RIP Haruo Nakajima (aka Godzilla)

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RIP Haruo Nakajima (aka Godzilla)

Postby Dethmetal » Wed Aug 09, 2017 4:21 am

For those of you not aware, Haruo Nakajima (1929-2017), just passed away at the age of 88. Likely most people do not know who he was, but he was the man who wore the Godzilla suit in the original Godzilla movie in 1954, and in 11 other movies, as well as playing a number of other Toho Studios Kaiju. He is the man who made Godzilla what it was, and left behind one heck of a legacy.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/mo ... story.html

http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/08/world/ori ... ch+Results

I don't know how many other Godzilla fans are out there on the Forum, but I felt the need to post this, in memorial. A couple memorial picture links, from DA, are listed below.

Rest well Haruo. *Godzilla roar* :*(

http://cwpetesch.deviantart.com/art/RIP ... -697448351

http://bjsinc.deviantart.com/art/R-I-P- ... -697409528

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Re: RIP Haruo Nakajima (aka Godzilla)

Postby PM2K » Wed Aug 09, 2017 2:12 pm

A real loss. :( He was the heart and soul of Godzilla.... Consider the talents necessary of being encased in a rubber suit, and yet being able to bring out the big guy's distinctive personality. Such abilities tend to get lost or forgotten in this age of CGI and motion capture.

Domo arigato, Nakajima-san.

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Re: RIP Haruo Nakajima (aka Godzilla)

Postby Chimerix » Wed Aug 09, 2017 8:15 pm

That man brought me so much joy...
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Re: RIP Haruo Nakajima (aka Godzilla)

Postby EVysther » Sat Jun 04, 2022 3:38 pm

Just ran across this today...Godzilla films were so much of a joy in my growing up...still are, in fact...

I was fortunate to meet The Men Who Were Godzilla in 1996...joyful, spirited, and truly cordial and grateful to have fans who travelled so far to meet them....
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Re: RIP Haruo Nakajima (aka Godzilla)

Postby jagfiles » Sun Jun 05, 2022 11:00 pm

Sorry to hear the news.
I remember in the late 1970's I picked a Japanease magazine about Japanease sci-fi in general including Godzilla. I remember one pic shown while filming with Haruo wearing the lower half of the outfit.


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