Shoichi Hirose

Shoichi Hirose  (広瀬正一,   Hirose Shoichi) was a Japanese actor. Hirose played several bit roles in films by Toho Company Ltd. in the Showa era, and also portrayed the Template: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
• Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) as King Ghidorah
• 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