Keiji Sakakida
Acting • Born 1900-01-15
Biography
Sakakida debuted in film in 1921, and appeared in a number pre-war films with various studios, including Nikkatsu, Takamatsu-Azuma, Empire Kinema, and Makino Talkie, before finally landing at PCL in 1937, which would later become Toho. After the war, Sakakida appeared in numerous supporting roles for Toho, predominantly sci-fi, beginning with the original Godzilla in 1954. He played the mayor of the island town attacked by Godzilla in the first half of the film. One of his last appearances was in Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975), in a still shot of a group of scientists restraining Akihiko Hirata’s character.
Filmography
41 credits
Sun over the River
Movie • 1934
Life Begins at 61
Movie • 1941
The Blossom and the Sword
Movie • 1973
Ôban
Movie • 1957
The Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia
Movie • 1932
Ri Sekijo
Chihō kisha
Movie • 1962
Judge and Jeopardy
Movie • 1968
The Eagle of the Pacific
Movie • 1953
Forbidden Path
Movie • 1952
Keshô yuki
Movie • 1940
Atragon
Movie • 1963
Mt. Mihara Climber
Godzilla
Movie • 1954
Mayor Inada (uncredited)
Rodan
Movie • 1956
Tahei
The H-Man
Movie • 1958
Old policeman - investigation room (uncredited)
Nightingale
Movie • 1938
Ticket Clerk
Seven Samurai
Movie • 1954
Gosaku
Gorath
Movie • 1962
Government Personnel
Kodakara fūfu
Movie • 1941
Travelling Actors
Movie • 1940
Farmer
Hideko the Bus Conductor
Movie • 1941
Bus customer
Bellflower
Movie • 1940
Sahei
Invisible Man
Movie • 1954
The Human Vapor
Movie • 1960
(uncredited)
A Living Puppet
Movie • 1929
Rise Against the Sword
Movie • 1966
Sanzo
Duel at Fort Ezo
Movie • 1970
Till We Meet Again
Movie • 1950
Brother and Sister
Movie • 1936
Shanghai Landing Party
Movie • 1939
People of Tokyo, Goodbye
Movie • 1956
Watchman (uncredited)
Ikiru
Movie • 1952
Land Readjustment Section Receptionist (uncredited)
World of Love
Movie • 1943
I Want to Be a Shellfish
Movie • 1959
The Giant
Movie • 1938
Song of the White Orchid
Movie • 1939
Tokyo Sweetheart
Movie • 1952
Who Is the Informer?
Movie • 1958
Rumiko's Father
Elephant from "Zoo Story"
Movie • 1957
Postman
Ironfinger
Movie • 1965
Man at Haneda Airport (uncredited)
Japan's No. 1 Yakuza Man
Movie • 1970
Will-o'-the-Wisp
Movie • 1956