Funeral Parade of Roses) and Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai (as the firebrand farmer Rikichi) and Red Beard, and Kihachi Okamoto's Kill!.

When director Ishirō Honda told him that since the Mysterian leader wore a mask, his face would not be seen, Tsuchiya said "That's all right.

[6] "At the time I was very interested in the Space Race, and belonged to an organization which promoted a mission to the moon.

'"[7] He lobbied for the title role in Tomei Ningen (1954), but was forced by the studio to play the leading man.

He was originally cast to play the assassin Malness in Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster, but was unable to because he was filming Red Beard.