Saturday, August 31, 2019

The Missing Japanese Actor

Leading off this morning's birthdays, was none other than one Katsumi Tezuka, celebrating his 107th (107) birthday.  Born 8/31/1912 and that was it.

So I jotted down that scant info and went looking.  The only thing I found was that he starred in more than a few of the "Godzilla" movies.

What I didn't find:
Place of birth; any siblings, number of marriages with or without issue
Currently living in:  his own home?  The Motion Pictures Home?  With his loving wife? Daughters? Sons?  

A total blank on his childhood - how he got into the Godzilla movies which you would think might be of note - and all of the above that you'd think would be of interest enough to add a few of the details.  I mean. Why bother to live to be 107 and then be snubbed like this?  He didn't sit around in a Godzilla suite for all of those years!  

If you have information leading to the discovery of these details and/or more, please be kind enough to report it in the Comments section of this column.

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