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   Reaper G to All   
   8/9: Today in G-History   
   09 Aug 14 06:42:32   
   
   From: reaperg@aol.com   
      
   1935: KAZUKO YOSHIYUKI, who was in "A Heartful of Love", is born in Tokyo.    
      
   1941: RENJI ISHIBASHI is born in Tokyo. He played Miyoshi in "Tokyo Blackout";   
   the tramp in "Tetsuo: The Iron Man"; a police sergeant in "Pyrokinesis"; the   
   chief in "Alive"; Detective Motomiya in "One Missed Call" and "One Missed Call   
   2"; Ou Kubi in "The    
   Great Yokai War"; Nankaibo Tenkai in "Shinobi"; Inshu Manjome in the "20th   
   Century Boys" trilogy; and Eijiro Hitaki in "Samurai Squadron Shinkenger",   
   "Kamen Rider Decade", "Kamen Rider Den-o & Decade Neo Generations: The   
   Undersea Battleship", and "Kamen    
   Rider x Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010"; and was also in "Horror   
   Theater Unbalance", "The Bird People in China", "Audition", "Dead or Alive",   
   "Izo", and "Masked Rider: The First".   
      
   1942: STEVE WARREN, who played Dr. Hartman in the U.S. version of "One Missed   
   Call", is born in Philadelphia.    
      
   1944: GAJIRO SATO, who played a foot soldier in "G.I. Samurai", is born in   
   Osaka.    
      
   1945: An atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki, serving as an inspiration behind   
   Godzilla.    
      
   1951: RYOSEI TAYAMA, who was in "Sadako 3D", is born in Aichi, Japan.   
      
   1954: TARO SUWA, who played Keiji Kadokura in "Ringu 2", Oda in "Shikoku",   
   Goshima in "Uzumaki", Kamio in "Ju-on" and "Ju-on 2", Yasunori Takimoto in   
   "Alter Ego", the projectionist in "Reincarnation", a Kimura gang member in   
   "The Machine Girl", Dr.    
   Sugita in "Onechanbara -- Zombie Bikini Squad", the police chief on "Kamen   
   Rider Decade", Aoi's father in "Kamen Rider W Returns", and Shozo Matsuki on   
   "Kamen Rider Wizard", is born in Tokyo. He was also in "Battle Royale" and   
   "Fear and Trembling".   
      
   1958: TED PRIOR, who was on the "Falling Stars Spell Trouble" episode of   
   "Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero", is born in New Jersey.    
      
   1959: PHILIPPE BERGERON, who played Jean-Claude in "Godzilla", is born in   
   Montreal.    
      
   1968: "Majin the Hideous Idol" is released in the U.S.    
   	Episode 19 of "Masked Ninja Red Shadow", "The Twirling Umbrella Ninja   
   Technique", debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1971: YUKO DAIKE, who played Tatsuya's sister Kyoko Suzuki in "Ju-on" and   
   "Ju-on 2", is born in Kochi, Japan. She was also in "Fireworks", "Kikujiro",   
   "The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi", and "Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy".   
      
   1973: Episode 19 of "Robot Detective", "Chasing the Okinawan Sea Mystery!!",   
   debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1974: GEORGE HIROSE, who played the Japanese ambassador in "Gammera the   
   Invincible", dies in New York City. He was born in 1899.    
      
   1975: Episode 17 of "Secret Task Force Goranger", "Purple Recreational Area!   
   Demon Graveyard", debuts on Japanese TV.   
   	Episode 19 of "Kamen Rider Stronger", "Ghost Story: Cursed Broken Old   
   Castle", debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   1976: JESS KIRKPATRICK, who played the father in "The Deadly Mantis", dies of   
   a heart attack in La Jolla, Calif.    
      
   1980: Episode 28 of "Electronic Squadron Denziman" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1982: TOSHIYUKI NISHIMURA, who played Seborey Kudo in "War of the Insects",   
   dies at 62.   
      
   1986: Episode 23 of "Super Nova Flashman" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1991: Episode 26 of "Birdman Squadron Jetman" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1997: Episode 49 of "Ultraman Tiga", "Star of Ultra", debuts on Japanese TV.    
      
   2002: CHARLTON HESTON, who played Admiral "Skeet" Kelso in "Solar Crisis",   
   announces that he has symptoms related to Alzheimer's Disease.    
      
   2004: DAVID RASKIN, who composed stock music used in "20 Million Miles to   
   Earth", dies at 92 from heart failure in Van Nuys, Calif.   
      
   2007: "The Host" is released in Portugal.    
      
   2008: "Engin sentai Go-onger: Boom boom! Bang bang! GekijoBang!" a.k.a.   
   "Engine Squadron Go-onger: The Movie" is released in Japan.   
      
   2013: "Pacific Rim" is released in Portugal.   
      
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