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Everything you need to know about Godzilla star Kenpachiro Satsuma

September 23, 2019 by Liam Leave a Comment

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If you’re a huge Godzilla fan, you’ve come to the right place. Simply continue reading in order to discover everything that you need to know about Kenpachiro Satsuma, one of Godzilla’s suit actors.

Everything you need to know about Godzilla star Kenpachiro Satsuma:

Satsuma is a Japanese suit actor:

Kenpachiro Satsuma is a Japanese suit actor who was born in Izumi, which is located in the Kagoshima Prefecture. Satsuma was born on the 27th of May, 1947.

Satsuma was a suit actor in the original Godzilla films:

Kenpachiro Satsuma worked as a suit actor during the production of the original Godzilla films, which were shot and released in the 1970s. What is a suit actor? Just like the actors who have played Chewbacca in the Star Wars franchise, Satsuma was one of the men who stepped into the Godzilla suit. In order to portray Godzilla himself.

Satsuma reprised his role in subsequent films:

In 1984 Satsuma was hired to play Godzilla in the film “The Return of Godzilla”. Which wouldn’t not be the final time, which Satsuma would step into a Godzilla suit. In 1995 Satsuma once again portrayed Godzilla as a suit actor in the Godzilla film “Godzilla vs Destroyah”. Which would be Satsuma’s final time playing one of Japan’s most iconic characters.

He passed out several times during the production of “Godzilla vs Destroyah”:

You may be shocked to learn that Satsuma passed out several times during the filming of his last Godzilla film “Godzilla vs Destroyah”. What caused Satsuma to pass out several times? It turns out that the Godzilla suit which he wore during filming, gave off smoke which contained concentrated carbon monoxide. Which caused Satsuma to pass out.

A submarine in the film “Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack”, was given the name Satsuma in order to honor Kenpachiro Satsuma’s dedication to the original Godzilla films.

While playing the character of Hedorah in a Godzilla film doctors were formed to perform an appendectomy on Satsuma while he was in costume:

In a rather strange turn of events when Satsuma was in his Hedorah costume, he was struck by a sudden emergency case appendicitis. As it would take the crew and doctors far too long to remove Satsuma’s elaborate Hedorah costume, his doctors were forced to perform an emergency appendectomy on Satsuma, while he was still in his Hedorah costume. If you don’t know who Hedorah is, Hedorah is a alien smoke monster, who emits a toxic mist. Hedorah is one of Godzilla’s main adversaries.

Satsuma has played five suit notable characters, one of which is Godzilla:

As well as having the good fortune to be cast as a Godzilla suit actor, Satsuma also portrayed Hedorah, Gigan, Pulgasari and Yamata no Orochi. All of which are well known Japanese characters.

Satsuma’s mentor and friend Haruo Nakajima also starred in the original Godzilla films which were released in the 1970s:

Satsuma worked alongside his mentor and close friend Haruo Nakajima. Nakajima played Godzilla in 12 consecutive films. Which makes Nakajima one of the best known Godzilla suit actors in the world.

If you’re a Godzilla fan, hopefully you now have learned everything that you need to know about one of Godzilla’s talented suit actors Kenpachiro Satsuma.

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