Hayashiya Hikoroku

Birth : 1895-05-16,

Death : 1982-01-29

History

Hayashiya Hikoroku (林家彦六), the former Hayashiya Shōzō VIII (八代目林家正蔵 Hachidaime Hayashiya Shōzō), was a Japanese rakugoka. His real name was Tadashi Okamoto. He played the original Hayashiya Shōzō in the film 100 Monsters. He was succeeded by Hayashiya Shōzō IX.

Movies

Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters

Hayashiya Shōzō I

A greedy developer, in league with a corrupt Shrine Magistrate, brutally tries to drive people out of a tenement building and destroy the shrine in back. But he makes the fatal mistake of hosting a 100 Ghost Stories ceremony without the closing cleansing ritual, opening the door for the Yokai Monsters to punish the wicked.

Mother and Son

(uncredited)

An Ishiro Honda film.