Actor
Rinsaku Ogata
January 6, 1925 · Tokyo, Japan
Frequent supporting player in Toho films beginning in the 50s. Ogata’s stern features lent him to background roles as military officers and personnel in several of Toho’s sci-fi films. One of his more prominent roles (i.e., it had dialogue) are as a policeman in the opening scene of The Human Vapor (1960). He also played Goro, one of the first victims in Rodan (1956).
Notable work
Often works with
Yoshibumi Tajima
10 titles together
Mothra vs. Godzilla, Destroy All Monsters, Invasion of Astro-Monster
Akihiko Hirata
10 titles together
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep, Rodan, Mothra
Yoshio Tsuchiya
9 titles together
The Hidden Fortress, Destroy All Monsters, Invasion of Astro-Monster
Kenji Sahara
9 titles together
Mothra vs. Godzilla, Destroy All Monsters, Rodan
Ikio Sawamura
7 titles together
Yojimbo, The Hidden Fortress, Mothra vs. Godzilla
Hisaya Ito
7 titles together
Destroy All Monsters, Ebirah, Horror of the Deep, The Mysterians
Full filmography · 41
Bloodthirsty Hawk
as Xiao Guo (uncredited)
1977
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
cast
1971
The Battle of Okinawa
as Soldier (uncredited)
1971
The Militarists
as Fukuyama
1970
Space Amoeba
as Sergio Islander
19706.4
Admiral Yamamoto
as Capt. Hayakawa
1968
Destroy All Monsters
as 1st Officer (uncredited)
19686.9
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
as Red Bamboo Guard
19666.3
The Man from Planet Alpha
cast
1966
Invasion of Astro-Monster
as JSDF Soldier
19656.8
You Can Succeed, Too
cast
1964
Mothra vs. Godzilla
as Transport Aircraft Operations Assistant
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