
Tadao Nakamaru

Tadao Nakamaru
Original Name | 中丸 忠雄 |
Born | March 31, 1933 Adachi, Tokyo, Japan |
Died | April 23, 2009 (76) Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan |
Nakamaru dropped out of Tokyo National University to pursue film acting, and joined Toho in 1955 as part of the New Face program. One of his earliest on screen appearances was as an ill-fated policeman in Godzilla Raids Again (1955). He appeared frequently in films by Kihachi Okamoto starting with Desperado Outpost in 1959. One of his first prominent roles was as the (admittedly bland) title villain in Jun Fukuda’s The Secret of the Telegian (1960). He is best known to genre fans as the head of Interpol in Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975). He’s probably better known to American audiences as the gang leader going after the egg salad recipe in What’s Up, Tiger Lily? (1966, from Senkichi Taniguchi’s spy comedy International Secret Police: Key of Keys).
Original Name | 中丸 忠雄 |
Born | March 31, 1933 Adachi, Tokyo, Japan |
Died | April 23, 2009 (76) Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan |
Nakamaru dropped out of Tokyo National University to pursue film acting, and joined Toho in 1955 as part of the New Face program. One of his earliest on screen appearances was as an ill-fated policeman in Godzilla Raids Again (1955). He appeared frequently in films by Kihachi Okamoto starting with Desperado Outpost in 1959. One of his first prominent roles was as the (admittedly bland) title villain in Jun Fukuda’s The Secret of the Telegian (1960). He is best known to genre fans as the head of Interpol in Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975). He’s probably better known to American audiences as the gang leader going after the egg salad recipe in What’s Up, Tiger Lily? (1966, from Senkichi Taniguchi’s spy comedy International Secret Police: Key of Keys).
- Godzilla Raids Again (1955)...Policeman
- Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956)...Bearer in Procession
- The Mysterians (1957)...Soldier
- The H-Man (1958)...Detective Seki
- The Hidden Fortress (1958)...Akizuki Guard
- The Secret of the Telegian (1960)...Tsudo
- Daredevil in the Castle (1961)...Hyogo Ujiya
- Samurai Pirate (1963)...The Chancellor
- The Adventures of Taklamakan (1966)...Ensai
- The Submersion of Japan (1973)...Kunieda
- Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)...Chief Tagawa
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Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
...Policeman -
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956)
...Bearer in Procession -
The Mysterians (1957)
...Soldier -
The H-Man (1958)
...Detective Seki -
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
...Akizuki Guard -
The Secret of the Telegian (1960)
...Tsudo -
Daredevil in the Castle (1961)
...Hyogo Ujiya -
Samurai Pirate (1963)
...The Chancellor -
The Adventures of Taklamakan (1966)
...Ensai -
The Submersion of Japan (1973)
...Kunieda -
Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)
...Chief Tagawa