early Summer

Old Uncle

Film

Street of Shame

Kadowaki Keisaku

Film

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

The Old Fisherman (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (81)

Movies (81)

Godzilla

1977

as The Old Fisherman (uncredited)

The Big Boss

The Hidden Fortress

as Old Man (uncredited)

8.0

Throne of Blood

1957

as Military Commander

7.9

The Fighting on The Trial

The Horse Boy

The Eleventh Hour

Untamed Woman

as Kinshichi

Case of a Young Lord 6: Mermaid Murder Case

1957

Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman

1957

as Mountain Tribe Leader

3.0

Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean

1957

as The Old Fisherman (uncredited)

8.5

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

1956

as The Old Fisherman (uncredited)

6.5

A Rainbow at Every Turn

1956

Street of Shame

1956

as Kadowaki Keisaku

7.7

Love on Rainbow Island

1956

as Suketa Wada

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

1956

as Old Priest Nikkan (uncredited)

7.2

The Kuroda Affair

1956

Three Women Around Yoshinaka

1956

8.0

I Live in Fear

1955

as Workers' Older Family Member

The Phantom Horse

Miai Ryokou

Beast Man Snow Man

as Tribal Chief

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

1955

as Old Priest Nikkan (uncredited)

7.2

Ticket to Hell

1955

Seven Samurai

1954

as Gisaku, the Old Man

8.5

Godzilla

1954

as The Old Fisherman (uncredited)

7.6

Asakusa at Night

1954

as Gosuke

Jirocho in Disgrace

Husband and Wife

Red-Light Bases

as Jusaku Kawanabe

The Blue Revolution

1953

Fighting Yasubei

1952

Forty-Eight Man

1952

as Kira Uenosuke

Vendetta of a Samurai

Sword for Hire

Third Class Executives

The Idiot

as Junpei

Carmen Comes Home

Conduct Report on Matashiro: The Devil Princess and Winter Rain

1951

as Shige'emon Otobe

Early Summer

1951

as Old Uncle

7.8

The Blue Pearl

1951

as Noe's uncle

Sasaki Kojiro

Home Sweet Home

Scandal

as Old Man #1

Street of Violence

as Kuga

Red Peony of Night

Stray Dog

as Old Landlord

The Blue Mountains: Part II

1949

6.8

Snow Trail

1947

as Haruko's Grandfather

7.0

No Regrets for Our Youth

1946

as Mr. Noge

6.9

Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two

1945

as Buddhist Priest Saiduchi

Five Tokyo Men

Sanshiro Sugata

as Buddhist Priest

Dance of the Capital

Musashibo Benkei

Green Earth

The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 2)

1941

6.0

The Battle of Kawanakajima

1941

as Hiryûji Murakami

The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 1)

Dancers of Awa

Zoku Hebihimesama

Bellflower

as Grandfather

Oath on the Burning Sands

Blizzard Ronin

Old Songs

Song of the White Orchid

1939

Nangoku taiheiki

1937

as Zusho Shozaemon

Yoru no hato

1937

as Old Man

Yukinojō henge, Kanketsu-hen

1936

Bored Hatamoto on the Nakasendo

1935

Bored Hatamoto Judges 100,000-koku

1935

An Actor's Revenge

1935

as Dobu

5.2

Bored Hatamoto on a Rampage

1933

The Loyal 47 Ronin

1932

as Uesugi Family Elder

Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki

1932

Yûreitô

1932

Bored Hatamoto Appears in Sendai

1931

Bored Hatamoto Returns to Edo

1931

Bored Hatamoto in Kyoto

Skull

Diary of a Drunkard

as Rokubei