--- name: "Minoru Takada" canonical: "https://film.one/person/minoru-takada" fi1m_id: "minoru-takada" imdb_id: "nm0847031" tmdb_id: 229226 wikidata_id: "Q10967045" roles: ["Actor"] born: "20 December 1899" died: "27 December 1977" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-28T20:30:42.923499+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." --- # Minoru Takada ## Identity Minoru Takada - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/minoru-takada - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** minoru-takada - **IMDb ID:** nm0847031 - **TMDB ID:** 229226 - **Wikidata ID:** Q10967045 - **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10967045, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0847031/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/229226 Actor. Born 20 December 1899 in Higashinaruse, Ogachi, Akita, Japan. Died 27 December 1977. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 20 December 1899, Higashinaruse, Ogachi, Akita, Japan - **Died:** 27 December 1977 - **Also known as:** Noboru Takada, 高田稔 - **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10967045, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0847031/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/229226 ## Streaming the US now - **Apple TV:** [*Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster*](https://film.one/film/ghidorah-the-three-headed-monster.md) (70) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Minoru Takada (also credited as Noboru Takada; Japanese: 高田稔) was a Japanese actor and film producer. He appeared in more than 230 films from 1924 to 1971, beginning as a leading man in silent films of the 1920s and 1930s before taking supporting roles as authority figures in later decades. He is known for his appearances in Toho science-fiction films, including the Commander in *Battle in Outer Space* (1959), a government official in *Atragon* (1963) and the Prime Minister in *Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster* (1964). Takada was born on 20 December 1899 in Higashinaruse, Ogachi, Akita, Japan, and died on 27 December 1977 in Tokyo. His wife was the former actress Mikiko Mitsuki. *Sources: imdb.com, mydramalist.com, ja.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster* (1964), Fi1m 70, as Prime Minister — [page](https://film.one/film/ghidorah-the-three-headed-monster.md) ## Complete filmography (123) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri* (1971), as Yamamoto, President of Fujita Motors - *Rebel Against Glory* (1970), Actor - *Crazy Big Explosion* (1969), Actor - *Japan's Longest Day* (1967), as Vice Admiral Zenshiro Hoshina - Dir. of the Naval Affairs Bureau - *Let's Go! Young Guy* (1967), as Inakawa - *Adventure in Kigan Castle* (1966), as Old King in Kotan - *Evil Brain from Outer Space* (1966), Actor - *Ultra Q* (1966), series, as Professor Genda - *The Crazy Adventure* (1965), Actor - *Invaders from Space* (1965), Actor - *Atomic Rulers* (1965), as Father - *Attack from Space* (1965), Actor - *Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster* (1964), as Prime Minister — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/ghidorah-the-three-headed-monster.md) - *Atragon* (1963), as Government Official - *College Champ* (1962), Actor - *The Last War* (1961), as Tokyo Defense Command Commander - *Sazae-san Plays Cupid* (1961), as Hanamura - *The 6th Suspect* (1960), as Junichiro Takayama - *Modern Salaryman: Bushido Romance* (1960), as Hisada Tetsuzō (Hiroshi's father) - *Battle in Outer Space* (1959), as The Commander - *Leader of the Bomb Girls* (1959), Actor - *3 Dolls Go to Hong Kong* (1959), Actor - *Work Hard, Happy Girls!* (1959), Actor - *Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender* (1959), Actor - *The College Ruggers* (1959), as Tomitarō Ōmori - *The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal* (1959), as Prime Minister Konoe - *Impure Nuns* (1958), Actor - *Holiday in Japan -Chapter 2-* (1958), Actor - *Bloody History of Soldiers* (1958), as Tanaka Giichi - *黄金奉行* (1958), Actor - *Holiday in Japan* (1958), Actor - *Star Poisoning Case* (1958), Actor - *Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War* (1958), as War Minister Yamagata - *稲妻奉行* (1958), Actor - *Traitors of the Blue Castle* (1957), as Aki Date - *Hibari's Triple Role: The Transformation of Yukinojo — Part II* (1957), Actor - *Hibari's Triple Role: The Dazzling Transformation of Yukinojo* (1957), Actor - *Super Giant Continues* (1957), Actor - *Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War* (1957), as Aritomo Yamagata - *The Pencil Thief* (1957), Actor - *美男をめぐる十人の女* (1956), Actor - *Mother Peacock* (1956), Actor - *Sisters at the Hot Springs* (1956), Actor - *Shin ono ga tsumi* (1956), as Takahiro Sakurado - *Royalist or Shogunate Loyalist? — Women's Mandala* (1956), Actor - *Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets* (1956), as Fumimaro Konoe - *Appeal on the Cross* (1956), Actor - *Kingoro's Soldier* (1956), Actor - *Speed King* (1956), Actor - *Shirai Gonpachi* (1956), Actor - *So Young, So Bright* (1955), as Kitajima - *Morishige is a Fake Gentleman* (1955), Actor - *Hanamazu* (1955), Actor - *The Vassal's Neck* (1955), Actor - *Twilight Saloon* (1955), as Ryusuke Nakakoji - *The Green Music Box* (1955), as Professor - *Fantasy of Youth* (1955), Actor - *美男お小姓　人斬り彦齋* (1955), Actor - *Invisible Man* (1954), as Yajima, gang boss - *日本敗れず* (1954), Actor - *Inugami-ke no nazo: Akuma wa odoru* (1954), Actor - *Submarine Ro Hasn't Surfaced* (1954), Actor - *乾杯！女学生* (1954), Actor - *The Devil comes and plays the Flute* (1954), Actor - *Hana to hatō* (1954), Actor - *Zoku nangoku taiheiki: Satsunan no arashi* (1954), Actor - *Nangoku Taiheiki* (1954), Actor - *A 16-Year-Old Girl's Jazz Festival* (1954), Actor - *Love Letter* (1953), Actor - *憧れの星座　* (1953), Actor - *The Eagle of the Pacific* (1953), as Prince Fumimaro Konoe - *The Battleship Yamato* (1953), as 2nd Fleet Commander-in-Chief Ito - *近藤勇 池田屋騒動* (1953), Actor - *花吹雪男祭り　* (1952), Actor - *Sunset Over Mount Fuji* (1952), as Father Iori - *Geisha Waltz* (1952), Actor - *Kyōshū* (1952), Actor - *A Ripple in a Morning* (1952), as President Sugayama - *Travels of Lord Mito Pt.2* (1952), Actor - *Travels of Lord Mito Pt.1* (1952), Actor - *Haha ningyō* (1951), Actor - *母恋草* (1951), Actor - *Golden Beast* (1950), as Inspector Tajimi - *Oni azami* (1950), Actor - *Kaikyo no same* (1950), Actor - *Good-Bye!* (1949), Actor - *Haha koiboshi* (1949), Actor - *A Bullet Hole Underground* (1949), Actor - *Lady From Hell* (1949), Actor - *Twenty-One Fingerprints* (1948), Actor - *The Terror of Z* (1948), Actor - *Wildcat Lady or Mountain Cat Woman* (1948), Actor - *These Foolish Times* (1947), Actor - *To Love and Swear* (1945), as Shiraishi - *Colonel Kato's Falcon Squadron* (1944), Actor - *Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky* (1943), Actor - *Suicide Troops of the Watchtower* (1943), as Assistant Police Inspector Takatsu - *Sky of Hope* (1942), as Momosaburo - *White Heron* (1941), Actor - *Yukiko and Natsuyo* (1941), as Shoichi Utsumi - *The Poppy* (1941), as Kingo Kono - *Sincerity* (1939), as Keikichi Asada - *Iron Brothers* (1939), Actor - *Ichiyo Higuchi* (1939), as Tosui Nakarai - *Enoken’s Shrewd Period* (1939), Actor - *Pastoral Symphony* (1938), Actor - *Learn from Experience, Part Two* (1937), as Shintaro - *Learn from Experience, Part One* (1937), as Shintaro - *Japanese Women's Textbook* (1937), as (Volume 1) - *A Husband's Chastity: Fall Again* (1937), Actor - *A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes & Fall Once Again* (1937), Actor - *A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes* (1937), Actor - *Sun over the River* (1934), as Kentaro - *Tsuki yori no shisha* (1934), as Susumu Hirota - *Cry Cheerfully!* (1931), Actor - *Silver Stream* (1931), as Soichi Negishi - *Where Do Women Go?* (1930), as Ryo - *Marching On* (1930), as Shirō - *Walk Cheerfully* (1930), as Kenji Koyama - *A Primer on Marriage* (1930), as Shinichirô Takebayashi - *The Father and His Son* (1929), Actor - *I Graduated, But...* (1929), as Tetsuo Nomoto - *Eternal Heart* (1929), as Shozo Narita --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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