(12 August 1926 – 31 May 2015) was a Japanese actor, best known for his starring role in the 1955 film ''

Godzilla Raids Again is a 1955 Japanese ''kaiju'' film directed by Motoyoshi Oda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd., it is the second film in the ''Godzilla'' franchise. The film stars Hiroshi Koizumi, Setsuko Waka ...

'' as well as other

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monster movies. He was born in

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. He is a graduate of

Keio University , mottoeng = The pen is mightier than the sword , type = Private research coeducational higher education institution , established = 1858 , founder = Yukichi Fukuzawa , endowmen ...

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

. 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.

Filmography

Film

* ''Seishun kaigi'' (1952) - Shôgo Murase * ''Rakki-san'' (1952) * ''Kin no tamago: Golden girl'' (1952) * ''Wakai hito'' (1952) * ''Tôkyô no koibito'' (1952) - Shôtarô * ''Kekkon annai'' (1952) * ''Minato e kita otoko'' (1952) - Shingo Nishizawa * ''Itou shain-santô jyûyaku kyodaihen'' (1953) * ''Fukeyo haru kaze'' (1953) - The young man * ''Hoyo'' (1953) - Yoshikawa, alias Sampei * ''Pu-san'' (1953) * ''Aijô ni tsuite'' (1953) - Akira Murase * ''Jirochô sangokushi: Jirochô to Ishimatsu'' (1953) * ''Jirochô sangokushi: seizoroi Shimizu Minato'' (1953) * ''Tokai no yokogao'' (1953) * ''Shirauo'' (1953) - Sumida * ''Kofuku-san'' (1953) * ''Hana no naka no musumetachi'' (1953) - Jun'ichi Mimura * ''Jirochô sangokushi: hatsu iwai Shimizu Minato'' (1954) * ''Mama no nikki'' (1954) * ''Jirochô sangokushi: kaitô-ichi no abarenbô'' (1954) * ''

Late Chrysanthemums is a 1954 Japanese drama film directed by Mikio Naruse. It follows four retired geisha and their struggles to make ends meet in post World War II Japan. The film is based on three short stories by female author Fumiko Hayashi. Plot ''Late Chrysa ...

'' (1954) - Kiyoshi * ''Haha no hatsukoi'' (1954) * ''Josei ni kansuru jûni shô'' (1954) - Koheita Kure * ''Koi-gesho'' (1955) - Ishjina * ''Ashita no kôfuku'' (1955) - Toshio Matsuzaki * ''Mekura neko'' (1955) * ''Tsuki ni tobu kari'' (1955) - Amemiya * ''

'' (1955) - Shoichi Tsukioka * ''Oen-san'' (1955) - Hiroshi Matsuyama * ''Ryanko no Yatarô'' (1955) - Ryanko no Yatarô * ''Kuchizuke'' (1955) - Eikichi Uemura- The Girl in Mist (segment 2) * ''Sugata naki mokugekisha'' (1955) - Detective Funaki * ''Aoi hate'' (1955) - Jiro Tamura * ''Ankokugai'' (1955) - Yumiko's fiancé * ''Migotona musume'' (1956) - Shirô Yukimra * ''Nyôbô zoku wa uttaeru'' (1956) - Junji Komiya * ''Kon'yaku sanbagarasu'' (1956) - Taniyama * ''Ôabare Cha-Cha musume'' (1956) * ''Shujinsen'' (1956) * ''Hesokuri shacho to wanman shacho: Hesokuri shacho kanto su'' (1956) * ''Sazae-san'' (1956) - Masuo Fuguta * ''Bôkyaku no hanabira'' (1957) * ''Yama to kawa no aru machi'' (1957) * ''Kono futari ni sachi are'' (1957) * ''Zoku Sazae-san'' (1957) - Fuguta * ''Sanjûrokunin no jôkyaku'' (1957) - Ichirô Watanabe - Detective * ''Nikui mono'' (1957) - Mr Kurata * ''Bôkyaku no hanabira: Kanketsuhen'' (1957) * '' A Farewell to the Woman Called My Sister'' (1957) * ''Wakare no chatsumi-uta shimai-hen: Oneesan to yonda hito'' (1957) * ''Hanayome ha mateirû'' (1957) * ''Sazae-san no seishun'' (1957) - Fuguta * ''Aijô no miyako'' (1958) - Yamane, Murata's friend * ''Jazu musume ni eiko are'' (1958) - Masao * ''

