Katsumi Tezuka

Katsumi Tezuka  (手塚勝巳,   *Tezuka Katsumi*?, Born: August 31, 1912) is (or Was his Death is still unconfirmed) a Japanese suit actor and Former professional baseball player.

## Life

Professional baseball players before the war ( Hayami - Senshu University through the large Tokyo army ., Position and pinch hitter competed in the pitcher → outfielder total of five games, 5-bats 0 hits) There is experience, after the defeat new Toho through, Toho to Joined the company. It is said that Masahiro Makino had a good taste at this time .

Even after joining the company, he was a boss who acted as a negotiator in terms of treatment of fellow actors, and was a popular person who was at the top of the so-called "large room" actors of the Toho actor club. Its influence goes beyond the position of an actor, and even executives have had difficulty raising their heads.

His physical strength as a former professional athlete was bought, and he was selected as Godzilla in " Godzilla ", but he gave up after walking about 3 meters in rehearsal in front of a costume that weighs more than 150 kg. The younger Haruo Nakajima walked about 10 meters first, and Eiji Tsuburaya changed the main to Nakajima when he saw this . Tezuka, who was assisted by Nakajima, played the role of Godzilla in the scene of the Diet Building . According to Nakajima, Tezuka stumbled upon something while shooting a scene that destroyed the Diet Building, and shouted, "Can I act without such a failure!" And pushed out a part-time job of modeling.  .

In his next work, " Godzilla Raids Against," he played Anguirus , the opponent of Godzilla . Nakajima, who plays the role of Godzilla , when he caught the neck of Tezuka who was in a costume while shooting a fighting scene set in Nakanoshima , he was a boss who usually does not raise his head in a large room, so he got stronger I remember that it might have been  .

Since then, he has played a number of monster roles as an assistant to Nakajima, and when he played the role of balun in " Large Monster Balun ", the power supply box of the lighting fell into the water when shooting in the pool, and he got an electric shock. I have  .

No appearances have been confirmed since the mid-1960s, and the current whereabouts are unknown.

## Films

* Pacific Ocean of the eagle ( 1953 Ishirō Honda Director): Task Force aviation staff
* Godzilla series
	+ Godzilla ( Director Inoshiro Honda, 1954 ): Godzilla , newspaper desk
	+ Godzilla suit actorRaids Against ( Director Motoyoshi Oda, 1955 ): Anguirus
	+ King Kong vs. Godzilla (Director Inoshiro Honda, 1962): Godzilla \* Also in charge of monster acting guidance
	+ Mothra vs. Godzilla ( Director Inoshiro Honda, 1964 ): Godzilla
	+ Three Great Monsters The Biggest Battle on Earth (Director Inoshiro Honda, 1964): Godzilla
* The Immortal Pitch ( Director Hideo Suzuki, 1955 ): Judge[1]suit actor
* Meoto Zenzai ( Director Shiro Toyoda, 1955 )
* Prisoner Ship ( Director Hiroshi Inagaki, 1956 ): Steering[2]suit actor
* Empty Monster radon (1956 Ishirō Honda Director): Hotel manager, Meganuron (was the number people) of the foot ※ Katsu **Tezuka** seen as clerical error
* Daiban ( Director Yasuki Chiba, 1957 )[3]suit actor
* The Mysterians (Director Inoshiro Honda, 1957): Moguera , Villagers
* Horror bullet holes ( Director Shigeaki Takada, 1957 ): Guest
* Varan the Unbelief ( Director Inoshiro Honda, 1958 ): Varan
* The H-Man and Liquid Human (1958 Honda Inoshiro): Fisherman
* Inao: Story of Tetsuwan ( Director Inoshiro Honda, 1959 ): Team trainer Yoshikawa
* The Three Treasures (Director Hiroshi Inagaki, 1959)
* Battle in Outer Space (1959, directed by Inoshiro Honda): Kaisho
* Hawaii Midway Ocean Air Battle Pacific Storm ( Director Shue Matsubayashi, 1960 ): Bride's assistance[4]suit actor
* The Story of Osaka Castle ( Director Hiroshi Inagaki, 1961 ): Main horse Ohno
* Mothra (1961 Ishirō Honda Director): Mothra (was the number of people) larvae of the foot, photojournalists ※ Masaru Tezuka **his own** mistakes and
* Gorath ( 1962 Ishirō Honda Director): Magma ※ Masaru Tezuka **his own** mistakes and
* Pacific Ocean of the wing ( 1963 Shūe Matsubayashi Director)
* Matango (Director Inoshiro Honda, 1963): A man at the Tokyo Medical Center
* Atragon (Director Inoshiro Honda, 1963): Defense Agency executive
* Siege of Fort Bismarck (1963 Kengo Furusawa Director): Fleet Chief of Staff ※ Masaru Tezuka **his own** mistakes and
* Pacific Ocean miracle of strategy Kisuka ( 1965 Seiji Maruyama Director): Akikumo of Captain ※ Masaru Tezuka **his own** mistakes and
* Beast Alley ( Director Eizo Sugawa, 1965 ): Fukami
* Hit and Run ( Director Mikio Naruse, 1966 )[5]suit actor
* It's crazy, fantasy Tengai ( Director Takashi Tsuboshima, 1966 ): Member of the ruling party
* President Thousand and One Nights ( 1967 Shūe Matsubayashi Director): Company executives B
* Sequel, President Chiichiya (Director Shue Matsubayashi, 1967): Tourism Business Person B

## References

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1. ↑ wikizilla.org
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 ja.wikipedia.org