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name: "Kunio Murai"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kunio-murai"
fi1m_id: "kunio-murai"
imdb_id: "nm0613442"
tmdb_id: 240009
wikidata_id: "Q11522975"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 September 1944"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-28T21:15:31.766548+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."
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# Kunio Murai

## Identity

Kunio Murai

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kunio-murai
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kunio-murai
- **IMDb ID:** nm0613442
- **TMDB ID:** 240009
- **Wikidata ID:** Q11522975
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunio_Murai, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11522975, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0613442/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/240009

Actor. Born 20 September 1944 in Tianjin, China.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 September 1944, Tianjin, China
- **Active:** 1972–2001
- **Also known as:** 村井国夫
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunio_Murai, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11522975, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0613442/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/240009

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Return of Godzilla*](https://film.one/film/the-return-of-godzilla.md) (55)

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## Biography

Kunio Murai (村井國夫) is a Japanese actor and voice actor. He was born on 20 September 1944 in Tianjin, China, and has been active since 1966.

He is known for film roles including Takeshi Shima in *Godzilla vs. Gigan* (1972) and Secretary Henmi in *The Return of Godzilla* (1984), as well as appearances in *Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack* (2001) and the *Tokyo Ghoul* films (2017–2019) as Kuzen Yoshimura. Murai is the official Japanese dubbing voice for Harrison Ford.

His stage work includes productions such as *Les Misérables* and *Kiss of the Spider Woman*, for which he received the Agency for Cultural Affairs Art Festival Award in 1992. He is married to actress Mikiko Otonashi.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Return of Godzilla* (1984), Fi1m 55, as Secretary Henmi — [page](https://film.one/film/the-return-of-godzilla.md)

## Complete filmography (63)

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

- *Akashi* (2025), as Grandpa
- *Tokyo Ghoul 'S'* (2019), as Kuzen Yoshimura
- *KASANE –Beauty and Fate–* (2018), as Yoshio Fujihara
- *Snowman* (2018), as Roku (old)
- *Evil and The Mask* (2018), as Shozo Kuki
- *Unnatural* (2018), series, as 駕籠武
- *Tokyo Ghoul* (2017), as Kuzen Yoshimura
- *魔都夜曲* (2017), series, Actor
- *Reverse* (2017), series, as Murai Akimasa
- *Sou Kazuho First Concert 「Feel SO Good」* (2015), Actor
- *Yokokuhan: The Pain* (2015), series, Actor
- *Nobunaga Concerto* (2014), series, as Hisamasa Azai
- *Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out* (2014), series, as Ryuichi Serizawa
- *Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III* (2014), as Hachigaya Zenbee
- *さくら心中* (2011), series, Actor
- *Yamazakura, The Cherry Tree in the Hills* (2008), Actor
- *Awakening* (2007), Actor
- *Eve's Gifts* (2007), as Yusuke Mochizuki
- *Western Police Special* (2004), as Uryu Shinsuke
- *Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack* (2001), as SDF HQ Secretary Masato Hinogaki
- *Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow* (1997), Actor
- *Sting* (1997), Actor
- *The Terrorist’s Parasol* (1996), Actor
- *San-ban Tēburu no Kyaku* (1996), series, Actor
- *Like Grains of Sand* (1995), as Shuji's Father
- *A Brief Message from the Heart* (1995), as Shimamura
- *Why I borrowed money from her* (1994), series, Actor
- *The Misery of Others is as Sweet as Honey* (1994), series, Actor
- *XX: Beautiful Weapon* (1993), as Masahiko Yoshizawa
- *Rainbow Bridge* (1993), Actor
- *Kim's War* (1991), Actor
- *Strawberry Times 2: Santa ga koi shi ni yatte kita* (1989), Actor
- *Tears of a Swan* (1989), series, as Setsuya Hazuki
- *Vehicle Shadows, Messengers of the Dead* (1988), Actor
- *Godzilla 1985* (1985), as Secretary Henmi
- *Detective Kyosuke Kozu's Murder Reasoning II* (1985), Actor
- *The Return of Godzilla* (1984), as Secretary Henmi — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/the-return-of-godzilla.md)
- *裏切りのフィナーレ* (1984), series, Actor
- *L・O・V・I・N・G* (1983), Actor
- *The Yoshida School* (1983), as Takakichi Asō
- *Jirocho of Shimizu 4: The Cold Wind of the North, the Revenge of the Righteous* (1983), Actor
- *Lullaby of Death* (1982), Actor
- *The Wild Daisy* (1981), as Kiichiro Saito
- *Port Arthur* (1980), as Teisuke Oki
- *Kyukei no Koya* (1978), series, as Shoichi Soeda
- *Yokomizo Seishi Series* (1977), series, as Naoki Sengoku
- *Without Complaint* (1975), Actor
- *The Beast Shall Die* (1974), as Masayuki Yajima
- *The Blossom and the Sword* (1973), as Minoru Ôhama
- *Godzilla vs. Gigan* (1972), as Takeshi Shima
- *Shadow of Love* (1972), Actor
- *The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13* (1972), Actor
- *Memoir of Japanese Assassinations* (1969), Actor
- *Twenty-One Concubines: The Life of a Pervert* (1969), Actor
- *Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation* (1968), as Yûkichi Togasaki
- *Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza* (1968), Actor
- *Ohyaku: The Female Demon* (1968), as Shinkuro
- *Snake Woman's Curse* (1968), as Sutematsu
- *The Journey* (1967), as Sekine
- *The Shogun and His Mistresses* (1967), as Choukichi
- *Tears of Banishment* (1967), Actor
- *Classmates* (1967), as Second Sublieutenant Yui
- *Watari, the Ninja Boy* (1966), as Shindo no Kotaro

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