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name: "Tatsuo Matsumura"
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born: "18 December 1914"
died: "18 June 2005"
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# Tatsuo Matsumura

Actor. Born 18 December 1914 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. Died 18 June 2005.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 December 1914, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- **Died:** 18 June 2005
- **Also known as:** 마츠무라 타츠오

## Biography

Tatsuo Matsumura was a Japanese actor. Born on 18 December 1914 in Yokohama, he graduated from Hosei University and made his film debut in 1959 in *Otome no inori*.

He appeared in more than seventy films between 1959 and 2004. Matsumura is known for roles in *Harakiri* (1962) as Seibei, *King Kong vs. Godzilla* (1962) as Dr Makino, *Samurai Rebellion* (1967), *Dodes'ka-den* (1970), *Madadayo* (1993) as Professor Hyakken Uchida, and several entries in the *Otoko wa Tsurai yo* (Tora-san) series. He died on 18 June 2005 in Tokyo.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Harakiri* (1962), Fi1m 91, Actor — [page](https://film.one/film/harakiri.md)

## Also known for

- *King Kong vs. Godzilla* (1962), Dr. Makino
- *King Kong vs. Godzilla* (1963), Dr. Akira Makino (uncredited)
- *Samurai Rebellion* (1967), Lord Masakata Matsudaira
- *Dodes'ka-den* (1970), Kyota Watanaka
- *Madadayo* (1993), Prof. Hyakken Uchida
- *After the Rain* (2000), Jii Sekkyo-Bushi
- *Zatoichi Challenged* (1967), Tahe

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