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'''Seiji Onaka''' {{Nihongo|大仲 清治|Ōnaka Seiji}} was a Japanese professional baseball player and actor. He appeared in numerous small roles in many of [[Toho]]'s science-fiction films from [[1956]] to [[1970]]. He was also cast as [[Godzilla/Showa|Godzilla]] in ''[[Son of Godzilla]]'' due to his tall stature, but a hand injury forced him to bow out of the role shortly after filming started and was replaced by [[Hiroshi Sekita]].<ref name="Nakajima">{{cite book|author=[[Haruo Nakajima|Nakajima, Haruo]]|title=Monster Life: Godzilla Actor Haruo Nakajima|publisher=Yosensha|date=2010|pages=162-163|isbn=978-4-86248-589-2}}</ref> Onaka retired from acting in [[1970]]{{Citation needed}} and passed away sometime prior to [[2016]].<ref name="Tokusatsu Hiho">{{cite book|title=Tokusatsu Hiho| | '''Seiji Onaka''' {{Nihongo|大仲 清治|Ōnaka Seiji}} was a Japanese professional baseball player and actor. He appeared in numerous small roles in many of [[Toho]]'s science-fiction films from [[1956]] to [[1970]]. He was also cast as [[Godzilla/Showa|Godzilla]] in ''[[Son of Godzilla]]'' due to his tall stature, but a hand injury forced him to bow out of the role shortly after filming started and was replaced by [[Hiroshi Sekita]].<ref name="Nakajima">{{cite book|author=[[Haruo Nakajima|Nakajima, Haruo]]|title=Monster Life: Godzilla Actor Haruo Nakajima|publisher=Yosensha|date=2010|pages=162-163|isbn=978-4-86248-589-2}}</ref> Onaka retired from acting in [[1970]]{{Citation needed}} and passed away sometime prior to [[2016]].<ref name="Tokusatsu Hiho">{{cite book|title=Tokusatsu Hiho|volume=vol. 3|publisher=Yosensha|date=2016|page=225|isbn=978-4-8003-0865-8}}</ref> | ||
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Seiji Onaka (大仲 清治 was a Japanese professional baseball player and actor. He appeared in numerous small roles in many of Ōnaka Seiji)Toho's science-fiction films from 1956 to 1970. He was also cast as Godzilla in Son of Godzilla due to his tall stature, but a hand injury forced him to bow out of the role shortly after filming started and was replaced by Hiroshi Sekita.[1] Onaka retired from acting in 1970[citation needed] and passed away sometime prior to 2016.[2]
Selected filmography
- Rodan (1956) as Nakagawa
- The Human Vapor (1960) as Police officer
- King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) as Pacific Pharmaceutical employee / Oyanamaru sailor [uncredited]
- Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) as Fisherman / police officer [uncredited]
- Dogora (1964) as Airplane passenger [uncredited]
- Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) as UFO club member / reporter / tourist [uncredited]
- Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965) Passenger on ferryboat / SDF soldier [uncredited]
- Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965) as JSDF soldier [uncredited]
- The War of the Gargantuas (1966) as Coast Guard official [uncredited]
- Kaiju Booska (TV 1966-1967) as Human Kong [episode 11] / Sumitomo Fujiwara's subordinate [episodes 33-34]
- Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) as Newspaperman / dance spectator / Red Bamboo soldier [uncredited]
- King Kong Escapes (1967) as Sailor on Dr. Who's ship [uncredited]
- Son of Godzilla (1967) as Godzilla [land scenes, with Hiroshi Sekita]
- Destroy All Monsters (1968) as Military officer / moon base Engineer / reporter [uncredited]
- Latitude Zero (1969) Rocket crewmember [uncredited]
- Space Amoeba (1970) as Sergio Islander [uncredited]
Trivia
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars writer Henry Gilroy named the pirate Hondo Ohnaka after Seiji Onaka and director Ishiro Honda.[3]
References
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