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name: "Masao Imafuku"
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fi1m_id: "masao-imafuku"
imdb_id: "nm0408005"
tmdb_id: 551834
wikidata_id: "Q11377357"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "8 April 1921"
died: "27 May 2015"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-28T20:46:25.330502+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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# Masao Imafuku

## Identity

Masao Imafuku

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/masao-imafuku
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** masao-imafuku
- **IMDb ID:** nm0408005
- **TMDB ID:** 551834
- **Wikidata ID:** Q11377357
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11377357, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0408005/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/551834

Actor. Born 8 April 1921 in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Died 27 May 2015.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 8 April 1921, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
- **Died:** 27 May 2015
- **Also known as:** 今福正雄, 今福將雄
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11377357, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0408005/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/551834

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## Biography

Masao Imafuku was a Japanese actor. Born on 8 April 1921 in Iizuka, Fukuoka Prefecture, he graduated from Fukuoka Prefectural Kaho Junior High School in 1940 and worked as a technician before joining the NHK Fukuoka Broadcasting Drama Troupe in 1946 after the Second World War.

He appeared in numerous films, television dramas, radio plays and stage productions over several decades, often in supporting roles. His credits include *Kill!* (1968), *Demons* (1971), *Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla* (1974) as Tengan Kunigami, the Azumi Royal Family High Priest, *Oshin* (1983) as Imamura Genemon and *Gemini* (1999) as the Old Man in the Slums. He received the 5th Japan Broadcasting Writers Association Male Acting Award.

Imafuku died on 27 May 2015 in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, aged 94.

*Sources: imdb.com, ja.wikipedia.org, godzilla.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla* (1974), Fi1m 64, as Tengan Kunito, the Azumi Royal Family High Priest — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-mechagodzilla.md)

## Complete filmography (57)

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

- *Arigatou* (2006), Actor
- *GTO: The Movie* (1999), as Iida
- *Gemini* (1999), as Old Man in the Slums
- *Bounce Ko Gals* (1997), Actor
- *Mokuyou no Kaidan'97: Akuryou Gakuen* (1997), Actor
- *Sleeping Man* (1996), as Takuji's Father
- *Hideyoshi* (1996), series, as Miso Shigetomo
- *Kappa* (1994), as Kisuke Suzumori
- *結婚式場 花嫁介添人がゆく* (1994), series, Actor
- *Kwaidan* (1992), Actor
- *Kanei Chronicles* (1991), as Hikozaemon Okubo
- *Sea of Whitetail* (1990), Actor
- *Tora-san, My Uncle* (1989), as 奥村
- *Kaze no Sumu Ie* (1989), Actor
- *Battle Heater* (1989), as Shintaro Nakagawa
- *Rikyu* (1989), as Ceramist
- *Wuthering Heights* (1988), as Ichi
- *Countryside Accountant's Government Reform* (1987), as Gonsuke
- *A Human Promise* (1986), Actor
- *Jazz Daimyo* (1986), as Gundayu
- *Kōgen ni ressha ga hashitta* (1984), Actor
- *Assassination Orders* (1984), Actor
- *Secret of the Forbidden Valley* (1983), Actor
- *Oshin* (1983), series, as Imamura Genemon
- *The Bored Samurai* (1983), as Jinnai Sugimura
- *Toge no Gunzo* (1982), series, as Kayano Shigetoshi
- *At This Late Date, the Charleston* (1981), as Foreign Affairs Minister
- *Station* (1981), Actor
- *Lowly Ronin* (1981), Actor
- *Magistrate of the Floating World* (1981), Actor
- *The Last Game* (1979), Actor
- *Blood Type: Blue* (1978), as Special Forces Division Commander
- *Afterglow* (1978), Actor
- *Ghost Train* (1978), Actor
- *Sensei no tsushinbo* (1977), Actor
- *Festival Champ* (1976), Actor
- *The Village* (1975), Actor
- *Mizuiro no toki* (1975), series, as 今福正雄
- *Great Jailbreak* (1975), Actor
- *Battle Cry* (1975), as Taihei
- *Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters* (1974), as Iwamoto
- *Akumyo: Notorious Dragon* (1974), Actor
- *Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla* (1974), as Tengan Kunito, the Azumi Royal Family High Priest — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-mechagodzilla.md)
- *Coup d'Etat* (1973), as Wounded soldier
- *The Battle of Okinawa* (1971), as Principal Teruya
- *Love Forsaken* (1971), Actor
- *Demons* (1971), as Hachiemon
- *Pure Land, Poisoned Sea* (1970), as Narrator (voice)
- *River Without a Bridge Part 2* (1970), Actor
- *The Human Bullet* (1968), as School Principal
- *Trigger-Happy* (1968), Actor
- *Where did Sharaku go?* (1968), Actor
- *Admiral Yamamoto* (1968), as Minister of the Army Hata
- *Kill!* (1968), as Doshin - Monk
- *Judge and Jeopardy* (1968), Actor
- *Japan's Longest Day* (1967), as Marshal Shunroku Hata
- *俺たちの祭*, series, Actor

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