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Place of Birth: Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
About Kenpachiro Satsuma
- Kenpachiro Satsuma (?????, Satsuma Kenpachiro) (born May 27, 1947, in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese actor.
- He is probably best known for playing Godzilla in the Heisei series of Godzilla films (1984–1995), but played other giant monsters (daikaiju) like Gigan and Hedorah.
- While filming Godzilla movies, Satsuma would regularly pass out on the set due to lack of oxygen while wearing the poorly ventilated and heavy rubber suits; this was especially a problem during production of Godzilla vs.
- Destoroyah, in which the steam effect on the suit (meant to represent Godzilla going into meltdown) was achieved using pure carbon dioxide.
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