Rinsaku Ogata
Actor
Biography
Frequent supporting player in Toho films beginning in the 50s. Ogata’s stern features lent him to background roles as military officers and personnel in several of Toho’s sci-fi films. One of his more prominent roles (i.e., it had dialogue) are as a policeman in the opening scene of The Human Vapor (1960). He also played Goro, one of the first victims in Rodan (1956).
Filmography
The Hidden Fortress
as Young Man (uncredited) 1958
Mothra vs. Godzilla
as Transport Aircraft Operations Assistant 1964
Destroy All Monsters
as 1st Officer (uncredited) 1968
Invasion of Astro-Monster
as Scientist 1965
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
as Red Bamboo Guard 1966
Rodan
as Goro 1956
Mothra
as Ship Survivor 1961
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
as (uncredited) 1955
The Mysterians
as Policeman Ogata 1957
Atragon
1963
Space Amoeba
as Islander (uncredited) 1970
Battle in Outer Space
as Astronomer 1959
Chûshingura
1962
The H-Man
as Nightclub patron (uncredited) 1958
Varan
1958
Gorath
as Ôtori Engineer 1962