, real name Tanigawa Saichirō (谷川佐市郎), was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than eighty films from 1923 to 1959.

Career

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dramas. He joined the Teikine studio in 1923, and after the war, the Toho Studio. He appeared in numerous films by

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, most notably in ''

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'' as the village elder.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kodo, Kokuten 1887 births 1960 deaths People from Takasago, Hyōgo Japanese male film actors