Kenpachiro Satsuma

Kenpachiro Satsuma (薩摩剣八郎, Satsuma Kenpachirō) (born May 27, 1947, in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese actor. He is probably best known for playing Godzilla in the Heisei series of Godzilla films (1984–1995), but played other giant monsters (daikaijū) like Gigan and Hedorah. While filming Godzilla movies Satsuma would regularly pass out on the set due to lack of oxygen while wearing the poorly ventilated and heavy rubber suits.

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• Films
• References

Films

Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) as Hedorah

Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972) as Gigan

Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) as Gigan

Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974)

G.I. Samurai (1979)

The Return of Godzilla (1984) as Godzilla

Pulgasari (1985) as Pulgasari

Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) as Godzilla

Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) as Godzilla

Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992) as Godzilla

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993) as Godzilla

Monster Planet Of Godzilla (1994) as Godzilla

Yamato Takeru (1994) as Yamata no Orochi

Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994) as Godzilla

Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995) as Godzilla (Misspelled as Kenhachiro Satsuma in the extended credits featured in the International version)