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Kenji Sahara

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Kenji Sahara was born Tadashi Ishihara on May 14, 1932 in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa, Japan. He came in second in the "Mr. Ordinary Contest" in 1953 and his cinema debut was as an extra in two small roles in Godzilla, one as a ship passenger and one as a journalist. However, his break-through in Toho Studios' sci-fi films came when he portrayed the male lead Shigeru in Rodan... See full bio »

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2011 Anywhere in the World
 
2004-2005 Ultraman Nexus (TV series)
Tougou
– Nexus (2005) … Tougou
– A.D. 2009 (2005) … Tougou
– Bird (2005) … Tougou
– Watcher (2005) … Tougou
– Prophecy (2005) … Tougou
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2004 Godzilla: Final Wars
Paleontologist Hachirô Jingûji
 
2002 KT
Minister
 
1999 Sagishi ippei
 
1998 The Tax G-Men 1 (TV movie)
 
1998 Contract Killer
Mr. Tsukamoto (as Sahara Kenji)
 
1996 Kaseifu ha mita! 15 (TV movie)
 
1995 Red Dead Wagon 4: Two Tombs (TV movie)
 
1994 Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla
Minister Takayuki Segawa
 
1993 Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
Minister Takayuki Segawa
 
1993 Drug Connection
 
1991 Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Minister Takayuki Segawa
 
1980 Ultraman 80 (TV series)
Dr. Johno
 
1977-1979 Daitokai - tatakai no hibi (TV series)
– Episode #3.17 (1979)
– Episode #2.39 (1977)
 
1978 Yokomizo Seishi Series II (TV mini-series)
– Masquerade (1978)
– Masquerade (1978)
– Masquerade (1978)
– Masquerade (1978)
 
1977 Ore no sora
Inspector
 
1975 Aoi sanmyaku
 
1975 Tôkyô-wan enjô
 
1975 Terror of Mechagodzilla
Defense Force Commander
 
1974 Karafuto 1945 Summer Hyosetsu no mon
 
1974 Isoge! Wakamono: Tomorrow Never Waits
Matsumoto
 
1974 Kigeki damashi no jingi
 
1974 Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
Ship's Captain
 
1973 The Human Revolution
 
1971 Zoku Showa hito keta shachô tai futaketa shain: Getsu-getsu kasui moku kinkin
 
1971 Gekido no showashi: Okinawa kessen
 
1970 Gekido no showashi 'Gunbatsu'
Okamoto (uncredited)
 
1970 Yog: Monster from Space
Makoto Obata
 
1969 Godzilla's Revenge
Kenkichi 'Tack' Miki (Ichiro's Father)
 
1969 Nihonkai daikaisen
Sub-Chief
 
1968 Nippon oyafukô jidai
Jôji
 
1968 Rengô kantai shirei chôkan: Yamamoto Isoroku
First Officer of Information Section
 
1968 Destroy All Monsters
Commander Nishikawa
 
1968 Maitei Jyakku (TV series)
 
1967 Son of Godzilla
Morio
 
1967 Urutora sebun (TV series)
Commander Takenaka
 
1966 The War of the Gargantuas
Dr. Yuzo Majida
 
1966 Seishun to wa nanda (TV series)
– Taizan meidou (1966)
 
1966 Urutora Q (TV series)
Jun Manjome
– Pegira ga Kita! (1966) … Jun Manjome
– Manmosu Furawa (1966) … Jun Manjome
 
1965 Honkon no shiroibara
 
1965 Umi no wakadaishô
 
1965 Frankenstein Conquers the World
Soldier
 
1965 None But the Brave
Cpl. Fujimoto
 
1964 Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Editor in Chief Kanamaki
 
1964 Mothra vs. Godzilla
Banzo Torahata
 
1963 Atragon
Journalist/Mu Agent
 
1963 Matango
Senzô Koyama - Sailor
 
1963 Snow in the South Seas
 
1962 Chushingura
Asano Samurai
 
1962 King Kong vs. Godzilla
Kazuo Fujita
 
1962 Gorath
Saiki - Vice Captain of Ôtori
 
1962 Ai no uzu shio
 
1961 Mothra
Helicopter Pilot
 
1961 Moonlight in the Rain
 
1961 The Man from the East
 
1960 Hana no serusuman Sanshiro
 
1960 Happyaku-ya oshichi
 
1960 Tell It to the Dolls
Mizutani
 
1960 Bakusho itohan nikki
 
1960 Sararigaru mudaguchi kageguchi herazuguchi
 
1959 Gokigen musume
 
1959 Onna gokoro
 
1959 Sarariman jikkai
 
1958 Otona niwa wakaranai: Seishun hakusho
 
1958 Josei SOS
 
1958 Zokuzoku sarariman shussetai kôki
 
1958 The Young Beast
 
1958 The H-Man
Dr. Masada
 
1958 Anzukko
 
1958 Kiuchi yasuto
 
1958 The Princess of Badger Palace
 
1958 Song for a Bride
 
1957 The Mysterians
Joji Atsumi
 
1957 Daigaku no samurai tachi
Yamada
 
1957 Hikage no musume
 
1957 Zoku Sazae-san
 
1957 Meshiro Sanpei monogatari
Otsuka
 
1957 Yoru no kamome
 
1956 Rodan
Shigeru Kawamura, colliery engineer (as Kenji Sawara)
 
1956 Tôkyô no hito sayônara (as Tadashi Ishihara)
 
1956 Gokuraku ôichiza: Acharaka tanjô
Nakakubo (as Tadashi Ishihara)
 
1956 Norihei no daigaku (as Tadashi Ishihara)
 
1956 Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
Man on Boat (uncredited)
 
1956 Aoi me (short)
Jirô Hayashi (as Tadashi Ishihara)
 
1955 Seifuku no otome tachi
Hideya Fujiwara (as Tadashi Ishihara)
 
1955 Yuki no koi (as Tadashi Ishihara)
 
1954 Godzilla
Young Lover on the sound
 
1954 Saraba Rabauru
 
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1998 Godzilla, King of the Monsters (TV documentary)
Interviewee
 

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Personal Details

Publicity Listings:

1 Interview  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Tadashi Ishihara | Sahara Kenji | Kenji Sawara

Height:

5' 9¼" (1.76 m)
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Did You Know?

Trivia:

The only other actor besides Akihiko Hirata that has appeared in the "debuts" of Godzilla, Rodan, Mothra and Ghidora. See more »

Nickname:

Ken-bo See more »

Star Sign:

Taurus