Kokuten Kôdô was born on January 29, 1887 in Takasago, Hyogo, Japan as Saichirô Tanigawa. He was an actor, known for Shichinin no samurai (1954), Kumonosu-jô (1957) and Kakushi-toride no san-akunin (1958). He died on January 22, 1960.