Occupation Actor Name Kokuten Kodo Died January 22, 1960 | Years active 1923-1959 Role Film actor | |
Born 29 January 1887 Takasago, Hyogo, Japan Movies Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood, Sanshiro Sugata, No Regrets for Our Youth, The Hidden Fortress Similar People Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto, Akira Kurosawa, Fumio Hayasaka, Masaru Sato | ||
Kokuten Kōdō (高堂 国典, Kōdō Kokuten, 29 January 1887 – 22 January 1960) was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than eighty films from 1923 to 1959.
Career
Kōdō first began acting on the stage in 1901 in shinpa dramas. He joined the Teikine studio in 1923, and after the war, the Toho Studio. He appeared in numerous films by Akira Kurosawa, most notably in Seven Samurai as the village elder.
References
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