Kojiro Hongo

Kojiro Hongo (本郷功次郎, Hongō Kōjirō, 15 February 1938 – 14 February 2013) was a Japanese actor.^[1] Hongo won an Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year in 1959.^[2] His notable international performances were in the Daiei Studios Gamera films.

Kojiro Hongo
Hongo in Daibosatsu-toge, 1960
Born	(1938-02-15)15 February 1938 Okayama, Japan
Died	14 February 2013(2013-02-14) (aged 74) Yokohama, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1959-2001

Selected filmography

Film

• Geo Tree (1959)

• The Demon of Mount Oe (1960)
• Satan's Sword (1960)
• Satan's Sword II (1960)
• Buddha (1960)
• Satan's Sword 3 (1961)
• Killer Whale (1962)
• The Great Wall (1962)
• Zero Fighters (1965)
• Gamera vs. Barugon (1966)
• Return of Daimajin (1966)
• Gamera vs. Gyaos (1967)
• The Woman Gambler (1967)
• Gamera vs. Viras (1968)
• Peony Lantern (1968)
• Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts (1969)^[3]
• Hiken yaburi (1969)
• Lady Sazen and the Drenched Swallow Sword (1969)
• The Falcon Fighters (1969)
• The Haunted Castle (1969)
• Gateway to Glory (1970)
• Karate for Life (1977)
• Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995)
• Tokyo Mafia (1995)
• Tokyo Mafia: Wrath of the Yakuza (1996)
• EM Embalming (1999)
• Family (2001)
• Family 2 (2001)

Television

• Tokusō Saizensen (1977-87)
• Takeda Shingen (1988), Amari Torayasu
• Nobunaga: King of Zipangu (1992), Sakuma Morishige
• Homura Tatsu (1993), Hōjō Tokimasa

References

1. "Kôjirô Hongô". Retrieved 30 April 2017.
2. エランドール賞歴代受賞者一覧 [List of Élan d'Or awardee] (in Japanese). All Nippon Producers Association. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
3. "東海道お化け道中". eiga.com. Retrieved 19 July 2021.

External links

• Kôjirô Hongô at IMDb