Yû Sekita

Yû Sekita

Born: November 17, 1932
in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Yû Sekita was a Japanese film actor. He portrayed numerous Toho kaiju in the late 1960's, including Godzilla for the majority of the character's scenes in "Son of Godzilla".

Movies for Yû Sekita...

Title: Denshi Sentai Denziman
Character: Gill-Man
Released: February 2, 1980
Type: TV
Denzimen are warriors who fight against the Vader Clan, a clan that tries to pollute the Earth with sludge. Denzimen fight using the Super Science of the Denzi people. This was the first Super Sentai Series to introduce transforming robots.
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All Monsters Attack
Title: All Monsters Attack
Character: Gabara
Released: December 20, 1969
Type: Movie
Ichiro Miki is a child living in the industrial district of Kawasaki, where his parents' constant struggle to make ends meet often leaves the schoolboy alone. Constantly teased by a bully nicknamed Gabara, his only friends are toy consultant Shinpei and fellow classmate Sachiko. Ichiro turns to escapist dreams of Monster Island where he befriends the equally bullied Minilla.
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Too Young to Die
Title: Too Young to Die
Character: Police Officer
Released: June 14, 1969
Type: Movie
A young couple, composed by a cheating wife and a retired car racer, arrive at a drive-in. A man with a gun arrives at the restaurant and takes hostages. Chaos ensues in director's Kiyoshi Nishimura's debut film, almost totally filmed in one space.
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Bonds of Love
Title: Bonds of Love
Character: Entrance Ceremony Officer
Released: February 15, 1969
Type: Movie
Adapted from the Seicho Matsumoto story "Tazutazushi". Ryohei Suzuki, a manager at a travel company, is married to his superior's daughter, but tires of their authority over his life. A chance encounter with Yukiko Hirai one rainy night brings a new romance into Ryohei's life, and he and Yukiko fall deeply in love. Yukiko, however, reveals that she has a violent husband in prison - with only a week left until his release. Ryohei, desperate to maintain his social standing, brings Yukiko to the mountains in Nagano and sets in motion an unthinkable, tragic chain of events.
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Sun Above, Death Below
Title: Sun Above, Death Below
Released: November 23, 1968
Type: Movie
Suspense drama about an assassin charged with breaking up a gold smuggling ring, and the contract subsequently purchased against him and his employer.
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Destroy All Monsters
Title: Destroy All Monsters
Character: Anguirus
Released: August 1, 1968
Type: Movie
At the turn of the century, all of the Earth's monsters have been rounded up and kept safely on Monsterland. Chaos erupts when a race of she-aliens known as the Kilaaks unleash the monsters across the world.
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Kill!
Title: Kill!
Character: Ayzawa's vassal
Released: June 22, 1968
Type: Movie
A pair of down-on-their-luck swordsmen arrive in a dusty, windblown town, where they become involved in a local clan dispute. One, previously a farmer, longs to become a noble samurai. The other, a former samurai haunted by his past, prefers living anonymously with gangsters. But when both men discover the wrongdoings of the nefarious clan leader, they side with a band of rebels who are under siege at a remote mountain cabin.
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Son of Godzilla
Title: Son of Godzilla
Character: Godzilla
Released: December 16, 1967
Type: Movie
Reporter Goro Maki stumbles upon scientists conducting weather experiments on Sollgel Island in the South Seas. He discovers the island is inhabited by giant mantis and a woman named Saeko who's been cast away since the death of her father. The pair soon find a helpless infant monster that Godzilla must adopt and learn to raise as one of his own.
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Japan's Longest Day
Title: Japan's Longest Day
Character: Staff Kamino
Released: August 12, 1967
Type: Movie
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender. Minister of the Army Anami leads the military officers who propose to fight on, even to the death of every Japanese citizen. Emperor Hirohito, however, joins with his ministers in asking the unthinkable, the peaceful surrender of Japan. When the military plots a coup to overthrow the Emperor's civilian government, Anami must face the choice between his desires and loyalty to his Emperor.
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King Kong Escapes
Title: King Kong Escapes
Character: Mechani-Kong/Gorosaurus
Released: July 22, 1967
Type: Movie
An adaptation of the Rankin/Bass cartoon, "The King Kong Show". King Kong is brought in by the evil Dr. Who to dig for Element X in a mine when the robot Mechani-Kong is unable to do the task. This leads to the machine and the real Kong engaging in a tremendous battle atop Tokyo Tower.
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Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
Title: Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
Character: Ebirah (uncredited)
Released: December 17, 1966
Type: Movie
Searching for his brother, Ryota stows away on a boat belonging to a criminal alongside two other teenagers. The group shipwrecks on Letchi island and discover the Infant Island natives have been enslaved by a terrorist organization controlling a crustacean monster. Finding a sleeping Godzilla, they decide to awaken him to defeat the terrorists and liberate the natives.
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The War of the Gargantuas
Title: The War of the Gargantuas
Character: Sanda
Released: July 31, 1966
Type: Movie
Gaira, a humanoid sea beast spawned from the discarded cells of Frankenstein's monster, attacks the shores of Tokyo. While the Japanese military prepares to take action, Gaira's Gargantua brother, Sanda, descends from the mountains to defend his kin. A battle between good and evil ensues, leaving brothers divided and a city in ruins.
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The Young Ace in Hawaii
Title: The Young Ace in Hawaii
Character: 田坂
Released: August 11, 1963
Type: Movie
Fourth entry in Toho's Wakadaishō series directed by Jun Fukuda and released on a simultaneous screening with Matango. Filmed on location in Hawaii.
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Sararīman Gonza to Sukejū ren'ai kōsa-ten
Title: Sararīman Gonza to Sukejū ren'ai kōsa-ten
Released: November 17, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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47 Ronin
Title: 47 Ronin
Released: November 3, 1962
Type: Movie
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.
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Josei jishin
Title: Josei jishin
Released: May 22, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Woman of Design
Title: Woman of Design
Released: January 28, 1962
Type: Movie
Story of romance and rivalry between two ad agencies vying for the same account with a pharmaceutical firm.
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The Wiser Age
Title: The Wiser Age
Released: January 14, 1962
Type: Movie
Drama about the lives of the five daughters and daughter-in-law of a store owner.
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Zoku sararīman yajikita dōchū
Title: Zoku sararīman yajikita dōchū
Released: July 23, 1961
Type: Movie
1961 Japanese movie
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The Merciless Trap
Title: The Merciless Trap
Released: February 1, 1961
Type: Movie
Taut thriller about a too-perfect criminal case against an ex-convict that makes a nosy detective suspicious.
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Daredevil in the Castle
Title: Daredevil in the Castle
Released: January 3, 1961
Type: Movie
During the raging war between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans, the swordsman Mohei (whose family has been completely decimated) is recruited by Toyotomi to overcome the seat of power, Osaka Castle. Mohei's daredevil skills will be put to severe tests.
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Crazed Fruit
Title: Crazed Fruit
Released: July 12, 1956
Type: Movie
Two brothers compete for the amorous favors of a young woman during a seaside summer of gambling, boating, and drinking.