of the Order of the Golden Kite (1 April 1906; 3rd Class: 20 August 1895) Foreign : 1st Class of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (12 September 1892) : Commander of the Legion d'Honneur (14 October 1895) : Knight 1st Class of the Order of the Red Eagle in Brilliants with swords (13 July 1906) : 1st Class of the Military Merit Order (12 September 1892) On film The actor Tetsurō Tamba portrayed Gentarō in the 1980 Japanese war drama film The Battle of Port Arthur (sometimes referred as 203 Kochi). Directed by Toshio Masuda the film depicted the Siege of Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War and starred Tamba as General Gentarō, Tatsuya Nakadai as General Nogi Maresuke and Toshirō Mifune as Emperor Meiji. Notes References Mutsu, Gorō (1985). "Kodama Gentarō." Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan. Tokyo: Kodansha Ltd. External links |- |- 1852 births 1906 deaths Military personnel from Yamaguchi Prefecture Japanese generals Kazoku Japanese military personnel of the First Sino-Japanese War Japanese military personnel of the Russo-Japanese War People of the Boshin War People of Meiji-period Japan Government ministers of Japan Ministers of Home Affairs of Japan Ministers of the Imperial Japanese Army Governors-General of Taiwan Mōri retainers Recipients of the Order of the Golden Kite Recipients of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun Recipients of the Order of the Sacred Treasure Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur