Itô Hisaya


Overview
伊藤久哉
7 Aug 1924
Itô Naoya
伊藤尚也
Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
2005 (80)
Graudated from Hosei University in 1947. Managed an electronics store before joining Toei as an actor in 1954.
Moved to Toho in 1957 and debuted in The Mysterians.
Frequently cast as scientists, policemen, or soldiers in the kaiju eiga genre.
Retired from film after Toho released him from contract in 1970 and moved to television.
Most well known as Malmess the Assassin in Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964), a part originally written for actor Tsuchiya Yoshio.

Selected Works
1954
Samurai
1957
Officer Seki
1958
Shinjô Ichirô
1959
Misaki
1959
Ôtomo Kodate
1959
Astronaut Kogure
1960
Doctor Tamiya
1963
Kidnapped Scientist
1966
Coast Guard
1966
Red Bamboo Scientist
1968
Major Tada