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name: "Toranosuke Ogawa"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 December 1897"
died: "29 December 1967"
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# Toranosuke Ogawa

Actor. Born 1 December 1897 in Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan. Died 29 December 1967.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 December 1897, Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
- **Died:** 29 December 1967
- **Also known as:** 小川寅次, Тораносукэ Огава, Тораноскэ Огава

## Biography

Toranosuke Ogawa (also credited as 小川寅次) was a Japanese actor. He was born on 1 December 1897 in Tokyo and died on 29 December 1967.

He began his career on the stage as a child actor in shinpa theatre around 1902 and later joined the Shin Kokugeki troupe. He moved into film in the early 1950s and appeared in supporting roles in numerous productions, including several directed by Akira Kurosawa. His credits include *Ikiru* (1952), *The Life of Oharu* (1952), *Seven Samurai* (1954) as the grandfather of the kidnapped girl, *Godzilla* (1954) as the president of Southern Seas Salvage, *I Live in Fear* (1955), *Street of Shame* (1956), *The Hidden Fortress* (1958), and *Sanjuro* (1962).

*Sources: imdb.com, weblio.jp.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Godzilla* (1954), Fi1m 88, as President of Southern Seas Salvage — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla.md)

## Also known for

- *Seven Samurai* (1954), Grandfather of Kidnapped Girl — [page](https://film.one/film/seven-samurai.md)
- *Ikiru* (1952), Park Section Chief — [page](https://film.one/film/ikiru.md)
- *Sanjuro* (1962)
- *The Hidden Fortress* (1958), Magistrate (uncredited)
- *Godzilla, King of the Monsters!* (1956), President of Company
- *The Life of Oharu* (1952), Yoshioka
- *Street of Shame* (1956), Mickey's Father
- *I Live in Fear* (1955), Hori, the lawyer

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