Song for a Bride is a 1958 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Ishirō Honda. Cast Release ''Song for a Bride'' was released on February 11, 1958. Reception In a retrospective review, Steve Ryfle and Ed Godziszewski declared the film "one of Honda's m ...

'' (1958) * ''

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'' (1958) - Jiro * ''Doji o numana'' (1958) * ''Romansu matsuri'' (1958) * ''Jirochô gaiden: Haikagura kiso no himatsuri'' (1958) * ''Gigantis, the Fire Monster'' (1959) - Shoichi Tsukioka * ''Yajû shisubeshi'' (1959) - Detective Masugi * ''Ginza no onêchan'' (1959) * ''Yari hitosuji nihon bare'' (1959) - Shinsuke * ''Sazae-san no dâssen okusamâ'' (1959) * ''Sazae-san no akachan tanjo'' (1960) * ''Ginza taikutsu musume'' (1960) - Takashi Koshiba * ''Hawai Middowei daikaikûsen: Taiheiyô no arashi'' (1960) * ''

Daughters, Wives and a Mother is a 1960 Japanese film directed by Mikio Naruse. Plot Sanae, a recent widow and the eldest daughter of a family, returns to her mother, eldest brother and his brother's wife. The family argues over what to do with the money Sanae's husband left ...

'' (1960) - Hidetaka Tani * ''Gambare! Bangaku'' (1960) * ''Chikûho no kodomotachi'' (1960) * ''Sazae-san to epuron obasan'' (1960) * ''Ginza no koibitotachi'' (1961) * ''Fuku no kami: Sazae-san ikka'' (1961) * ''Honkon no yoru'' (1960) * ''

Mothra is a fictional monster, or ''kaiju'', that first appeared in the 1961 film '' Mothra'', produced and distributed by Toho Studios. Mothra has appeared in several Toho ''tokusatsu'' films, most often as a recurring character in the ''Godzilla'' ...

'' (1961) - Dr. Shinichi Chujo * ''Futari no musuko'' (1961) * ''Honkon No Hoshi'' (1962) - Haruyama * ''Sôtome ke no musume tachi'' (1962) - Tatsurô Yoshimura * '' 47 Samurai'' (1962) - Gengo Ôtaka * ''Kôkôsei to onna kyôshi: hijô no seishun'' (1962) * ''

Attack Squadron! is a 1963 Japanese film directed by Shue Matsubayashi, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. The film is about Lt. Colonel Senda (Toshiro Mifune) who commands three fighter squadrons, eventually being dominated by Allied forces in June 1944. R ...

'' (1963) * ''Tsuma toiuna no onnatachi'' (1963) * ''

Matango is a 1963 Japanese horror film directed by Ishirō Honda. The film stars Akira Kubo, Kumi Mizuno and Kenji Sahara. It is partially based on William Hope Hodgson's short story "The Voice in the Night" and is about a group of castaways on an isl ...

'' (1963) - Naoyuki Sakuda * ''

Atragon is a 1963 Japanese tokusatsu science fiction film produced and distributed by Toho. It is based on ''The Undersea Warship: A Fantastic Tale of Island Adventure'' by Shunrō Oshikawa and ''The Undersea Kingdom'' by Shigeru Komatsuzaki. The film i ...

