
Actor
Rinsaku Ogata
Born 1925 · Tokyo, Japan
Frequent supporting player in Toho films beginning in the 50s. Ogata’s stern features lent him to background roles as military officers and personnel in several of Toho’s sci-fi films. One of his more prominent roles (i.e., it had dialogue) are as a policeman in the opening scene of The Human Vapor (1960). He also played Goro, one of the first victims in Rodan (1956).
Acting

Yojimbo
Seibei Follower · 1961

The Hidden Fortress
Young Man (uncredited) · 1958

Mothra vs. Godzilla
Transport Aircraft Operations Assistant · 1964

Destroy All Monsters
1st Officer (uncredited) · 1968

Invasion of Astro-Monster
JSDF Soldier · 1965

Mothra
Ship Survivor · 1961

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
(uncredited) · 1955

Ultraman
Defense Force Commander · 1966

Rodan
Goro · 1956

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
Red Bamboo Guard · 1966

The Mysterians
Policeman Ogata · 1957

Space Amoeba
Islander (uncredited) · 1970

Admiral Yamamoto
Capt. Hayakawa · 1968

Battle in Outer Space
Astronomer · 1959

Gorath
Ôtori Engineer · 1962

The H-Man
Nightclub patron (uncredited) · 1958

The Human Vapor
(uncredited) · 1960

Bloodthirsty Hawk
Xiao Guo (uncredited) · 1977

The Secret of the Telegian
Other cop (uncredited) · 1960

Hiroshi Moriya Sadogasa: Thank You, Sandogasa
Sentā of Kesera Gang · 1961

The Militarists
Fukuyama · 1970

Operation Sewer Rats
(uncredited) · 1962

Beast Man Snow Man
Mountain guide (uncredited) · 1955