Yoshio Tsuchiya (土屋 嘉男, Tsuchiya Yoshio, May 18, 1927 – February 8, 2017) was a Japanese actor who appeared in such films as Toshio Matsumoto's surreal Bara No Soretsu (a.k.a. Funeral Parade of Roses) and Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai (as the firebrand farmer Rikichi) and Red Beard, and Kihachi Okamoto's Kill!. He had a long-standing interest in UFOs and wrote several books on the subject. He preferred starring in science fiction films, usually as aliens, or people possessed by them, in such films as Battle in Outer Space, Monster Zero, and Destroy All Monsters.
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Date of birth | 18 May 1927
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Place of birth | Koshu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
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Date of death | 8 February 2017
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Age | 89 (age at death)
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Yoshio Tsuchiya is known for his role in the film Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965) as Controller of Planet X.
He is also known for his role in the film 500,000 (1963) as Yamazaki.
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