Hiroshi Koizumi
Birthday: 1926-08-12
Place of Birth: Kamakura, Japan
Biography: Hiroshi Koizumi (小泉博, Koizumi Hiroshi, birth name written as 小泉 汪) (12 August 1926 – 31 May 2015) was a Japanese actor, best known for his starring role in the 1955 film Godzilla Raids Again as well as other Toho Studios monster movies. He was born in Japan. He is a graduate of Keio University in Tokyo. In a 1999 interview with Steve Ryfle, Koizumi laments that while he stated he has easy parts to play, he felt he could have done more in his performances. Despite his roles where he usually plays a scientist, he plays a powerful role in Late Chrysanthemums, playing a young man that married an older wealthy woman to escape from the slums. On 31 May 2015, Koizumi died at a hospital in Tokyo from pneumonia at the age of 88. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hiroshi Koizumi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Godzilla Raids Again
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Mothra vs. Godzilla
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Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
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Atragon
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Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife
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Sazae-san's Newlywed Family
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Sazae-san's Marriage
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White Fish
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Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
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Dogora
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Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
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Godzilla 1985
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Mothra
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Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
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Star of Hong Kong
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The Storm of the Pacific
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Battle of the Japan Sea
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Gigantis, the Fire Monster
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Late Chrysanthemums
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The Return of Godzilla
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The Last Embrace
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The Underworld
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The Daphne
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Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow
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Jirocho, the Hunted
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Last of the Wild Ones
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Chûshingura
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Ikiru
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Sazae-san
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Teenage Sazae
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Sazae's Engagement Trip
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The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga
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The White Rose of Hong Kong
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Shin Shokoku Monogatari: Otena no To Part 2
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Night in Bangkok
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