Shōichi Hirose
Birthday: 1918-06-23
Place of Birth: Japan
Biography: Shōichi Hirose was a Japanese actor. Sometimes credited as Solomon Hirose, 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.
Movies
The Hidden Fortress
In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a ...
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Gigantis, the Fire Monster
A prehistoric monster called Gigantis emerges alongside another creature named Angurus....
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Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
Ushinosuke returns to his hometown to become a farmer. Part three (of four) of the film adaptation ...
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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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Japan's No. 1 Traitor
The sixth "Japan's No. 1 Man" feature. Followed by "Japan’s No. 1 Disconnected Man"....
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Down Town
A woman struggles to raise her young son on her own in postwar Japan, finding companionship with a k...
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Farewell Rabaul
A squadron of Japanese fighter pilots realise that they are never going to win the war when they und...
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The Secret of the Telegian
Men are being murdered by a psycho called "The Telegian," who uses a matter-transmitting device to l...
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Invisible Man
When an invisible man is run down by a car it’s up to an eager young reporter and a strange clown to...
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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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Young Swordsman
This Japanese action-adventure is set in the 17th century when all forms of swordplay were banned. O...
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Star of Hong Kong
Wang Xinglian returns from her studies in Japan to visit her father in Hong Kong where she has an en...
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Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
After a meteorite unleashes a three-headed beast upon Tokyo, Mothra tries to unite with Godzilla and...
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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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Invasion of Astro-Monster
Astronauts Glenn and Fuji investigate Planet X and encounter mysterious aliens known as the Xiliens,...
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Yojimbo
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival ...
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Red Beard
Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed w...
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Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
Searching for his brother, Ryota stows away on a boat belonging to a criminal alongside two other te...
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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 Raids Again
Two fishing scout pilots make a horrifying discovery when they encounter a second Godzilla alongside...
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Beast Man Snow Man
Three competing parties all race against time to track down an elusive creature known only as the Sn...
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Mothra
Shipwreck survivors found on the presumably uninhabited Infant Island leads to a scientific expediti...
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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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The H-Man
When a narcotics deal goes sour and a suspect disappears, leaving only his clothes, Tokyo police que...
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Frankenstein Conquers the World
During WWII, Germans obtain the immortal heart of Frankenstein's monster and transport it to Japan t...
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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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The Human Vapor
A failed science experiment gives a librarian the ability to turn into a gaseous substance. He goes ...
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Seven Samurai
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs pr...
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King Kong Escapes
An adaptation of the Rankin/Bass cartoon, "The King Kong Show". King Kong is brought in by the evil ...
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Dogora
A floating amorphous life-form descends from the atmosphere to consume carbon in the form of diamond...
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The Battle of Okinawa
The Americans are swiftly closing on Okinawa, an island just south of the Japanese mainland. The Imp...
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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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The Merciless Trap
Taut thriller about a too-perfect criminal case against an ex-convict that makes a nosy detective su...
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The Golden Bat Shows Up
A heartwarming depiction of the episode behind the birth of "Golden Bat," a picture story show that ...
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Terror of Mechagodzilla
A submarine expedition to salvage the remains of Mechagodzilla is thwarted by a massive dinosaur nam...
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Golden Eyes
A killer-for-hire gets mixed up with a cast of wacky characters involved in a gold smuggling route f...
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The Big Boss
Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, e...
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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 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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Las Vegas Free-For-All
The Crazy Cats, a Japanese musical-comedy group, were showcased a series of comic adventures through...
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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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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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Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
Lady Snowblood is caught by the police and sentenced to death for her crimes. As she is sent to the ...
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Lady Snowblood
Yuki's family is nearly wiped out before she is born due to the machinations of a band of criminals....
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The War of the Gargantuas
Gaira, a humanoid sea beast spawned from the discarded cells of Frankenstein's monster, attacks the ...
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The Daphne
Four sisters are all named after flowers. While the two youngest are married, the eldest two remain ...
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Monsieur Zivaco
International thief Zivaco, who can assume any identity, eludes the authorities and battles rival th...
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House
Hoping to find a sense of connection to her late mother, Gorgeous takes a trip with her friends to v...
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The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
Obayashi's take on the famous Kosuke Kindaichi series, made popular partly thanks to the numerous mo...
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Ikiru
Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for ...
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A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
An Ishiro Honda film. The second part of A Rainbow Plays in My Heart released the same day as the fi...
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Rodan
Mining engineer Shigeru investigates the disappearance and death of his fellow coworkers when prehis...
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A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
An Ishiro Honda film. The first part of A Rainbow Plays in My Heart released the same day as the sec...
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Sanjuro
Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifull...
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Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
An American scientist tells two colleagues about the finding of an abominable snowman living in the ...
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The Beast Shall Die
A promising post-graduate literature student is transformed into a psychotic killer following the su...
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Tokyo Sweetheart
Following the Second World War, the lives of various people in a poverty-stricken area of Tokyo are ...
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Young Guy at Sea
Eternal young guy, Yuzo Kayama stars in this fifth installment of the Young Guy series. Young Guy re...
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Different Sons
In the middle of the period of high economic growth in Japan, a family is thrown into disarray over ...
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A Swindler to the West: A Con Man to the East
A satirical comedy starring Makoto Fujita, depicting the two East and West con artists swindling ill...
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A Man in the Storm
Judo expert Saburô Watari fights his judo master, Tsujido, while simultaneously in conflict with a k...
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Executive Chair
In post-war Japan, The Second Drawer follows Funada, a devoted company man whose planned family trip...
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How the Bell of Liberty Rings
Set during Japan's Bakumatsu period, the film follows Fukuzawa Yukichi, a poor samurai's son who def...
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Hiroshi Moriya Sandogasa Series: I Want to Weep
A wandering swordsman helps a doll maker and his fiancée fight against a ruthless gang in a small to...
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Lonely Heart
A police procedural surrounding murder at a bookstore and the private lives of the cops trying to so...
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Hiroshi Moriya Sadogasa Series: Thank You, Sandogasa
When noble wanderer Moritaro saves a disowned merchant’s son from gangsters, he becomes entangled in...
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Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters
Ex-conman Junpei plots revenge on a corrupt corporation by leading a team of swindlers posing as pol...
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Five Gents Prefer Geisha
In this continuation of Discover Japan with the 5 Gents (Shacho sen ichiya, 1967), Shoji (Morishige)...
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Structure of Hate
Drama about two college friends, now working for the same banking firm, torn apart by jealousy over ...
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Interpol Code 8
Agent Jiro Kitami attempts to stop a smuggling ring from shipping arms to Vietcong guerrillas....
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Trap of Suicide Kilometer
Klima, Deputy Minister of Industry of the Republic of Alabanda, has come to Japan to purchase materi...
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Fox and Raccoon
A group of hustling peddlers swindle rural towns with fake goods, facing betrayals, close calls, and...
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Ginza Tomboy
A rebellious heiress clashes with gangsters, dodges an arranged marriage, and unexpectedly falls for...
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Salarygirl Story: Saucy Staff
Two young women start their first jobs at a construction firm, where buried family secrets and a com...
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Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
A beer salesman with a passion for fishmongering stumbles through mishaps, rivalries, and gangster t...
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Frame of Snow
During a winter visit to her grandfather’s mountain home, a young saleswoman becomes entangled in lo...
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Night in Bangkok
Shuichi, a young doctor working at a hospital in Bangkok, falls in love with the daughter of a wealt...
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