--- name: "Kokuten Kōdō" canonical: "https://film.one/person/kokuten-kodo" fi1m_id: "kokuten-kodo" imdb_id: "nm0462679" tmdb_id: 108028 wikidata_id: "Q3198422" roles: ["Actor"] born: "29 January 1887" died: "22 January 1960" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_fi1m_score: 90 average_as: "actor" average_over: 3 updated: "2026-09-25T07:55:58.229940+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." --- # Kokuten Kōdō ## Identity Kokuten Kōdō - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kokuten-kodo - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** kokuten-kodo - **IMDb ID:** nm0462679 - **TMDB ID:** 108028 - **Wikidata ID:** Q3198422 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuninori_K%C5%8Dd%C5%8D, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3198422, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0462679/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/108028 Actor. Born 29 January 1887 in Takasago, Hyogo, Japan. Died 22 January 1960. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 29 January 1887, Takasago, Hyogo, Japan - **Died:** 22 January 1960 - **Active:** 1954–1957 - **Also known as:** Kokuten Kodo, Kuninori Kôdô, 高堂國典, Кокутен Кодо, Кокутэн Кодо - **Average Fi1m score:** 90, as actor, over 3 titles - **Fi1m against the critics:** 90 to 86 across 3 titles - **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 2, Action 1, History 1, Horror 1, Science Fiction 1, Thriller 1 - **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $107m across 3 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuninori_K%C5%8Dd%C5%8D, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3198422, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0462679/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/108028 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*Throne of Blood*](https://film.one/film/throne-of-blood.md) (88) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Kokuten Kōdō (also credited as Kokuten Kodo or Kuninori Kōdō) was a Japanese film actor. Born on 29 January 1887 in Takasago, Hyogo, he began his career on the stage in shinpa dramas in 1901 before entering film in the 1920s. He appeared in more than eighty films between 1923 and 1959, frequently cast in supporting roles as elderly men. Kōdō worked with director Akira Kurosawa on several productions, including *Seven Samurai* (1954) as Gisaku, the village elder, *Throne of Blood* (1957) as a military commander, and *The Hidden Fortress* (1958). He also appeared in *Godzilla* (1954) as an elder of Odo Island and in other films such as *Stray Dog* (1949) and *Early Summer* (1951). He died on 22 January 1960. *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, japanese-movies.fandom.com.* ## On Fi1m (3) - *Throne of Blood* (1957), Fi1m 88, as Military Commander — [page](https://film.one/film/throne-of-blood.md) - *Godzilla* (1954), Fi1m 88, as Elder of Odo Island — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla.md) - *Seven Samurai* (1954), Fi1m 95, as Gisaku, the Old Man — [page](https://film.one/film/seven-samurai.md) ## Complete filmography (89) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Godzilla* (1977), as The Old Fisherman (uncredited) - *The Big Boss* (1959), Actor - *The Hidden Fortress* (1958), as Old Man (uncredited) - *The Naked General* (1958), Actor - *The Eleventh Hour* (1957), Actor - *Case of a Young Lord 6: Mermaid Murder Case* (1957), Actor - *Seagull of the Night* (1957), Actor - *Untamed Woman* (1957), as Kinshichi - *Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman* (1957), as Mountain Tribe Leader - *The Fighting on The Trial* (1957), Actor - *Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean* (1957), as The Old Fisherman (uncredited) - *The Horse Boy* (1957), Actor - *Throne of Blood* (1957), as Military Commander — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/throne-of-blood.md) - *Love on Rainbow Island* (1956), as Suketa Wada - *Asashio yushio* (1956), Actor - *Godzilla, King of the Monsters!