Ken Echigo

Echigo Ken

  • Name: Echigo Ken
  • Native name: 越後憲
  • Also Known as: えちご けん, 越後憲三, えちご けんぞう, Echigo Kenzou
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: December 2, 1929
  • Age: 95
Echigo joined Toho as a student in the second “New Face” class of actors in 1947 (incidentally, he was in the same class with actress Shiozawa Toki. He did not garner any lead roles, but he appeared frequently in bit parts throughout the 50s and 60s, including numerous science fiction films. He was the sailor playing the harmonica on the doomed fishing vessel in the opening moments of the original Godzilla movie. His most prominent supporting role was as a co-pilot aboard the SY-3 rocket ship in Destroy All Monsters (1968).

He retired in 1971. He enjoyed clay pigeon shooting and coffee dates with fellow supporting actor Iwamoto Hiroshi. His widow, actress Terasawa Hiroko, confirmed Echigo’s death in a 2014 interview, although specific details of his death (such as the date) are not publicly known.

(Source: Godzilla Cineaste) Edit Biography
Movie
Year Title Role Rating
1971 Godzilla vs. Hedorah
Japanese Movie, 1971,
[Talking Head] (Support Role)
[Talking Head]
Support Role
7.0
1970 Space Amoeba
Japanese Movie, 1970,
[Journalist] (Guest Role)
[Journalist]
Guest Role
6.6
1969 All Monsters Attack
Japanese Movie, 1969,
[Policeman] (Guest Role)
[Policeman]
Guest Role
5.7
1969 Mito Komon Manyuki
Japanese Movie, 1969,
(Unknown)
Unknown
0.0
1969 Latitude Zero
Japanese Movie, 1969,
[Observer] (Guest Role)
[Observer]
Guest Role
6.8
1969 Too Young to Die
Japanese Movie, 1969,
[Newspaper Reporter] (Bit part)
[Newspaper Reporter]
Bit part
8.0
1968 Destroy All Monsters
Japanese Movie, 1968,
[SY-3 pilot] (Support Role)
[SY-3 pilot]
Support Role
6.8
1966 Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
Japanese Movie, 1966,
[Red Bamboo Soldier] (Guest Role)
[Red Bamboo Soldier]
Guest Role
6.6
1965 Frankenstein Conquers the World
Japanese Movie, 1965,
[Man Fleeing Resort] (Guest Role)
[Man Fleeing Resort]
Guest Role
6.7
1964 Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Japanese Movie, 1964,
[Bystander, Cafe Patron] (Guest Role)
[Bystander, Cafe Patron]
Guest Role
7.1
1964 Dogora
Japanese Movie, 1964,
[Soldier] (Guest Role)
[Soldier]
Guest Role
6.4
1964 Mothra vs. Godzilla
Japanese Movie, 1964,
[Reporter] (Guest Role)
[Reporter]
Guest Role
7.1
1963 High and Low
Japanese Movie, 1963,
[Train Crew] (Bit part)
[Train Crew]
Bit part
8.0
1962 Nippon Musekinin Yaro
Japanese Movie, 1962,
[Taxi driver] (Bit part)
[Taxi driver]
Bit part
2.0
1962 Gorath
Japanese Movie, 1962,
[Satellite Crew] (Guest Role)
[Satellite Crew]
Guest Role
6.5
1962 Sanjuro
Japanese Movie, 1962,
Kikui Samurai (Support Role)
Kikui Samurai
Support Role
7.9
1961 The Last War
Japanese Movie, 1961,
[TV Singer] (Guest Role)
[TV Singer]
Guest Role
6.3
1961 Daredevil in the Castle
Japanese Movie, 1961,
[Warrior priest] (Bit part)
[Warrior priest]
Bit part
7.2
1960 The Human Vapor
Japanese Movie, 1960,
[Scientist] (Guest Role)
[Scientist]
Guest Role
6.7
1960 The Secret of the Telegian
Japanese Movie, 1960,
[Policeman] (Guest Role)
[Policeman]
Guest Role
6.2
1960 Bananas
Japanese Movie, 1960,
Hamasaki (Support Role)
Hamasaki
Support Role
0.0
1959 Battle in Outer Space
Japanese Movie, 1959,
[Soldier] (Guest Role)
[Soldier]
Guest Role
6.2
1959 The Three Treasures
Japanese Movie, 1959,
[Yamato soldier 2] (Bit part)
[Yamato soldier 2]
Bit part
5.9
1958 H-Man
Japanese Movie, 1958,
[Nightclub Patron] (Guest Role)
[Nightclub Patron]
Guest Role
6.8
1957 The Mysterians
Japanese Movie, 1957,
[Pilot] (Guest Role)
[Pilot]
Guest Role
6.7
1956 Rodan
Japanese Movie, 1956,
[Police officer] (Guest Role)
[Police officer]
Guest Role
7.0
1954 Invisible Man
Japanese Movie, 1954,
[Waiter] (Guest Role)
[Waiter]
Guest Role
6.4
1954 Godzilla
Japanese Movie, 1954,
[Sailor] (Guest Role)
[Sailor]
Guest Role
7.8
1954 Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Japanese Movie, 1954,
[Villager] (Bit part)
[Villager]
Bit part
7.6
1953 Eagle of the Pacific
Japanese Movie, 1953,
[Task force signals and communications staff] (Bit part)
[Task force signals and communications staff]
Bit part
6.9
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Echigo Ken

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  • First Name: Ken
  • Family Name: Echigo
  • Native name: 越後憲
  • Also Known as: えちご けん, 越後憲三, えちご けんぞう, Echigo Kenzou
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: December 2, 1929
  • Age: 95

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