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Kenji Oyama

Acting Born Feb 8, 1904 Fukushima Prefecture, Japan 24 credits

Biography

Kenji Ōyama ( February 8 , 1904 – 1970 ) was a Japanese actor. he played the role of a large, good-natured student in the films made at Shochiku Kamata and Ōfuna studios in the 1920s and 1930s and his appearance was described as "a pleasing addition to Shochiku's youth entertainment films. "

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Known for

Film

Gamera, the Giant Monster

as Minister of Defense
Film

Gamera vs. Gyaos

as District Police Commissioner

Full filmography

  • Acorns & Chestnuts (1941)
  • Gamera, the Giant Monster (1965) as Minister of Defense
  • Odd Obsession (1959)
  • A Lustful Man (1961)
  • Gamera vs. Gyaos (1967) as District Police Commissioner
  • Giants and Toys (1958) as Kita
  • The Pit of Death (1968) as Senior Managing Director
  • Warm Current (1957) as Director, Internal Medicine Department, Kanaya
  • Weeds with flowers (1939)
  • There Was a Father (1942) as Graduate
  • The Valley Between Love and Death (1954)
  • The Lowest Man (1958)
  • The Loyal 47 Ronin (1932) as Gengo Ôtaka
  • Black Test Car (1962) as Kunihiko Mochizuki
  • Advance Patrol (1957)
  • I Graduated, But... (1929) as Sugimara
  • The Spy Has Not Died Yet (1942)
  • Beauty the Enemy (1959) as Director
  • Black Report (1963) as Judge Esaki
  • The Snowy Heron (1958)
  • The Tree of Love (1938)
  • Ninja in a Business Suit (1963)
  • Superexpress (1964) as Shinkansen Public Corporation doorman
  • Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth? (1932) as Tetsuo's friend, Kumada