Hashimoto Chikara filmography

[Stephen Cremin]

This isn't supposed to be complete, just a list of films with official 
English titles so you can look up directors, etc, yourself.  He seems to 
have been a regular in Masumura films of the 1960s and popped up in more 
than one Yusuda Kimiyoshi, Ikehiro Kazuo, Misumi Kenji film, etc.

1960 THE LAST BETRAYAL
1962 LIFE OF A WOMAN
1962 KILLER WHALE *
1963 DELINQUENTS OF THE PURE HEART
1964 LOVE AND GREED
1964 SUPER EXPRESS
1965 THE MYSTERIOUS SWORD OF KYOSHIRO
1966 MAJIN
1966 THE RETURN OF MAJIN
1966 MAJIN STRIKES BACK
1966 SCHOOL FOR SPIES
1967 A CERTAIN KILLER
1968 THE GHOSTLY TRAP
1968 DESTROY ALL PLANETS
1968 SPOOK WARFARE
1970 ODE TO A GANGSTER
1970 MASSEUR'S CURSE *
1971 ZATOICHI MEETS HIS EQUAL
1972 WANDERER JOKICHI: SPLIT TUSK
1972 RETURN OF THE SOLDER

* For these two films I don't have tapes to double-check kanji of which 
Hashimoto starring in them, but I'm pretty sure it's Chikara.  Again, 
bit parts so may not be listed in any other source you might find.

Many classic series titles here, including GAMERA, ZATOICHI, HEITAI 
YAKUZA,NEMURI KYOSHIRO, etc.  I don't think any more than a bit player 
with MAJIN probably coming the closest to a leading role.

Stephen


On Saturday, February 2, 2002, at 05:31  pm, Stephen Cremin wrote:

> I would suggest that they are all one and the same person, HASHIMOTO 
> Chikara.  Riki and Tsutomu are possible readings for the character but 
> I'd trust Chikara.  (It's same character as in Takeuchi Riki of DEAD OR 
> ALIVE, etc.)   Other films he had a bit part in include SPOOK WARFARE, 
> DETROY ALL PLANETS, WOMEN'S CELL and THE GHOSTLY TRAP as well as the 
> MAJIN series.  Not really my area so perhaps wait for someone else with 
> a better collection of SFX oriented books to clarify.
>
> Stephen
>
> PS: There is a more established actor called Hashimot Isao, born 1941, 
> with a "similar" character who acted in THE WAR IN SPACE, BLOOD, TOKYO 
> 196X, etc, but I believe this is a different person.
>
>
> On Saturday, February 2, 2002, at 09:21  am, Miles Wood wrote:
>
>> Every English language source I've read credits Riki Hoshimoto with
>> playing the part of the Majin in Daiei's DAIMAJIN trilogy, but the only
>> name I spotted in the translated credits for more than one of the films
>> on the new DVD's is Tsutomo Hashimoto.
>>
>> To double-check I wrote down the Japanese name in the cast of all three
>> films and got someone to translate it for me and instead of clearing it
>> up I was given a third name, Chikara Hashimoto. He's actually
>> interviewed on the DAIMAJIN DVD and I need to ID him for a review, so
>> can anyone confirm which is correct.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Miles
>>
>>
>>
>>
>