Kokuten Kōdō

**Kokuten Kōdō** (Kokuten Kōdō, *高堂 国典*, January 29, 1887 - January 22, 1960) also known as **Tanigawa Saichirō** (谷川 佐市郎) was a Japanese actor he was active from 1920s to 1950s. he was active under the stage name of **Kokuten Kodo** (reads the same). The street name is "Kokuten".

Before the war , he was active in Teikoku Kinema and Utaemon Ichikawa productions , and appeared in Toho during and after the war . Demonstrate his individuality as an old man and play a supporting role in various works. He is also one of the regulars of Akira Kurosawa's works.

## Life

### Early life

Born January 29, 1887 (Meiji 20) in Takasago City , Hyogo Prefecture .

Kwansei Gakuin Junior High after dropping out 1901 (1901) new school of Masao Murata goes into the disciple, Osaka Yokoi seat around the country in a barnstorming after stepping on debut in.

After joining the contemporary drama club of Teikoku Kinema Kosaka Photo Studio in 1923 (Taisho 12) , he began working as a movie actor in earnest, appearing in works such as "The Curse Ship," "Revenge Demon," and "Stars Fly Disturbed."

In 1926 (Taisho 15) , after joining the Ashiya Film Factory and the Union Film Artists Association from the internal conflict of Teikoku Kinema, he joined the front-line film association of director Takuji Furumi in the same year and appeared in "Dreadful Encounter".

1927 (1927) after the end of the exercise Utaemon Ichikawa production activities as a key member to enter the Ayameike studio, appeared in such as "hen after laughs ship Kinpira" and "Issatsutasho sword", also " bannerman boring man』I was a regular in the series. Shochiku Shitakamo studio "of production An Actor's Revenge soil part three Hitoshi role of" is a masterpiece of as a villain  .

Transferred to Shochiku Shimo Kamo Photo Studio in 1936 (Showa 11) .

Transferred to Toho in 1939 (Showa 14) , and appeared in several works under the name of **Kokuten Kodo** . Even after the war, he appeared in many works centered on Toho.

He died on January 22, 1960 (Showa 35) . 72 years old died. His last work is "The Face of the Underworld" in 1959.

## Career

   At the studio, he was called "Kokuten-san," but according to Yoshio Tsuchiya , he shouted "Kuni Nori!" Every time he was called. Tsuchiya said that he had been asked by Takado to "adopt him", and when Tsuchiya, who was in trouble , consulted with Akira Kurosawa, he said, "I have killed my important son in the war and asked Tsuchiya for his appearance. Isn't it because it is? " He likes sweetfish fishing, and he always went fishing alone in the Tama River, and once he was drunk by the flooded river, he died in nine deaths. Tsuchiya heard this and said, "Mr. Takado I knew the lonely side of the river. "

He has a good reputation for over-action, and he shook his body just by walking without lines and screamed "Woom, Munyan, Munyan", so Director Kurosawa shouted "Mr. Takado, the camera will break" many times. Tsuchiya is Kamatari Fujiwara and Yoshio Kosugi , left Bok all the Kodo side by side and, in the personality old man who "no less either, are valuable members of the film industry stamp not likely to appear in the absolute future, people love from school days It was "

Around 1936, in Kyoto, he preached that "alcohol is harmful, wastes time, and is disadvantageous to health," and gathered more than fifty comrades to hold a splendid formation tournament. Formed an organization. The chairman was Takado, the vice chairman was Kichijiro Ueda , and the members were so many, and the talk was lively among the filmmakers in Kyoto. However, it was so crowded with the moviemakers who had never run out of alcohol that they would continue for a long time, and there were even people who drank alcohol on this topic. In the end, this "Prohibition Union" was disbanded in less than three months. At the dissolution ceremony, it was said that Chairman Takado and other members drank violently and went wild, and it was rumored that the party was originally started by applying the dissolution ceremony.

