
Kenpachirō Satsuma
Actor
Born: May 27, 1947 (76 years old)
Died: December 16, 2023
Place of birth: Kagoshima, Japan
Biography
Kenpachirō Satsuma (薩摩剣八郎) was a Japanese actor and stuntman born as Yasuaki Maeda (前田靖昭) on May 27, 1947 in Kagoshima. He is known for portraying Godzilla on screen in various films between 1971, in Godzilla vs. Hedorah, and 1995, in Godzilla vs. Destoroyah. He used the stage names Ryoma Kusaka (久坂龍馬) and Kengo Nakayama (中山剣吾) before settling on Kenpachiro Satsuma in 1984.
Filmography (23)
- Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995, ★ 7.8)
- Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects (2008, ★ 8.5)
- Monster Planet of Godzilla (1994, ★ 8.8)
- Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1998, ★ 9.1)
- The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga (2019, ★ 8.7)
- Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991, ★ 7)
- Godzilla 1985 (1985, ★ 6.8)
- Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971, ★ 6.8)
- Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992, ★ 6.9)
- Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989, ★ 7.4)
- Hong Kil-dong (1986, ★ 7.1)
- G.I. Samurai (1979, ★ 5.9)
- Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon (1994, ★ 6)
- Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994, ★ 6.7)
- Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972, ★ 6.4)
- The Return of Godzilla (1984, ★ 7.2)
- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993, ★ 7.3)
- Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973, ★ 6.2)
- The Imperial Navy (1981, ★ 6.6)
- Pulgasari (1985, ★ 5.5)
- Station (1981, ★ 6.1)
- Japanese Hell (1999, ★ 3.8)
- Blind Beast vs Killer Dwarf (2001, ★ 3.4)