Hiroshi Koizumi
Biography
Hiroshi Koizumi (小泉博, Koizumi Hiroshi, birth name written as 小泉 汪) (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.
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Full filmography
- Ikiru (1952) as Jazz Bar Guest (uncredited)
- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) as Professor Wagura
- Godzilla Raids Again (1955) as Shoichi Tsukioka
- Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) as Professor Shunsuke Miura
- Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) as Professor Murai
- The Return of Godzilla (1984) as Professor Minami
- Mothra (1961) as Dr. Shin'ichi Chûjô
- Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003) as Dr. Shin'ichi Chûjô
- 金メダルへのターン！ (1970)
- Warrior of Love Rainbowman (1972) as Ichiro Yamato
- Japan's Longest Day (1967) as Nobukata Wada - NHK Broadcaster
- Atragon (1963) as Inspector
- Godzilla 1985 (1985) as Geologist Minami
- Chûshingura (1962)
- Matango (1963) as Naoyuki Sakuta - Skipper
- Dogora (1964) as Kirino
- Daughters, Wives and a Mother (1960) as Hidetaka Tani
- Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974) as Environmental scientist #2
- The Storm of the Pacific (1960)
- Late Chrysanthemums (1954) as Kiyoshi
- Battle of the Japan Sea (1969) as Kurino
- The Beast Shall Die (1959) as Detective Masugi
- Gigantis, the Fire Monster (1959) as Tsukioka
- Tokyo Sweetheart (1952) as Shôtarô