Momoko Kōchi worked in film at a period when the medium itself was still changing shape.
The record lists Momoko Kōchi as Japanese actress (1932-1998).
Momoko Kōchi was born at Taitō-ku in 1932. Her recorded nationality is Japan. She trained at Japan Women's University.
This generation broke the studio mould - lighter cameras, location shooting, and directors who claimed authorship of the finished film.
She worked as actor, seiyū and stage actor.
Her name is attached above all to the original Godzilla, playing the character of Emiko Yamane (a role she reprised in Godzilla vs. The screen flattens effort: a performance that took months reads as a few unhurried minutes.
That the work was made from Japan shaped it: national industries differ in what they finance, who they cast and which audiences they can reach.
Momoko Kōchi died in 1998, aged 66. The films remain, which is the only form in which a screen career survives.
Achievements
- Worked as actor, seiyū and stage actor
