There goes Godzilla
August 8, 2017 6:47 AM Subscribe
Haruo Nakajima, the first actor to portray Godzilla, has died at the age of 88.. He donned the suit 12 times over 18 years from 1954 to 1972. He also had parts in other Japanese tokusatsu movies, and even bit parts in The Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, and The Hidden Fortress. Here's an interview with Nakajima from 2014.
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I have a photo of Godzilla, autographed by Nakajima-san, framed and on display in my home. It's an honor to own.
posted by Faint of Butt at 6:57 AM on August 8, 2017 [4 favorites]
I have a photo of Godzilla, autographed by Nakajima-san, framed and on display in my home. It's an honor to own.
posted by Faint of Butt at 6:57 AM on August 8, 2017 [4 favorites]
🏢🔥
posted by GenjiandProust at 7:04 AM on August 8, 2017 [4 favorites]
posted by GenjiandProust at 7:04 AM on August 8, 2017 [4 favorites]
I understand the original Godzilla suit weighed something like 220 pounds, and partly made out of concrete(!).... Anybody who can transform that into a living character deserves all the respect he can get.
For the only real Godzilla:
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posted by easily confused at 7:09 AM on August 8, 2017 [4 favorites]
For the only real Godzilla:
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posted by easily confused at 7:09 AM on August 8, 2017 [4 favorites]
Oh no, don't say he had to go.
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posted by Strange Interlude at 7:40 AM on August 8, 2017 [4 favorites]
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posted by Strange Interlude at 7:40 AM on August 8, 2017 [4 favorites]
I have a photo of Godzilla, autographed by Nakajima-san, framed and on display in my home. It's an honor to own.
None of the photos I have are autographed, but I prize an 8x10 glossy of Nakajima being helped into his Godzilla suit.
Kaiju films, especially Godzilla, were a huge part of my childhood (back then, local TV needed cheap programming for Saturday afternoons, and I needed to see a big monster stomping Tokyo), and I made sure my daughters watched their share as they were growing up.
Sayonara, Nakajima-san.
posted by Gelatin at 8:28 AM on August 8, 2017 [1 favorite]
None of the photos I have are autographed, but I prize an 8x10 glossy of Nakajima being helped into his Godzilla suit.
Kaiju films, especially Godzilla, were a huge part of my childhood (back then, local TV needed cheap programming for Saturday afternoons, and I needed to see a big monster stomping Tokyo), and I made sure my daughters watched their share as they were growing up.
Sayonara, Nakajima-san.
posted by Gelatin at 8:28 AM on August 8, 2017 [1 favorite]
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posted by eye of newt at 9:04 AM on August 8, 2017
posted by eye of newt at 9:04 AM on August 8, 2017
*wail of leather glove on double bass strings*
posted by Sockin'inthefreeworld at 2:50 PM on August 8, 2017
posted by Sockin'inthefreeworld at 2:50 PM on August 8, 2017
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