Eiji Funakoshi Eiji Funakoshi, who played Dr. Hidaka in the movie in episode 302- GAMERA and Dr. Shiga in the movie in episode 312- GAMERA VS GUIRON, died from a stroke on March 17, which was his 84th birthday. Born in 1923 in Tokyo, he signed with the Daiei Motion Picture Company in 1947. In addition to his two Gamera films, he starred in the critically acclaimed "Fires on the Plain", about a Japanese soldier who remained in the Philippines after Japan's surrender in World War II. His other films include "Afraid to Die," "Manji," and "Blind Beast."