Susumu Utsumi
Susumu Utsumi (内海進 Utsumi Susumu) was a Japanese actor and suit actor.
A relative of actress and tarento Midori Utsumi, Utsumi was born in a liquor store. Utsumi liked to train his physique, and practiced with professional wrestlers at the Riki Sports Palace. Also interested in auto racing, Utsumi drove for Toho's race team and by chance had the opportunity to act in Toho productions such as Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo. In 1968, Utsumi was cast as King Ghidorah's suit actor, and the following year played one of the Bat Men in Latitude Zero. Utsumi's son Atsushi later recalled being scared as a child seeing his father don the King Ghidorah co...read more