Haruo Nakajima (中島 春雄) (born January 1, 1929 in Yamagata, Japan) is a japanese actor best known for playing Godzilla and is considered by many to be the best Kaiju (strange beast) actor. He retired from Kaiju suit acting in 1972 after the death of special effects director and close friend Eiji Tsuburaya.
"...The original costume weighed over 200 hundred pounds. Later costumes were a little lighter but all of the costumes were very heavy. It was also very hot inside the costume. All of the costumes after the first one were easy to work with, as they were made to fit me, whereas the one that had been built for Godzilla had not been made for my body size." (from a 1999 interview with John Rocco Roberto)
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Haruo Nakajima (中島 春雄) (born January 1, 1929 in Yamagata, Japan) is a japanese actor best known for playing Godzilla and is considered by many to be the best Kaiju (strange beast) actor. He retired from Kaiju suit acting in 1972 after the death of special effects director and close friend Eiji Tsuburaya.
"...The original costume weighed over 200 hundred pounds. Later costumes were a little lighter but all of the costumes were very heavy. It was also very hot inside the costume. All of the costumes after the first one were easy to work with, as they were made to fit me, whereas the one that had been built for Godzilla had not been made for my body size." (from a 1999 interview with John Rocco Roberto)
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