--- name: "Someshō Matsumoto" canonical: "https://film.one/person/somesho-matsumoto" fi1m_id: "somesho-matsumoto" imdb_id: "nm0559559" tmdb_id: 1429146 wikidata_id: "Q11531135" roles: [] born: "20 March 1903" died: "12 August 1985" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-28T20:39:39.789382+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." --- # Someshō Matsumoto ## Identity Someshō Matsumoto - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/somesho-matsumoto - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** somesho-matsumoto - **IMDb ID:** nm0559559 - **TMDB ID:** 1429146 - **Wikidata ID:** Q11531135 - **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11531135, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0559559/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1429146 Actor. Born 20 March 1903 in Tokyo, Japan. Died 12 August 1985. ## Details - **Born:** 20 March 1903, Tokyo, Japan - **Died:** 12 August 1985 - **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11531135, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0559559/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1429146 ## 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 Someshō Matsumoto was a Japanese actor. Born Nomura Hachirō on 20 March 1903 in Ushigome, Tokyo, he was adopted into a Nakamura family in 1915. He entered kabuki in 1923 as a disciple of Matsumoto Kōshirō VII and took the stage name Matsumoto Someshō upon becoming nadai in 1935. He performed with the Zenshinza troupe from 1942 to 1956. Matsumoto moved into film acting in 1956 and appeared in more than sixty productions for studios including Nikkatsu, Toho and Toei until 1971. His credits include the role of Construction Company President Hatano in Akira Kurosawa's *The Bad Sleep Well* (1960), a part in *Onibaba* (1964), Dr Onuki in *King Kong vs. Godzilla* (1962) and the Alien Expert in *Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster* (1964). He returned to kabuki in 1971 with the support of Onoe Shōroku II and gave his final stage performance in April 1985. He died on 12 August 1985 in Tokyo. *Sources: imdb.com, kabuki21.com, grokipedia.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster* (1964), Fi1m 70, as Alien Expert — [page](https://film.one/film/ghidorah-the-three-headed-monster.md) ## Complete filmography (77) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Ultra Q: The 1/8 Project* (1990), as The 1/8 Project Staff Candidate - *The Militarists* (1970), as Minister (Konoe-Tojo Cabinet) - *The Private Police* (1969), Actor - *Bonds of Love* (1969), as Tonraku Owner - *Two in the Shadow* (1967), Actor - *Five Gents Prefer Geisha* (1967), Actor - *Nerves for Victory* (1966), Actor - *The War of the Gargantuas* (1966), as Official - *New News Reporter: The Trap of the Big City* (1966), Actor - *Tale of a Carpenter* (1966), Actor - *Gamblers' Luck* (1966), Actor - *Invasion of Astro-Monster* (1965), as Buddhist Representative - *The Flower and the Dragon* (1965), Actor - *The Crazy Adventure* (1965), Actor - *Beast Alley* (1965), Actor - *Murder Unincorporated* (1965), as Anzai - *A Chair in the Sunshine* (1965), Actor - *The School of Flesh* (1965), Actor - *Mission to Annihilate the Underworld* (1965), Actor - *Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster* (1964), as Alien Expert — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/ghidorah-the-three-headed-monster.md) - *Onibaba* (1964), as Runaway Warrior - *Red Diamond* (1964), as Tatsuji Matsuzaki - *Vanquished Foes* (1964), Actor - *Whirlwind* (1964), Actor - *At the Side of the Bridge 4* (1963), Actor - *The Symbol of a Man* (1963), as Tokudano - *Fifty-Fifty* (1963), Actor - *Shichinin no keiji* (1963), as Nojima - *Kidō sōsahan-gun ōkami no machi* (1962), Actor - *Two People, Yet All Alone* (1962), Actor - *Mama, I Need You!* (1962), Actor - *The Rambler Returns Home* (1962), Actor - *King Kong vs. Godzilla* (1962), as Dr. Onuki - *Last Round* (1962), Actor - *Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1* (1962), Actor - *Solo Traveler* (1962), Actor - *Eigo ni yowai otoko azuma wa azuma, nishi wa nishi* (1962), Actor - *Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong* (1962), Actor - *Kiriko no unmei* (1962), Actor - *Song of a Traveller* (1962), Actor - *Black Dice* (1962), Actor - *Gorath* (1962), as Government Personnel - *Woman of Design* (1962), Actor - *Cat Changed Into Tiger* (1962), Actor - *Shadow of a Flower* (1961), Actor - *A Cat and Dried Bonito Flakes: The Story of a Swindler* (1961), Actor - *Structure of Hate* (1961), Actor - *An Urban Affair* (1961), as Torakichi Araiwa - *Shiroi minamikaze* (1961), Actor - *The Crimson Plains* (1961), as Matsumura - *The Age of Lawless Moneymaking* (1961), Actor - *Eternity of Love* (1961), Actor - *The Famous Wanderer* (1961), Actor - *The Last Challenge* (1961), Actor - *Hidden Fangs* (1961), Actor - *Happiness of Us Alone* (1961), Actor - *The Human Vapor* (1960), as Fujichiyo's Teacher - *Get 'em All* (1960), Actor - *The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night* (1960), Actor - *The Bad Sleep Well* (1960), as Construction Company President Hatano - *The Brawler* (1960), as Asaoka - *Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: Sighing Husband* (1960), Actor - *I Will Never Forget* (1960), Actor - *He's the Witness* (1960), Actor - *Tatsumaki kozō* (1960), Actor - *Keiji monogatari Tōkyō no meiro* (1960), Actor - *My Second Brother* (1959), Actor - *Seven-Color Mask: Chase of Death* (1959), Actor - *Seven-Color Mask: Terrifying Revenge* (1959), Actor - *Seven-Color Mask* (1959), Actor - *汚れた顔* (1959), Actor - *Break Down that Wall* (1959), Actor - *Lucky Dragon No. 5* (1959), Actor - *Night Drum* (1958), Actor - *Harbor Rats* (1957), Actor - *Last Days of the Samurai* (1957), as Chuzaemon Yoshida - *Actress* (1956), Actor --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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