* (1956), as The Old Fisherman (uncredited) - *Street of Shame* (1956), as Kadowaki Keisaku - *A Rainbow at Every Turn* (1956), Actor - *Three Women Around Yoshinaka* (1956), Actor - *The Kuroda Affair* (1956), as Kuroda Nagamasa - *Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island* (1956), as Old Priest Nikkan (uncredited) - *I Live in Fear* (1955), as Workers' Older Family Member - *Miai Ryokou* (1955), Actor - *We Never Let You Go* (1955), Actor - *Ticket to Hell* (1955), Actor - *Beast Man Snow Man* (1955), as Tribal Chief - *The Phantom Horse* (1955), Actor - *Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple* (1955), as Old Priest Nikkan (uncredited) - *Jakō yashiki* (1955), Actor - *New Tengu Kurama Part II: Duel at Toji Temple* (1954), Actor - *Godzilla* (1954), as Elder of Odo Island — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla.md) - *Jirocho in Disgrace* (1954), Actor - *Asakusa at Night* (1954), as Gosuke - *Seven Samurai* (1954), as Gisaku, the Old Man — Fi1m 95, [page](https://film.one/film/seven-samurai.md) - *The Red Light Military Base* (1953), as Jusaku Kawanabe - *The Blue Revolution* (1953), Actor - *Husband and Wife* (1953), Actor - *Fighting Yasubei* (1952), Actor - *Forty-Eight Man* (1952), as Kira Uenosuke - *Third Class Executives* (1952), Actor - *Sword for Hire* (1952), Actor - *Vendetta of a Samurai* (1952), Actor - *Sasaki Kojiro* (1951), Actor - *Early Summer* (1951), as Old Uncle - *The Blue Pearl* (1951), as Noe's uncle - *Nanatsu no seiza* (1951), Actor - *The Idiot* (1951), as Junpei - *Carmen Comes Home* (1951), Actor - *Home Sweet Home* (1951), Actor - *Conduct Report on Matashiro: The Devil Princess and Winter Rain* (1951), as Shige'emon Otobe - *Red Peony of Night* (1950), Actor - *Female Sanshiro* (1950), Actor - *Scandal* (1950), as Old Man #1 - *Town of Violence* (1950), as Kuga​ - *Stray Dog* (1949), as Old Landlord - *The Blue Mountains: Part II* (1949), Actor - *Snow Trail* (1947), as Haruko's Grandfather - *No Regrets for Our Youth* (1946), as Mr. Noge - *Five Tokyo Men* (1945), Actor - *Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two* (1945), as Buddhist Priest Saiduchi - *Sanshiro Sugata* (1943), as Buddhist Priest - *Dance of the Capital* (1942), Actor - *Green Earth* (1942), Actor - *Musashibo Benkei* (1942), Actor - *The Battle of Kawanakajima* (1941), as Hiryûji Murakami - *Dancers of Awa* (1941), Actor - *The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 2)* (1941), Actor - *The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 1)* (1941), Actor - *Oath on the Burning Sands* (1940), Actor - *Zoku Hebihimesama* (1940), Actor - *Bellflower* (1940), as Grandfather - *Song of the White Orchid* (1939), Actor - *Old Songs* (1939), Actor - *Blizzard Ronin* (1939), Actor - *Nangoku taiheiki* (1937), as Zusho Shozaemon - *Yoru no hato* (1937), as Old Man - *Yukinojō henge, Kanketsu-hen* (1936), Actor - *An Actor's Revenge* (1935), as Dobu - *Bored Hatamoto Judges 100,000-koku* (1935), Actor - *Bored Hatamoto on the Nakasendo* (1935), Actor - *Bored Hatamoto on a Rampage* (1933), Actor - *Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki* (1932), Actor - *The Loyal 47 Ronin* (1932), as Uesugi Family Elder - *Yûreitô* (1932), Actor - *Bored Hatamoto Returns to Edo* (1931), Actor - *Bored Hatamoto Appears in Sendai* (1931), Actor - *Bored Hatamoto in Kyoto* (1930), Actor - *Skull* (1927), Actor - *Diary of a Drunkard* (1924), as Rokubei ## Gallery - ![Kokuten Kōdō](https://film.one/media/person/350966/gallery-a4f3dda2cedf.jpg) Kokuten Kōdō — Courtesy of Toho Company, © 1954, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Kokuten_Kodo.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![高堂國典 (1925)](https://film.one/media/person/350966/gallery-31d64bd621cd.jpg) 高堂國典 (1925) — 報知新聞社出版部 編, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Kokuten_Takado.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Kokuten Kōdō](https://film.one/media/person/350966/gallery-28617287f9f3.jpg) Kokuten Kōdō — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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