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SO LONG, STARMAN! Ken Utsui: 1931-2014
Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker ^
| March 14, 2014
| Brett
Posted on 03/15/2014 7:53:08 PM PDT by EveningStar
Starman actor Ken Utsui passed away on March 14, 2014, of chronic respiratory failure. He was 82. Although Utsui was a prolific actor for many decades, he is best known in the United States as Starman (a.k.a. Super Giant), the Shintoho superhero who fought a bevy of outlandish creatures in the late 1950s.
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TOPICS: TV/Movies; UFO's
KEYWORDS: cinema; film; japan; kenutsui; movies; obituary; sciencefiction; scifi; shintoho; starman
To: Darksheare
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03/15/2014 7:53:36 PM PDT
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Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: Borges; DollyCali; Perdogg
To: EveningStar
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posted on
03/15/2014 7:54:30 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: Army Air Corps
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03/15/2014 7:55:12 PM PDT
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Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: EveningStar
To: EveningStar
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posted on
03/15/2014 7:56:41 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
To: Army Air Corps
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03/15/2014 7:57:35 PM PDT
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Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: Army Air Corps
Haven’t seen anything he’s been in.
Shock and surprise!
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03/15/2014 7:59:35 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: Darksheare
Oh, man, his repertoire has some great cheesiness in it.
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03/15/2014 8:03:46 PM PDT
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Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: EveningStar
Couldn’t place him until I saw him in costume. lol. Now I remember him.
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03/15/2014 8:19:50 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
To: EveningStar
I have the DVD...
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posted on
03/15/2014 8:34:06 PM PDT
by
null and void
( Obama is Law-Less because Republican "leaders" are BALL-LESS!!)
To: null and void
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03/15/2014 8:39:21 PM PDT
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Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: EveningStar
To: EveningStar
I remember seeing him on t.v. good old black and white days.
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03/15/2014 10:23:09 PM PDT
by
20yearvet
(they yell for more tests as long as its your money)
To: EveningStar
Like Fred Sanford, I never missed watching Japanese monster and scifi movies as a kid. I always wondered if the Japanese thought they were weird movies too or if it was the Japanese who were weird.
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03/15/2014 11:19:29 PM PDT
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Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter)
To: EveningStar
I thought Jeff Bridges was Starman?
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