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name: "Jun Tazaki"
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born: "28 August 1913"
died: "18 October 1985"
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# Jun Tazaki

Actor. Born 28 August 1913 in Aomori, Aomori, Japan. Died 18 October 1985.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 28 August 1913, Aomori, Aomori, Japan
- **Died:** 18 October 1985
- **Active:** 1963–1985
- **Also known as:** Minoru Tanaka, Urushi Tazakai

## Biography

Jun Tazaki (born Minoru Tanaka) was a Japanese actor. He began his career as a stage performer in the 1930s and made his film debut in 1948, later adopting the name Jun Tazaki around 1950.

Tazaki appeared in numerous Toho productions, frequently cast as scientists or military officers in kaiju films including *King Kong vs. Godzilla* (1962), *Atragon* (1963), *Mothra vs. Godzilla* (1964) and *Destroy All Monsters* (1968). He also worked with director Akira Kurosawa on *High and Low* (1963) as Kamiya, National Shoes Publicity Director, and *Ran* (1985) as Seiji Ayabe. He died in Tokyo in 1985.

*Sources: imdb.com, wikizilla.org, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Ran* (1985), Fi1m 92, as Seiji Ayabe — [page](https://film.one/film/ran.md)
- *High and Low* (1963), Fi1m 90, as Kamiya, National Shoes Publicity Director — [page](https://film.one/film/high-and-low.md)

## Also known for

- *Kwaidan* (1965), Kannai's Colleague #1 (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
- *King Kong vs. Godzilla* (1962), General of the JSDF Eastern Army
- *Mothra vs. Godzilla* (1964), Editor Maruta
- *Destroy All Monsters* (1968), Dr. Yoshido
- *King Kong vs. Godzilla* (1963), General Masami Shinzo (uncredited)
- *Invasion of Astro-Monster* (1965), Dr. Sakurai
- *Ebirah, Horror of the Deep* (1966), Red Bamboo Base Commander
- *The War of the Gargantuas* (1966), General Hashimoto

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