was a Japanese actor.
Hongo won an
Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year
The Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year is an award given at the Elan d'or Awards in Japan. This award is given to the person who is considered to be the most promising actor through the year.
References
External links
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in 1959. His notable international performances were in the
Daiei Studios Gamera
is a fictional monster, or ''kaiju'', originating from a series of Japanese films. Debuting in the 1965 film ''Gamera, the Giant Monster'', the character and the first film were intended to compete with the success of Toho's Godzilla (franchise ...
films.
Selected filmography
Film
* ''Geo Tree'' (1959)
* ''
The Demon of Mount Oe
is a 1960 Japanese horror film directed by Tokuzō Tanaka and produced by Daiei Film. The film is about Samurai warriors joining forces to defeat a shape-changing supernatural creature.
Cast
Release
''The Demon of Mount Oe'' was released i ...
'' (1960)
* ''
Satan's Sword
is a 1960 Japanese samurai film directed by Kenji Misumi, written by Teinosuke Kinugasa, and produced by Masaichi Nagata. The film stars Raizō Ichikawa as samurai Ryunosuke Tsukue, alongside Kojiro Hongo, Tamao Nakamura, Fujiko Yamamoto, Kenj ...
'' (1960)
* ''
Satan's Sword II'' (1960)
* ''
Buddha
Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha, was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism.
According to Buddhist tradition, he was born in ...
'' (1960)
* ''
Satan's Sword 3'' (1961)
* ''
Kujira Gami'' (1962)
* ''
The Great Wall'' (1962)
* ''
Zero Fighters'' (1965)
* ''
Gamera vs. Barugon'' (1966)
* ''
Return of Daimajin
is a series of Japanese films. The trilogy of films were all shot simultaneously and released in 1966 with three different directors and predominantly the same crew. The series was produced by Daiei Film and contained similar plot structures invo ...
'' (1966)
* ''
Gamera vs. Gyaos
is a 1967 Japanese ''kaiju'' film directed by Noriaki Yuasa, with special effects by Yuasa. Produced by Daiei Film, it is the third entry in the ''Gamera'' franchise and stars Kojiro Hongo, Kichijiro Ueda, Tatsuemon Kanamura, Reiko Kasahara, a ...
'' (1967)
* ''
The Woman Gambler
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'' (1967)
* ''
Gamera vs. Viras'' (1968)
* ''
Peony Lantern'' (1968)
* ''
Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts'' (1969)
* ''
Hiken yaburi'' (1969)
* ''
Lady Sazen and the Drenched Swallow Sword'' (1969)
* ''
The Falcon Fighters
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in En ...
'' (1969)
* ''
The Haunted Castle'' (1969)
* ''
Gateway to Glory
Gateway often refers to:
*A gate or portal
Gateway or The Gateway may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Films
* ''Gateway'' (film), a 1938 drama
* ''The Gateway'' (2015 film), a horror film
* ''The Gateway'' (2017 film), a science-fictio ...
'' (1970)
* ''
Karate for Life
Karate for Life ( ja, 空手バカ一代 ) is a 1977 Japanese martial arts film about the martial arts master Mas Oyama starring Sonny Chiba.
It is to Champion of Death and Karate Bear Fighter and is the third part in the , a series of movie ad ...
'' (1977)
* ''
Gamera: Guardian of the Universe'' (1995)
* ''
Tokyo Mafia'' (1995)
* ''
Tokyo Mafia: Wrath of the Yakuza'' (1996)
* ''
EM Embalming'' (1999)
* ''
Family
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...
'' (2001)
* ''
Family 2'' (2001)
Television
* ''
Tokusō Saizensen'' (1977-87)
* ''
Takeda Shingen
, of Kai Province, was a pre-eminent ''daimyō'' in feudal Japan. Known as the "Tiger of Kai", he was one of the most powerful Daimyo, daimyō with exceptional military prestige in the late stage of the Sengoku period.
Shingen was a warlord of ...
'' (1988),
Amari Torayasu
* ''Nobunaga: King of Zipangu'' (1992),
Sakuma Morishige
* ''Homura Tatsu'' (1993),
Hōjō Tokimasa
was a Japanese samurai lord who was the first ''shikken'' (regent) of the Kamakura shogunate and head of the Hōjō clan. He was ''shikken'' from 1203 until his abdication in 1205, and Protector of Kyoto from 1185 to 1186.
Background
The Hōj ...
References
External links
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1938 births
2013 deaths
Japanese male film actors
People from Okayama
20th-century Japanese male actors
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