Hiroshi Koizumi
Actor, Producer
August 12, 1926 — May 31, 2015 (88 years)
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.
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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.
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Known For
Filmography
| 2009 | A Little Princess · as Cast |
| 2003 | Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. · as Dr. Shin'ichi Chûjô |
| 1994 | Ninja Sentai Kakuranger · as Kappa |
| 1985 | Godzilla 1985 · as Geologist Minami |
| 1984 | The Return of Godzilla · as Professor Minami |
| 1979 | |
| 1976 | |
| 1974 | Prophecies of Nostradamus · as Environmental Scientist #2 |
| 1974 | Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla · as Professor Wagura |
| 1969 | Battle of the Japan Sea · as Kurino |
| 1969 | |
| 1967 | Japan's Longest Day · as Nobukata Wada - Nhk Broadcaster |
| 1965 | Ultra Q · as Chief Airport Traffic Controller KanekoOn Plex |
| 1964 | Ghidorah: The Three-Headed Monster · as Professor Murai |
| 1964 | Dogora · as Kirino |
| 1964 | Mothra vs. Godzilla · as Professor Shunsuke Miura |
| 1964 | Kon'nichiwa akachan · as Toshio Mikami |
| 1963 | Atragon · as InspectorOn Plex |
| 1963 | Attack of the Mushroom People · as Naoyuki Sakuta - SkipperOn Plex |
| 1963 | Attack Squadron! · as Cast |
| 1962 | |
| 1961 | Mothra · as Dr. Shin'ichi Chûjô |
| 1961 | |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | Daughters, Wives and a Mother · as Hidetaka Tani |
| 1960 | |
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| 1959 | |
| 1959 | Sazaesan no shinkon katei · as Cast |
| 1959 | The Beast Shall Die · as Detective Masugi |
| 1959 | Gigantis: The Fire Monster · as Tsukioka |
| 1959 | Sazae-san no kekkon · as Cast |
| 1958 | |
| 1957 | |
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| 1956 | |
| 1955 | Godzilla Raids Again · as Shoichi Tsukioka |
| 1954 | |
| 1954 | Late Chrysanthemums · as Kiyoshi |
| 1954 | |
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| 1953 | |
| 1953 | My Wonderful Yellow Car · as The Young Man |
| 1952 | Ikiru · as Jazz Bar Guest (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Tokyo Sweetheart · as Shôtarô |
| 2019 | The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga · as Self - Actor |
| 2008 |