Ichikawa Minami

Ichikawa Minami is a Japanese film producer born in Tokyo, Japan. He is president of Toho Pictures, Inc., Managing Director of Toho Co., Ltd. and director of Toho Film Art Co., Ltd. His father is film producer Kiichi Ichikawa (市川 喜一) and his mother is actress Chieko Seki (関千 恵子). He…

Shibuya Hideo

Toho 's exclusive actor. He has appeared in numerous films regardless of genre, and often plays a newspaper reporter , especially in special effects films . There is no record of movie appearances since 1970, but it seems that he retired when the actor-exclusive system collapsed in the same year.

Kirino Nadao

Regular player in salaryman and Crazy Cats comedies, and in supporting roles in sci-fi, most frequently as gangsters and/or flunkies. Probably best remembered as the astronaut who has trouble with gravity in Battle in Outer Space (1959). He retired from acting in 1970, around the time Toho’s exclusive…

Tachibana Masaaki

Ubiquitous, well-liked, Toho-exclusive actor, nicknamed “Bana” on set. Tachibana joined Toho in 1950 and remained until the contract system collapsed in 1970. He appeared in numerous sci-fi films and is perhaps best known as the unintentionally funny, doomed reporter going down with Tokyo Tower…

Onishi Yasumasa

Although the exact time is unknown, he has been an actor since before the war, became an exclusive actor of Toho from around the 1950s, and has appeared in many movies regardless of the genre since then. He often plays the role of a foreigner because of his deeply carved Japanese features. In 1971,…

Tezuka Katsumi

Tezuka Katsumi is a former Japanese actor and suit actor, and a former professional baseball player. Before the war, he had experience as a professional baseball player, positioning as a pitcher and an outfielder. No appearances have been confirmed since the mid-1960s, and his current whereabouts are…

Ito Minoru

Frequent supporting actor across a number of genres, usually in minor roles. In special effects films he appears most frequently as a reporter. He had slightly more prominent roles in television, appearing in episodes of Ultra Q, Ultraman, and Ultra Seven. In 1952 (Showa 27), he signed an exclusive…

Ogata Rinsaku

Joined Toho as a quasi-contract in 1952 . The same period is Kazuo Imai and Shigeo Kato . There were some works that were not credited, but he appeared in many works regardless of genre.

Otomo Shin

Kusama Akio

Toho 's exclusive actor . He has appeared in several war movies since the war , such as the movie " Kato Hayabusa Squadron " directed by Kajiro Yamamoto released in 1944, and after the war, he has appeared in many works regardless of genre, including Toho special effects movies. In 1971 (Showa 46),…