The 76-year-old actor is best known for portraying various monsters duringGodzillas Heisei era, including the lead monster himself.
Satsuma was born May 27, 1947 under the name Yasuaki Maeda.
He started acting in the 1960s in bit parts for movies like Incident at Blood Pass.
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PerIMDB, Satsumas final roles were in 2001s Blind Beast vs.
Dwarf and 2002s Kawana Mariko: Sakuragi no amai mizu.
Our thoughts go out to his family at this time.
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