Shoichi Hirose

Shoichi Hirose  (広瀬正一,   Hirose Shoichi) was a Japanese actor. Hirose played several bit roles in films by Toho in the Showa era, and also portrayed the kaiju King Kong in King Kong vs. Godzilla and King Ghidorah in Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster and Invasion of Astro-Monster.

Filmography

• Godzilla Raids Again (1955) as Convict
• Rodan (1956) as Fighter Pilot
• The Mysterians (1957) as Detective
• H-Man (1958) as Fire Department Officer
• The Birth of Japan (1959)
• The Secret of the Telegian (1960) as Onishi's Henchman
• The Human Vapor (1960) as Guard
• King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) as King Kong
• Atragon (1963) as Mu Henchman
• Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965) as Tunnel Worker
• Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965) as King Ghidorah
• War of the Gargantuas (1966) as Soldier
• Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) as Infant Islander Slave
• King Kong Escapes (1967) as Dr. Who's Henchman