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name: "Keiji Sakakida"
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# Keiji Sakakida

Actor. Born 15 January 1900 in Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 15 January 1900, Japan
- **Active:** 1952–1954
- **Also known as:** さかきだ けいじ, 榊田敬治

## Biography

Keiji Sakakida was a Japanese actor. He was born on 15 January 1900 in Omagari, Daisen, Akita, Japan.

Sakakida debuted in film in 1921 and appeared in numerous pre-war productions for studios including Nikkatsu, Takamatsu-Azuma, Empire Kinema and Makino Talkie. He joined PCL in 1937, which later became Toho. After the war he took supporting roles for Toho, often in science-fiction films.

He is known for his performances in *Seven Samurai* (1954) as Gosaku, *Godzilla* (1954) as Mayor Inada, *Ikiru* (1952), *Rodan* (1956) as Tahei and *Atragon* (1963). One of his final screen appearances was in *Terror of Mechagodzilla* (1975).

*Sources: imdb.com, wikizilla.org, sakuracentral.net.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Godzilla* (1954), Fi1m 88, as Mayor Inada — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla.md)
- *Seven Samurai* (1954), Fi1m 95, as Gosaku — [page](https://film.one/film/seven-samurai.md)
- *Ikiru* (1952), Fi1m 92, as Land Readjustment Section Receptionist (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/ikiru.md)

## Also known for

- *Rodan* (1956), Tahei
- *Atragon* (1963), Mt. Mihara Climber
- *The H-Man* (1958), Old policeman - investigation room (uncredited)

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