Kokuten Kōdō

Acting / Production / Writing / Creator

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.

Personal Information

Place of Birth

Takasago, Hyogo, Japan

About

Acting, Male

Birthday

29 January 1887, 138 years old

Known For

Seven Samurai

Godzilla

Throne of Blood

The Hidden Fortress

Stray Dog

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

Early Summer

Street of Shame

Sanshiro Sugata

Filmography

Production

Writing

Creator

Godzilla

The Old Fisherman (uncredited)

1977

The Big Boss

1959

The Hidden Fortress

Old Man (uncredited)

1958

The Eleventh Hour

1957

Case of a Young Lord 6: Mermaid Murder Case

1957

Untamed Woman

Kinshichi

1957

Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman

Mountain Tribe Leader

1957

The Fighting on The Trial

1957

Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean

The Old Fisherman (uncredited)

1957

The Horse Boy

1957

Throne of Blood

Military Commander

1957

Love on Rainbow Island

Suketa Wada

1956

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

The Old Fisherman (uncredited)

1956

Street of Shame

Kadowaki Keisaku

1956

A Rainbow at Every Turn

1956

Three Women Around Yoshinaka

1956

The Kuroda Affair

1956

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

Old Priest Nikkan (uncredited)

1956

I Live in Fear

Workers' Older Family Member

1955

Miai Ryokou

1955

Ticket to Hell

1955

Beast Man Snow Man

Tribal Chief

1955

The Phantom Horse

1955

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

Old Priest Nikkan (uncredited)

1955

Godzilla

The Old Fisherman (uncredited)

1954

Asakusa at Night

Gosuke

1954

Jirocho in Disgrace

1954

Seven Samurai

Gisaku, the Old Man

1954

Red-Light Bases

Jusaku Kawanabe

1953

The Blue Revolution

1953

Husband and Wife

1953

Fighting Yasubei

1952

Forty-Eight Man

Kira Uenosuke

1952

Third Class Executives

1952

Sword for Hire

1952

Vendetta of a Samurai

1952

Sasaki Kojiro

1951

Early Summer

Old Uncle

1951

The Blue Pearl

Noe's uncle

1951

The Idiot

Junpei

1951

Carmen Comes Home

1951

Home Sweet Home

1951

Conduct Report on Matashiro: The Devil Princess and Winter Rain

Shige'emon Otobe

1951

Red Peony of Night

1950

Scandal

Old Man #1

1950

Street of Violence

Kuga

1950

Stray Dog

Old Landlord

1949

Snow Trail

Haruko's Grandfather

1947

No Regrets for Our Youth

Mr. Noge

1946

Five Tokyo Men

1945

Sanshiro Sugata Part Two

Buddhist Priest Saiduchi

1945

Sanshiro Sugata

Buddhist Priest

1943

Dance of the Capital

1942

Green Earth

1942

Musashibo Benkei

1942

The Battle of Kawanakajima

Hiryûji Murakami

1941

Dancers of Awa

1941

The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 2)

1941

The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 1)

1941

Oath on the Burning Sands

1940

Zoku Hebihimesama

1940

Bellflower

Grandfather

1940

Song of the White Orchid

1939

Old Songs

1939

Blizzard Ronin

1939

Nangoku taiheiki

Zusho Shozaemon

1937

Yoru no hato

Old Man

1937

Yukinojō henge, Kanketsu-hen

1936

An Actor's Revenge

Dobu

1935

Bored Hatamoto Judges 100,000-koku

1935

Bored Hatamoto on the Nakasendo

1935

Bored Hatamoto on a Rampage

1933

Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki

1932

The Loyal 47 Ronin

Uesugi Family Elder

1932

Yûreitô

1932

Bored Hatamoto Returns to Edo

1931

Bored Hatamoto Appears in Sendai

1931

Bored Hatamoto in Kyoto

1930

Skull

1927

Diary of a Drunkard

Rokubei

1924