Ibuki Toru

Name: Ibuki Toru
Native name: 伊吹徹
Nationality: Japanese
Gender: Male
Born: January 28, 1940
Age: 86

Tall, lean actor who often played henchmen. His sole “good guy” role appears to have been as the lost brother Yata in Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster (1966). He disappeared from the genre after Destroy All Monsters (1968) before making one last appearance as the goateed alien Tsuda in Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975).

(Source: Godzilla Cineaste) Edit Biography

Year	Title	#	Role	Rating
1985	Hokori no Hoshu Japanese Drama, 1985, 49 eps Togawa (Ep. 40) (Guest Role)	49	Togawa (Ep. 40) Guest Role	0.0
1984	Ooka Echizen Season 8 Japanese Drama, 1984, 26 eps (Ep. 24) (Guest Role)	26	(Ep. 24) Guest Role	0.0
1984	Nagareboshi Sakichi Japanese Drama, 1984, 26 eps (Ep. 21) (Guest Role)	26	(Ep. 21) Guest Role	0.0
1982	Ooka Echizen Season 6 Japanese Drama, 1982, 32 eps (Ep. 6) (Guest Role)	32	(Ep. 6) Guest Role	0.0
1979	Oretachi wa Tenshi da! Japanese Drama, 1979, 20 eps (Ep. 19) (Guest Role)	20	(Ep. 19) Guest Role	0.0
1973	Kaze no Naka no Aitsu Japanese Drama, 1973, 26 eps (Ep. 1-2, 9-14, 16, 19-20) (Guest Role)	26	(Ep. 1-2, 9-14, 16, 19-20) Guest Role	0.0
1966	Ultra Q Japanese Drama, 1966, 28 eps Ito [Member of Antarctic Expedition] (Guest Role)	28	Ito [Member of Antarctic Expedition] Guest Role	7.2

Year	Title	Role	Rating
1984	F2 Grand Prix Japanese Movie, 1984, Yabuki Takashi (Support Role)	Yabuki Takashi Support Role	0.0
1975	Terror of Mechagodzilla Japanese Movie, 1975, Tsuda (Support Role)	Tsuda Support Role	7.0
1968	Admiral Yamamoto Japanese Movie, 1968, [Army staff officer] (Guest Role)	[Army staff officer] Guest Role	6.5
1968	Destroy All Monsters Japanese Movie, 1968, [Possessed Monster Island Tech] (Guest Role)	[Possessed Monster Island Tech] Guest Role	6.8
1967	Drifters desu yo! Zenshin Zenshin Mata Zenshin Japanese Movie, 1967, [Detective] (Guest Role)	[Detective] Guest Role	0.0
1967	Japan's Longest Day Japanese Movie, 1967, Lt. Colonel Itagaki Toru [Eastern District Army Staff Officer] (Support Role)	Lt. Colonel Itagaki Toru [Eastern District Army Staff Officer] Support Role	7.3
1967	King Kong Escapes Japanese Movie, 1967, [Henchman] (Guest Role)	[Henchman] Guest Role	6.5
1966	Ebirah, Horror of the Deep Japanese Movie, 1966, Yata (Support Role)	Yata Support Role	6.6
1965	Invasion of the Astro-Monster Japanese Movie, 1965, Xian (Support Role)	Xian Support Role	6.8
1965	Ironfinger Japanese Movie, 1965, Matsuki (Support Role)	Matsuki Support Role	6.9
1965	Chi to Suna Japanese Movie, 1965, Miho (Support Role)	Miho Support Role	7.5
1965	Beast Alley Japanese Movie, 1965, [Young man #1] (Bit part)	[Young man #1] Bit part	7.0
1964	Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster Japanese Movie, 1964, [Assassin] (Guest Role)	[Assassin] Guest Role	7.1
1963	The Lost World of Sinbad Japanese Movie, 1963, [Pirate] (Guest Role)	[Pirate] Guest Role	6.8
1963	Young Swordsman Japanese Movie, 1963, Niki Kosuke (Support Role)	Niki Kosuke Support Role	0.0

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