'' (1963) - Detective Ito, Tokyo Metropolitan Police * ''Kon'nichiwa akachan'' (1964) - Toshio Mikami * ''

Mothra vs. Godzilla is a 1964 Japanese ''kaiju'' film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho, Toho Co., Ltd., it is the fourth film in the Godzilla (franchise), ''Godzilla'' franchise. The film stars Ak ...

'' (1964) - Professor Miura * '' Dogara, the Space Monster'' (1964) - Kirino * ''

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster is a 1964 Japanese ''kaiju'' film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd., it is the fifth film in the ''Godzilla'' franchise, and was the second ''Godzilla'' film produced ...

'' (1964) - Professor Miura * ''Kokkura suzumaru'' (1965) * ''Honkon no shiroibara'' (1965) * ''Bangkok no yoru'' (1966) - Kitajima * ''Jinchoge'' (1966) - Maekawa * ''

Japan's Longest Day is a 1967 Japanese war film directed by Kihachi Okamoto. The subject of the majority of the movie is the period between noon on August 14, 1945 and noon on August 15, 1945, when Emperor Hirohito's decision to surrender to the Allies in World W ...

'' (1967) - Nobukata Wada - NHK Broadcaster * ''Go! Go! Wakadaishô'' (1969) - Okamoto * ''Furesshuman wakadaishô'' (1969) * ''Battle of the Japan Sea'' (1969) - Kurino * ''Sotsugyô ryokô'' (1973) - Kazuhiko Saito * ''

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla is a 1974 Japanese Kaiju, ''kaiju'' film directed by Jun Fukuda, with special effects by Teruyoshi Nakano. Distributed by Toho and produced under their effects subsidiary Toho–Eizo, it is the 14th film of the Godzilla (franchise), ''Godzilla ...

'' (1974) - Professor Wagura * ''

Prophecies of Nostradamus is a 1974 disaster film by Toshio Masuda, based on a 1973 novel by Ben Goto, itself inspired by the prophecies of Nostradamus. Plot In 1853, Genta Nishiyama begins preaching the prophecies of Michel de Nostradame using a copy of his book ''Ce ...

'' (1974) - Environmental Scientist 2 * ''Zoku ningen kakumei'' (1976) * ''Boryoku senshi'' (1979) * ''

The Return of Godzilla is a 1984 Japanese ''kaiju'' film directed by Koji Hashimoto, with special effects by Teruyoshi Nakano. The film features the fictional monster character Godzilla. Distributed by Toho and produced under their subsidiary Toho Pictures, it is th ...

'' (1984) - Professor Minami * ''

Godzilla 1985 ''Godzilla 1985'' is a 1985 ''kaiju'' film directed by R. J. Kizer and Koji Hashimoto. The film is a heavily re-edited American localization of the Japanese film ''The Return of Godzilla'', which was produced and distributed by Toho Pictures in 1 ...

'' (1985) - Professor Minami * '' Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.'' (2003) - Dr. Shinichi Chujo * ''

Zero Focus is a 1961 Japanese mystery film directed by Yoshitaro Nomura and is based on a novel by Seicho Matsumoto. Plot One week into newlywed Teiko Uhara's marriage, her husband, ad agency manager Kenichi, leaves on a short business trip to Kanazawa a ...

'' (2009)

Television

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Ultra Q is a tokusatsu science fiction kaiju series made in the tradition of Toho's many tokusatsu sci-fi/horror films. Produced in black and white by Tsuburaya Productions, this is actually the first of the long-running Ultra Series, and was broadcast ...

'' (1966) - Chief Airport Traffic Controller Kaneko *''

Onihei Hankachō is a series of historical novels written by Japanese author Shōtarō Ikenami. Following the character Heizo Hasegawa in the Edo period of Japan, Ikegami wrote the first story for the December 1967 issue of the light novel magazine ' published by ...

'' (1975)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Koizumi, Hiroshi 1926 births 2015 deaths Deaths from pneumonia in Japan Japanese male film actors Keio University alumni Male actors from Kanagawa Prefecture 20th-century Japanese male actors 21st-century Japanese male actors People from Kamakura