Yoshio Tsuchiya

Yoshio Tsuchiya Born May 18, 1927 Yamanashi, Japan Notable role(s) Tajima, Mysterian Leader, Detective Taguchi, Officer Katsumoto, Masafumi Kasai, Mr. Kawai, Controller of Planet X, Furukawa, Dr. Otani, Dr. Kyoichi Mida, Yasuaki Shindo First work Satsujin Yôgisha Notable work Invasion of Astro-Monster

Yoshio Tsuchiya (土屋 嘉男,   Tsuchiya Yoshio), born May 18, 1927, is a Japanese actor who has appeared in such films as Toshio Matsumoto's surreal masterpiece Bara No Soretsu (a.k.a. "Funeral Parade of Roses") and Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai (as the firebrand farmer Rikichi) and Red Beard, and Kihachi Okamoto's Kill! He has also appeared in numerous kaiju eiga by Toho, predominantly during the Showa series.

Biography

Yoshio Tsuchiya has a long-standing interest in UFOs and had written several books on the subject. He preferred starring in science fiction films, usually as aliens, or people possessed by them, in such films as Battle in Outer Space, Invasion of Astro-Monster, and Destroy All Monsters.

Kaiju Filmography

• Invisible Man (1954) as Reporter Komatsu
• Godzilla Raids Again (1955) as Tajima
• The Mysterians (1957) as Mysterian leader
• H-Man (1958) as Detective Taguchi
• Varan (1958) as Lieutenant Commander Katsumoto
• Battle in Outer Space (1959) as Koichi Iwomura
• The Secret of the Telegian (1960) as Detective Captain Okazaki
• The Human Vapor (1960) as Mizuno/Human Vapor
• Matango (1963) as Masafumi Kasai
• Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965) as Mr. Kawai
• Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965) as Controller of Planet X
• Ultra Q (TV 1966) as Ono (episode 2)
• Ultraman (TV 1966-1967) as Dr. Morita [episode 18]
• Son of Godzilla (1967) as Furukawa
• Ultra Seven (TV 1967-1968) as Dr. Tsuchida [episodes 14-15]
• Destroy All Monsters (1968) as Dr. Otani
• Space Amoeba (1970) as Dr. Kyoichi Mida
• Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) as Yasuaki Shindo

External Links

• Interview by Robert Biondi (May 1998)