Chikara Hashimoto Explained

Chikara Hashimoto
Birth Date:	20 October 1933
Birth Place:	Hokkaido, Japan
Death Date:	^[1]
Teams:	Mainichi Orions, 1950s

, also erroneously called, was a Japanese professional baseball player and actor. Hashimoto played baseball for Mainichi Orions in the 1950s. He was forced to retire in 1958 following an injury, and then joined Daiei Studios. As an actor, he is known for his roles as Daimajin in the 1966 film trilogy and as Hiroshi Suzuki in the 1972 Bruce Lee film, Fist of Fury.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Partial filmography

• San'nin no kaoyaku (1960)
• Sutekina yaro (1960)
• Ginza no dora-neko (1960)
• Ginzakko monogatari (1961)
• Tsuma wa kokuhaku suru (1961)
• Ken ni kakeru (1962)
• Jigoku no shikyaku (1962)
• Yoru no haitô (1963) - Blue collar guy
• Kyojin Ôkuma Shigenobu (1963)
• Kuro no kirifuda (1964)
• Fight, Zatoichi, Fight (1964) - Inozo
• Mushuku mono (1964) - Bishamon (uncredited)
• Nemuri Kyôshirô: Mashôken (1965)
• Fukushû no kiba (1965) - Kurayami's henchman
• Kumo o yobu kôdôkan (1965)
• Daimajin (1966) - Daimajin (uncredited)
• Daimajin ikaru (1966) - Shunpei Ikenaga / Daimajin
• Gontakure (1966) - Port superintendent
• Wrath of Daimajin (1966) - Daimajin
• A Certain Killer (1967)
• Gamera vs. Viras (1968) - Doctor A
• Kaidan otoshiana (1968) - Udegawa
• Zoku hiroku onna ro (1968) - The Inspector
• (1968) - Daimon
• Shin Yotarô senki (1969) - Private First Class Hashimoto
• Yakuza Zessyō (1970) - Toyama
• Mona Riza okyo (1971)
• Zatoichi and the One-Armed Swordsman (1971) - Samurai
• Fist of Fury (1972) - Hiroshi Suzuki
• Shin heitai yakuza: Kasen (1972)
• Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Stars (1986) - Japanese Fighter (final film role)

External links

• Chikara Hashimoto at Baseball-Reference.com.
• Riki Hashimoto at IMDb.

Notes and References

1. News: ja . 橋本力さん死去 元プロ野球選手の俳優、ブルース・リーと共演、大魔神のスーツアクターも . . 19 October 2017 . 23 October 2017.
2. News: ja . 大魔神の目にこだわり . . 21 April 2017 . 1 August 2017 . 8 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180908202240/https://mainichi.jp/articles/20170321/dde/012/200/009000c . dead .
3. Book: Tsutsui, William . William Tsutsui . Godzilla on my Mind: Fifty Years of the King of Monsters . . 2017 . 9781137055576.
4. Web site: Inc. Natasha. 俳優の橋本力が死去、「大魔神」スーツアクターや「ドラゴン怒りの鉄拳」敵役. 2021-10-01. 映画ナタリー. ja.