Haruo Nakajima | |
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中島 春雄 | |
![]() Nakajima in 2013 | |
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Died | August 7, 2017 Tokyo, Japan | (aged 88)
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Years active | 1949–1973 |
Known for | Portraying Godzilla |
Children | Sonoe |
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Haruo Nakajima (Japanese: 中島 春雄, Hepburn: Nakajima Haruo, January 1, 1929 – August 7, 2017)[2] was a Japanese actor and stuntman. A pioneer of suit acting, he is best known for playing Godzilla in 12 consecutive films, starting from the original Godzilla (1954) until Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972). Nakajima also played various other kaiju in Toho's tokusatsu films, including: Rodan (1956), Mothra (1961) and The War of the Gargantuas (1966) and also appeared in a minor role in Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai (1954).