Shoichi Hirose

{{Infobox Person |image =KKVG - Shoichi Hirose and Eiji Tsuburaya stand right there.jpg |caption =Shoichi Hirose in the King Kong suit for King Kong vs. Godzilla |name =Shoichi Hirose |character =Convict, fighter pilot, Meganulon, detective, Fire Department officer, Onishi's henchman, guard,
King Kong, Mu henchman,
King Ghidorah, tunnel worker, soldier, Infant Islander slave,
Dr. Who's henchman, worker, ramen shop customer, villager |birthday =June 23, 1918 |death =Unknown; retired from acting in 1988 |birthplace =Japan |wikipedia =https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoichi_Hirose |imdb =http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0386406/ |first =Utahime Miyako e Yuku (1950) |notable =King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) 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.

Selected filmography

• Godzilla Raids Again (1955) as convict
• Rodan (1956) as fighter pilot / Meganulon
• The Mysterians (1957) as detective
• The H-Man (1958) as Fire Department officer
• Monkey Sun (1959) as Native chief
• The Three Treasures (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 [with Haruya Sakamoto]
• Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965) as tunnel worker
• Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965) as King Ghidorah
• The 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
• Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975) as worker
• House (1977) as ramen shop customer
• Princess from the Moon (1987) as villager

Gallery

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  Masaki Shinohara, Haruo Nakajima and Shoichi Hirose holding miniatures of the kaiju they portrayed in Invasion of Astro-Monster

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