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Kenpachiro Satsuma (薩摩剣八郎, Satsuma Kenpachirō, 27 May 1947 – 16 December 2023), born Yasuaki Maeda (前田靖昭, Maeda Yasuaki), was a Japanese actor and stuntman who portrayed Godzilla in the Heisei films, from 1984 to 1995.
Kenpachiro Satsuma's unexpected death on December 16, 2023, was a real blow for fans everywhere. Succumbing to interstitial pneumonia, a condition he contracted in November, Satsuma's passing was ...
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1. Return of Ultraman(TV 1971-1972) as MAT base guard [episode 31; as Kengo Nakayama] 2. Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) as Hedorah[as Kengo Nakayama] 3. Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972) as Gigan[as Kengo Nakayama] 4. Thunder Mask(TV 1972-1973) as Thunder Mask [as Kengo Nakayama] 5. Ultraman Ace(TV 1972-1973) [episodes 13-14; as Kengo Nakayama] 6. Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) as Gigan [as Kengo Nakayama][note 1] 7. Prophecies of Nostradamus(1974) [as Kengo Nakayama] 8. The Return of Godzilla (1984) as Go...
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1. Godzilla, King of the Monsters(1998) 2. Bringing Godzilla Down to Size(2008) 3. The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga(2019)
Kenpachiro Satsuma coming out of HedorahSatsuma as Hedorah and Haruo Nakajima as GodzillaSatsuma as GiganSatsuma shakes hands with "Hurricane" Ryu Hariken on the set of Godzilla vs. King GhidorahSatsuma suffered acute appendicitis while promoting Godzilla vs. Hedorah, which required surgery. During the procedure, he discovered that he was unaffected by painkillers, forcing the doctor to kn...Satsuma reported that while playing Godzilla in Godzilla vs. Destoroyah, the smoke given off by the suit was concentrated carbon monoxide. This would lead to him passing out multiple times during p...This is a list of references for Kenpachiro Satsuma. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this:
Dec 16, 2023 · The Japanese actor, who played Godzilla and other monsters in the Heisei era, passed away at 76 from interstitial pneumonia. He also starred in films like Hong Kil-dong and Japanese Hell, and was kidnapped by North Korea to make Pulgasari.
Dec 17, 2023 · Kenpachiro Satsuma, who played the monster Godzilla in the eponymous series of movies, died on Saturday at the age of 76. He also appeared as a monster in the North Korean film “Pulgasari.”
Dec 18, 2023 · Actor Kenpachiro Satsuma (real name Yasuaki Maeda) passed away of interstitial pneumonia on December 16 according to a social media post shared by his family. He was 76. Satsuma first contracted ...
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Dec 20, 2023 · Kenpachiro Satsuma, who wore the monster costumes of Hedorah (the Smog Monster), and the space creature Gigan opposite the first actor to play Godzilla, Hauruo Nakajima, before stepping into the King of the Monster’s suit himself in 1984’s The Return of Godzilla , has passed away at the age of 76. He had fallen ill with interstitial ...
