{"id":63113,"date":"2023-12-17T20:02:58","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T20:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/?p=1639831"},"modified":"2023-12-17T20:02:58","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T20:02:58","slug":"what-role-did-late-actor-kenpachiro-satsuma-play-in-10-godzilla-films-from-1971-to-1995","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/17\/what-role-did-late-actor-kenpachiro-satsuma-play-in-10-godzilla-films-from-1971-to-1995\/","title":{"rendered":"What role did late actor Kenpachiro Satsuma play in 10 \u2018Godzilla\u2019 films from 1971 to 1995?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Beams of unyielding atomic breath glowed just a little less brightly on Dec. 16. 2023, as news of the passing of Godzilla<\/a><\/strong> <\/em>actor Kenpachiro Satsuma<\/a><\/strong> made the rounds. The beloved Japanese performer died after battling pneumonia. He was 76.<\/p>\n

And when we say \u201cGodzilla <\/em>actor,\u201d we really couldn\u2019t be more literal. Satsuma \u2013 born Yasuaki Maeda \u2013 was part of an elite and selective group of performers chosen to portray the post-nuclear behemoth in the Toho Studios motion pictures. From underneath dozens, sometimes hundreds, of pounds of rubber monster skin, he brought Godzilla to life<\/a> during the franchise\u2019s Heisei era.<\/p>\n

Kenpachiro Satsuma’s Godzilla <\/em>journey<\/h2>\n

Satsuma, who started out in the kaiju<\/em> business playing the toxic slime creature Hedorah in 1971, couldn\u2019t have joined the industry at a more exciting time. His second at-bat as a gargantuan terror beast, 1972\u2019s Godzilla vs Gigan, <\/em>in which he played the latter, was longtime Godzilla suit performer Haruo Nakajima\u2019s last go-round in the giant lizard suit. Nakajima\u2019s retirement after nearly 20 years left big, scaly shoes to fill, and after a few false starts with fill-in actors, Satsuma was chosen as heir to the extra-extra-extra wide throne.<\/p>\n

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