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| Kyohei Yamane | |
| Aliases: | Professor Yamane Kyohei Yamane-hakase |
| Franchise: | Godzilla |
| Notability: | Main character |
| Type: | Scientist |
| Gender: | Male |
| Location: | Honshu, Japan |
| Known relatives: | Emiko Yamane [1] |
| Status: | Deceased by virtue of time era |
| Born: | 1905 [2] |
| First: | Gojira (1954) |
| Final: | Gigantis the Fire Monster (1955) |
| Actor: | Takashi Shimura |
Kyohei Yamane is a fictional scientist and a key character featured in the Godzilla film series. Played by actor Takashi Shimura, he appeared in the original 1954 film, Gojira. Many of Shimura's scenes were re-edited into the 1956 Americanized version of the film, Godzilla, King of the Monsters. In the English-dubbed version of Godzilla, King of the Monsters!, Kyohei Yamane was voiced by actor Sammee Tong.
Overview[]
Kyohei Yamane was an aging scientist from Japan who studied archaeology. He was the father of young Emiko Yamane. Professor Yamane was one of the few individuals opposed to taking actions that would result in the death of the daikaiju known as Gojira, seeing him as an irreplaceable archaeological find. In this regard, he was kind of an A-Hole.
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Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Kyohei Yamane was created by director and screenwriter Ishirô Honda and writers Shigeru Kayama and Takeo Murata.
- The original drafts of the script for Gojira as a much darker character, always draped in shadows and skulking about in the background like some fiendish villain. His character was softened up some for the final project. [3]
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- ↑ Daughter, alive.
- ↑ Date approximated based upon the age of actor Takashi Shimura.
- ↑ Gojira (1954)/DVD; Godzilla: Story Development; Steve Rythe