Chikara Hashimoto

Chikara Hashimoto (橋本 力, Hashimoto Chikara, 20 October 1933 – 11 October 2017[1]), also known as Riki Hashimoto (はしもと りき, Hashimoto Riki), 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 Deiei Studios. As an actor, he is known for his roles as Daimajin in the 1960s film trilogy and as Hiroshi Suzuki in the 1972 Bruce Lee movie Fist of Fury.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "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". Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). 19 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "大魔神の目にこだわり". Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). 21 April 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  3. ↑ Tsutsui, William (2017). Godzilla on my Mind: Fifty Years of the King of Monsters. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 9781137055576.



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