Shin Kishida

Shin Kishida Born October 17, 1939 Tokyo, Japan Died December 28, 1982 Occupation Actor, Screenwriter, Playwright, Director First work A Wanderer's Notebook (1962) Notable work Lake of Dracula (1974)

Shin Kishida (岸田森,   Kishida Shin), also known by the pseudonym Shin Akekawa (朱川 審,   Akekawa Shin), was a Japanese actor, voice actor, screenwriter, playwright, and director. Kishida appeared in numerous supporting roles in film and television throughout the 1960's and 1970's, and was a frequent collaborator of director Kihachi Okamoto. Kishida was a fan of science-fiction and fantasy, and for this reason appeared in several of Tsuburaya Productions' tokusatsu series, and even wrote screenplays for episodes of The Return of Ultraman and Fireman. Kishida is even credited with designing the kaiju Pris-Ma. Kishida has been called "the Japanese Christopher Lee," due to his celebrated roles as the vampire in the second and third entries of Michio Yamamoto's Bloodthirsty Trilogy. Kishida is also remembered for his role as the mysterious INTERPOL agent Nanbara in Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla, a film which also starred Kishida's friends and colleagues Goro Mutsumi and Daigo Kusano. Kishida passed away of esophageal cancer at the age of 43 on December 28, 1982.

Selected Filmography

Actor

• The Return of Ultraman (TV 1971) as Ken Sakata
• Lake of Dracula (1971) as Vampire
• Ultraman Ace (TV 1972-1973) as Narrator
• Fireman (TV 1973) as Dr. Saburo Mizushima
• Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) as Nanbara
• Evil of Dracula (1974) as Vampire
• Dinosaur Squadron Koseidon (TV 1978) as Dr. Hagimura [episode 29]

Writer

• The Return of Ultraman (TV 1971) [episode 35, "Cruel! Light Monster Pris-Ma"; as Shin Akekawa]
• Fireman (TV 1973) [episode 12, "Earth is the Robot's Graveyard"]