Koji Furuhata
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Koji Furuhata (古畑 弘二 Furuhata Kōji) is a former Japanese actor who was affiliated with Shiki Theatre Company.[1] He made his film debut in the Japanese portion of the multinational film Love at Twenty, directed by Shintaro Ishihara. However, while still only a trainee, Furuhata planned to retire from acting as he had become almost completely deaf due to illness and had trouble delivering his lines;[citation needed][a] Toho offered Furuhata the role of Frankenstein in their tokusatsu film Frankenstein vs. Baragon, becoming his final and most widely recognized role. His current whereabouts are unknown.
Selected filmography[edit | edit source]
- Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965) as Frankenstein
Gallery[edit | edit source]
Furuhata with Eiji Tsuburaya on the set of Frankenstein vs. Baragon
Furuhata with Haruo Nakajima and Keizo Murase on the set of Frankenstein vs. Baragon
Notes[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Keizo Murase, who designed and applied the Frankenstein makeup for vs. Baragon, testified that he did not get the impression that Furuhata was deaf, but noted that he was not very talkative.[2]
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