Hiroshi Koizumi

Hiroshi Koizumi
(12 August 1926 – 31 May 2015) was a Japanese actor, best known for his starring role in the 1955 film Godzilla Raids Again as well as other Toho Studios monster movies. He was born in Japan. He is a graduate of Keio University in Tokyo.
In a 1999 interview with Steve Ryfle, Koizumi laments that while he stated he has easy parts to play, he felt he could have done more in his performances. Despite his roles where he usually plays a scientist, he plays a powerful role in Late Chrysanthemums, playing a young man that married an older wealthy woman to escape from the slums. On 31 May 2015, Koizumi died at a hospital in Tokyo from pneumonia at the age of 88.
Filmography
Film
Seishun kaigi (1952) - Shôgo Murase
Rakki-san (1952)
Kin no tamago: Golden girl (1952)
Wakai hito (1952)
Tôkyô no koibito (1952) - Shôtarô
Kekkon annai (1952)
Minato e kita otoko (1952) - Shingo Nishizawa
Itou shain-santô jyûyaku kyodaihen (1953)
Fukeyo haru kaze (1953) - The young man
Hoyo (1953) - Yoshikawa, alias Sampei
Pu-san (1953)
Aijô ni tsuite (1953) - Akira Murase
Jirochô sangokushi: Jirochô to Ishimatsu (1953)
Jirochô sangokushi: seizoroi Shimizu Minato (1953)
Tokai no yokogao (1953)
Shirauo (1953) - Sumida
Kofuku-san (1953)
Hana no naka no musumetachi (1953) - Jun'ichi Mimura
Jirochô sangokushi: hatsu iwai Shimizu Minato (1954)
Mama no nikki (1954)
Jirochô sangokushi: kaitô-ichi no abarenbô (1954)
Late Chrysanthemums (1954) - Kiyoshi
Haha no hatsukoi (1954)
Josei ni kansuru jûni shô (1954) - Koheita Kure
Koi-gesho (1955) - Ishjina
Ashita no kôfuku (1955) - Toshio Matsuzaki
Mekura neko (1955)
Tsuki ni tobu kari (1955) - Amemiya
Godzilla Raids Again (1955) - Shoichi Tsukioka
Oen-san (1955) - Hiroshi Matsuyama
Ryanko no Yatarô (1955) - Ryanko no Yatarô
Kuchizuke (1955) - Eikichi Uemura- The Girl in Mist (segment 2)
Sugata naki mokugekisha (1955) - Detective Funaki
Aoi hate (1955) - Jiro Tamura
Ankokugai (1955) - Yumiko's fiancé
Migotona musume (1956) - Shirô Yukimra
Nyôbô zoku wa uttaeru (1956) - Junji Komiya
Kon'yaku sanbagarasu (1956) - Taniyama
Ôabare Cha-Cha musume (1956)
Shujinsen (1956)
Hesokuri shacho to wanman shacho: Hesokuri shacho kanto su (1956)
Sazae-san (1956) - Masuo Fuguta
Bôkyaku no hanabira (1957)
Yama to kawa no aru machi (1957)
Kono futari ni sachi are (1957)
Zoku Sazae-san (1957) - Fuguta
Sanjûrokunin no jôkyaku (1957) - Ichirô Watanabe - Detective
Nikui mono (1957) - Mr Kurata
Bôkyaku no hanabira: Kanketsuhen (1957)
A Farewell to the Woman Called My Sister (1957)
Wakare no chatsumi-uta shimai-hen: Oneesan to yonda hito (1957)
Hanayome ha mateirû (1957)
Sazae-san no seishun (1957) - Fuguta
Aijô no miyako (1958) - Yamane, Murata's friend
Jazu musume ni eiko are (1958) - Masao
Song for a Bride (1958)
A Holiday in Tokyo (1958) - Jiro
Doji o numana (1958)
Romansu matsuri (1958)
Jirochô gaiden: Haikagura kiso no himatsuri (1958)
Gigantis, the Fire Monster (1959) - Shoichi Tsukioka
Yajû shisubeshi (1959) - Detective Masugi
Ginza no onêchan (1959)
Yari hitosuji nihon bare (1959) - Shinsuke
Sazae-san no dâssen okusamâ (1959)
Sazae-san no akachan tanjo (1960)
Ginza taikutsu musume (1960) - Takashi Koshiba
Hawai Middowei daikaikûsen: Taiheiyô no arashi (1960)
Daughters, Wives and a Mother (1960) - Hidetaka Tani
Gambare! Bangaku (1960)
Chikûho no kodomotachi (1960)
Sazae-san to epuron obasan (1960)
Ginza no koibitotachi (1961)
Fuku no kami: Sazae-san ikka (1961)
Honkon no yoru (1960)
Mothra (1961) - Dr. Shinichi Chujo
Futari no musuko (1961)
Honkon No Hoshi (1962) - Haruyama
Sôtome ke no musume tachi (1962) - Tatsurô Yoshimura
47 Samurai (1962) - Gengo Ôtaka
Kôkôsei to onna kyôshi: hijô no seishun (1962)
Attack Squadron! (1963)
Tsuma toiuna no onnatachi (1963)
Matango (1963) - Naoyuki Sakuda
Atragon (1963) - Detective Ito, Tokyo Metropolitan Police
Kon'nichiwa akachan (1964) - Toshio Mikami
Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) - Professor Miura
Dogara, the Space Monster (1964) - Kirino
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) - Professor Miura
Kokkura suzumaru (1965)
Honkon no shiroibara (1965)
Bangkok no yoru (1966) - Kitajima
Jinchoge (1966) - Maekawa
Japan's Longest Day (1967) - Nobukata Wada - NHK Broadcaster
Go! Go! Wakadaishô (1969) - Okamoto
Furesshuman wakadaishô (1969)
Battle of the Japan Sea (1969) - Kurino
Sotsugyô ryokô (1973) - Kazuhiko Saito
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) - Professor Wagura
Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974) - Environmental Scientist 2
Zoku ningen kakumei (1976)
Boryoku senshi (1979)
The Return of Godzilla (1984) - Professor Minami
Godzilla 1985 (1985) - Professor Minami
Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003) - Dr. Shinichi Chujo
Zero Focus (2009)
Television
Ultra Q (1966) - Chief Airport Traffic Controller Kaneko
Onihei Hankachō (1975)
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1926 births
2015 deaths
Deaths from pneumonia in Japan
Japanese male film actors
Keio University alumni
Male actors from Kanagawa Prefecture
20th-century Japanese male actors
21st-century Japanese male actors
People from Kamakura