Eiji Funakoshi was born on March 17, 1923 in Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor, known for Les Feux dans la plaine (1959), Daikaijû Gamera (1965) and La bête aveugle (1969). He was married to Yumiko Hasegawa. He died on March 17, 2007 in Shizuoka, Japan.