Tabu Kenzô


Bio
田武謙三
13 Aug 1914
Tabu Yasutarô
田武安太郎
Kyoto, Japan
19 Nov 1993 (79)
Brain Tumor

Short, bald-headed man flaunting a Kansai dialect to great advantage in his acting career. Before the war he ran a clothing store, and only entered into acting after he returned from active duty. He appeared in films for both Toho and Daiei studios. He's best known to genre fans as business developer cleaning up the flooded industrial park in Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) and as the leader of the Earth-based alien squad in Monster Zero (1965).


Selected Works
1954
Peasant
Uncredited
1954
Soldier
Uncredited
1964
Industrial Park Developer
1965
Skeptical Reporter
1965
X-seijin Earth Commander
1973
Traveler
1989
Big Boss