Katsumi Tezuka
Birthday: 1912-08-31
Place of Birth: Japan
Biography: Katsumi Tezuka was a Japanese actor and former baseball player. He was best known for serving as the suit actor for numerous kaiju in several Toho science fiction and horror films directed by Ishiro Honda. Tezuka fate after the 1960s is uncertain and his date of death is unknown.
Movies
Matango
Five vacationers and two crewmen become stranded on a tropical island near the equator. The island h...
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Ôban
A young country boy leaves his village for Tokyo, where he begins to work as a stock trader. First p...
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Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
Obscure French version of the original Godzilla. The film combines elements of the original Toho ver...
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Godzilla
A re-edited Italian-language dubbed version of the original Godzilla, using as a basis the U.S. vers...
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The Mysterians
In Japan, scientifically advanced invaders from the war-destroyed planet Mysteroid cause an entire v...
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Varan the Unbelievable
In an effort to find an economic means of purifying salt water, a joint U.S.-Japanese military comma...
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Godzilla
Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the isla...
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Godzilla Raids Again
Two fishing scout pilots make a horrifying discovery when they encounter a second Godzilla alongside...
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Mothra
Shipwreck survivors found on the presumably uninhabited Infant Island leads to a scientific expediti...
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The H-Man
When a narcotics deal goes sour and a suspect disappears, leaving only his clothes, Tokyo police que...
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Atragon
The legendary empire of the lost continent of Mu reappears to threaten the world with domination. Wh...
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Battle in Outer Space
In 1965, the space station JSS-3 is destroyed by a fleet of UFOs, which then begin a global siege on...
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King Kong vs. Godzilla
The advertising director of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, frustrated with the low ratings of their sponso...
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Mothra vs. Godzilla
Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and...
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Gorath
In 1976, a drifting star named Gorath is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. Although...
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Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness
A Japanese artist (Ikebe), who had won the favor of the Cambodian royal family when he rescued their...
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The Man from Planet Alpha
A film produced by Toho and Watanabe Productions as part of the Crazy Movie project featuring The Cr...
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King Kong vs. Godzilla
When an underhanded pharmaceutical company goes to a remote tropical island to steal King Kong for a...
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Varan
When a rare species of butterfly is found in a mysterious valley in Japan, a pair of entomologists g...
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The Last Embrace
Yukiko Nogami is rescued during a mountain blizzard by handsome forester Shinkichi, and the two subs...
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The Retreat from Kiska
In 1943, the Aleutian island of Kiska was fortified by a small contingent of Japanese soldiers. When...
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Marital Relations
The story of a couple, a spoiled son and a down-to-earth girl, in Osaka in the early Showa era. The ...
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Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal...
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Daredevil in the Castle
During the raging war between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans, the swordsman Mohei (whose family has...
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Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
During an assignment, foreign correspondent Steve Martin spends a layover in Tokyo and is caught ami...
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The Three Treasures
The legend of the birth of Shintoism. In Fourth Century Japan, the Emperor's son Ouso expects to suc...
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Moment of Terror
When an only child is struck by a car and dies, the child's mother seeks vengeance against the drive...
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Gigantis, the Fire Monster
A prehistoric monster called Gigantis emerges alongside another creature named Angurus....
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Chûshingura
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the c...
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Rodan
Mining engineer Shigeru investigates the disappearance and death of his fellow coworkers when prehis...
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The Eagle of the Pacific
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grav...
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Song of the White Orchid
Song of the White Orchid was a co-production of Toho and Mantetsu, the railway that served the colon...
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Beast Alley
Desperate to escape her grueling life caring for her paralyzed husband, Tamiko murders him and burns...
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Tokyo 1960
A Filipino re-edit of the original Godzilla. Appears to have been edited in a similar fashion to the...
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The White Rose of Hong Kong
Narcotics officer Matsumoto’s investigation into a drug smuggling ring leads him from Tokyo to Hong ...
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Company President Travels Abroad Part II
As Marukyū Department Store plans its Hawaii expansion, company executives become sidetracked by loc...
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A Young Boss Tries Really Hard
A college football star gets caught in a scandal involving a geisha teacher, endangering his team’s ...
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Reign of Terror
Crime melodrama has young Kijima (Takarada) working at a successful cabaret, actually a front for dr...
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Tomboy Daughter Diary
Olympic gymnast Yukiko resists marriage plans, stumbling into a newspaper job under reporter Tsubasa...
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Bridal Candidates
Rookie reporter Yukiko helps save the failing Miyako Times with her friends, while romance and comic...
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