---
name: "Kanta Mori"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kanta-mori"
fi1m_id: "kanta-mori"
imdb_id: "nm1040967"
tmdb_id: 1120649
wikidata_id: "Q11539667"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "19 January 1924"
died: "15 November 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-28T20:41:55.714170+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Kanta Mori

## Identity

Kanta Mori

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kanta-mori
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kanta-mori
- **IMDb ID:** nm1040967
- **TMDB ID:** 1120649
- **Wikidata ID:** Q11539667
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11539667, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1040967/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1120649

Actor. Born 19 January 1924 in Akita Prefecture. Died 15 November 2000.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 January 1924, Akita Prefecture
- **Died:** 15 November 2000
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11539667, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1040967/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1120649

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Godzilla vs. Megalon*](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-megalon.md) (38)

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## Biography

Kanta Mori (1924–2000) was a Japanese actor. He appeared in numerous films and television series, often in supporting roles portraying officials, military personnel or professionals.

His credits include the role of Japan Special Defense Forces Chief in *Godzilla vs. Megalon* (1973). He also played Okouchi in *The Return of Godzilla* (1984), the Defence Minister in *Submersion of Japan* (1973), and Dr. Nakamura in the television series *Ultraman* (1966). Other film appearances encompass *Japan's Longest Day* (1967) and *Battle of Okinawa* (1971).

Mori was born in Akita Prefecture.

*Sources: imdb.com, watch.plex.tv, rottentomatoes.com, mydramalist.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Godzilla vs. Megalon* (1973), Fi1m 38, as Japan Special Defense Forces Chief — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-megalon.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Ameyuki-san* (1979), Actor
- *Special Crime Investigation Front* (1977), series, Actor
- *Hell Riders* (1976), Actor
- *Kobayashi Takiji* (1974), Actor
- *The Blossom and the Sword* (1973), Actor
- *Children Who Don't Know War* (1973), as Police Chief
- *Godzilla vs. Megalon* (1973), as Japan Special Defense Forces Chief — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-megalon.md)
- *The Battle of Okinawa* (1971), as Kimura
- *The Militarists* (1970), as Koyama
- *Battle of the Japan Sea* (1969), as Chief of Staff Officer Ijichi
- *Only Child* (1969), Actor
- *Japan's Longest Day* (1967), as Maj. General Tatsuhiko Takashima - Chief of Staff E. Dist. Army
- *The Top of Mount Fuji* (1967), Actor
- *Conquest* (1965), Actor
- *Blood and Diamonds* (1964), Actor
- *Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring* (1958), Actor
- *Dotanba* (1956), Actor

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