Born in Kagoshima Prefecture, Satsuma began his acting career in the 1960s with small roles in samurai films. In 1971 he was offered the role of the smog monster antagonist Hedorah in Godzilla vs. Hedorah, opposite Haruo Nakajima as Godzilla. He went on to play Gigan in two further Godzilla films. When Nakajima retired from the Godzilla role in 1972, substitutes were hired between 1973 and 1975 until Satsuma took over permanently in 1984.[4] His portrayal took the character away from the humor of the character's portrayals over the past decades, returning to the more animalistic Godzilla persona of the original 1954 film.
I am not the biggest fan of the second series of Godzilla movies. They are kinda boring. I did like Ken-san, at least the time I met him. He was quite kind and gracious. That is the kind of hero we all need. Satsuma died from pneumonia on 16 December 2023, at the age of 76.[6]
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