Happy Birthday, Kenji Sahara!

Above, Kenji Sahara and Armand in 2009.

Today, actor Kenji Sahara celebrates his 81st birthday.

He was born May 14, 1932 in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa.  He has appeared in numerous Japanese monster movies including (Source: Wikipedia):

• Godzilla (1954) - Young Lover On The Sound
• Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956) - Man on Boat
• Rodan (1956) - Shigeru Kawamura (credited as Kenji Sawara)
• Mothra (1961)
• Gorath (1962)
• King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
• Attack of the Mushroom People (1963)
• Atragon (1963)
• Godzilla vs. Mothra (1964)
• Ghidrah the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
• Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965)
• War of the Gargantuas (1966)
• Son of Godzilla (1967)
• Destroy All Monsters (1968)
• Godzilla's Revenge (1969)
• Space Amoeba (1970)

...and many more.  His last Godzilla movie was 2004's Godzilla Final Wars.