## Filmography

* + Cursed Ship (1923, Teikoku Kinema )
	+ Revenge Demon (1924, Teikoku Kinema)
	+ Stars fly turbulently (1924, Teikoku Kinema)
	+ Hatred of love (1925, Teikoku Kinema)
	+ Hiwa Part 1 (1926, Union Eijutsujutsusha Kyokai )
	+ Jizo via Jizo (1926, Union Eijutsujutsukai) --Village man Kahei
	+ Horrible Encounter (1927, Frontline Film Association )
	+ Lol Funa Kinpira Part 2 (1927, Utaemon Ichikawa Productions )
	+ Issatsu Tashōken (1929, Utaemon Ichikawa Productions) --Genma Saburi
	+ Hatamoto Taikutsuo Series (Utaemon Ichikawa Productions)
		- Bored man who went up to Kyo (1930) --The exhaustion of the beads shop
		- A bored man who appeared in Sendai (1931) --The Date clan
		- Bored man returning to Edo (1931) -Kira Uenosuke
		- A bored man exploding (1933) -Kinokuniya Bunzaemon
		- Bored man going through Chusendo Part 1 and Part 2 (1935) --Amanoya Tokubei
	+ Shimizu no Jirocho Crotch Journey (1931, Utaemon Ichikawa Productions) --Takei's Stupid
	+ Maboroshi Pass Tokyo Hen (1931, Utaemon Ichikawa Production) --Hachiro Amano
	+ **Chushingura** (1932, Shochiku) --Uesugi family chief
	+ Road to the Enemy (1933, Utaemon Ichikawa Productions) --Kahei
	+ **Yukinosuke Change Volume 1, Volume 2, Solution** (1935, 1936) --Sansai Tsuchibe
	+ Chushingura (1939, Toho) -Yahei Horibe
	+ Song of the White Orchid (1939, Toho) --Haccho
	+ Matsushita Village School (1939, Toho)
	+ Niitsuma Kagami (1940, Toho)
	+ Awa no Odoriko (1941, Toho)
	+ ★ Sanshiro Sugata (1943, Toho) --Osho
	+ ★ Sanshiro Sugata (1945, Toho) --Osho
	+ Five Tokyo Men (1945, Toho) --A good peasant
	+ ★ **No regrets for my youth** (1946, Toho) --Noge's father
	+ **The End of Ginrei** (1947, Toho) --The old man of the ski hut
	+ Omokage (1948, Toho) --Barber
	+ **Second Life** (1948, Toho) --Shigesuke Boatman
	+ ★ **Stray Dog** (1949, Toho) --Apartment manager
	+ **Aoi Sanmyaku** (1949, Toho) --Nagamori's master
	+ Tenya Wanya (1950, Shochiku) --Douhachi
	+ **City of Violence** (1950)
	+ Right Gate Catchbook Izu's Travel Diary (1950, Shintoho) --Osho
	+ Murderer's Face (1950, Toho) --Old Gentleman
	+ ★ **Scandal** (1950, Shochiku) --Kibuchi's relatives
	+ Pursuit at Dawn (1950, Shintoho) --Chinchintei's father
	+ The Bells of Nagasaki (1950, Shochiku) --Grandfather
	+ Scarlet Peony at Night (1950, Shintoho) --Delusion Osho
	+ Home Sweet Home (1951, Shochiku) --Old Kanazawa
	+ ★ The Idiot (1951, Shochiku) --Junpei Kayama
	+ Blue Pearl (1951, Toho) --Noeda's uncle
	+ **Early Summer** (1951, Shochiku) --Shigekichi Mamiya
	+ **Carmen Comes Home** (1951, Shochiku) --The old man in the village
	+ Araki Mataemon Battle Locksmith Tsuji (1952, Toho) --Locksmith Sanemon
	+ Sword for Hire (1952, Toho)
	+ Third Class Executive (1952, Toho) --Katsuta President
	+ Husband and wife (1953, Toho) --A deaf old man
	+ Blue Revolution (1953, Toho) --Watchmaker
	+ Red-Light Bases (1953, Toho) --Grandfather, heavy work
	+ End of the night (1953, Toho) --Relatives of railroad crossings
	+ ★ **Seven Samurai** (1954, Toho) --Gisaku
	+ Jirocho Sangokushi Part 9 Arakamiyama (1954, Toho) --Kira's Manosuke
	+ New Kurama Tengu Tengu Appearance, Duel of Toji Temple (1954, Toho) --Osaka Jodai Elder
	+ Godzilla (1954, Toho)-Elder of Otoshima
	+ Meiji Ichidai Onna (1955, Shintoho) --The head of Inafune
	+ Miyamoto Musashi Series (Toho) --Old Monk Nikkan
		- Sequel Miyamoto Musashi Ichijoji Temple (1955)
		- Miyamoto Musashi Complete Edition Battle Iwaryujima (1956)
	+ The Phantom Horse (1955, Daiei) --Rokuzo
	+ Gerô no Kubi (1955, Shintoho ) --Umeriken
	+ Half Human (1955, Toho) --Grandfather
	+ House with a persimmon tree (1955, Toho) --Grandfather
	+ ★ I **Live in Fear** (1955, Toho) --Family of workers
	+ Disorder of the Kuroda (1956, Toei) --Nagamasa Kuroda
	+ Shin, Heike Monogatari Three women over Yoshinaka (1956, Daiei) --Sleeping brewer
	+ Red Light District (1956, Daiei) - Yumeko father-in-law of
	+ Counterattack Prison Rock (1956, Toei) --Heiji
	+ ★ **Throne of Blood** (1957, Toho) --Warlord
	+ Rampage Kaido (1957, Toei) --Yazaemon Honda
	+ During the fight (1957, Toei) --Hikoemon Tokuraya
	+ Untamed (1957, Toho) --Onoda's father, Kinshichi
	+ Blue Mountains Shinko no Maki / Yukiko no Maki (1957, Toho) --Nagamori Elderly
	+ Young Samurai Catch Book Fresh-blooded Mermaid (1957, Toei) --Shimakata Samon
	+ **Dotamba** (1957, Toei)
	+ **Rickshaw Man** (1958, Toho) --The old man in the town
	+ **Naked General** (1958, Toho) --The rich old man
	+ ★ The **Hidden Fortress** (1958, Toho) --The man in front of the bill
	+ Boss of the Underworld (1959, Toho) --Ishiyama's father

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