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2	[[caption-width-right:300:The original [[PeopleInRubberSuits Man In A Rubber Suit]]]]
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4	Haruo Nakajima (January 1, 1929 - August 7, 2017) was a legendary Japanese stunt actor, who became famous with his roles involving {{Kaiju}}.
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6	His prominent role was Franchise/{{Godzilla}}, the king of the monsters, starting with the [[Film/Godzilla1954 1954 film]]. Despite wanting to retire before becoming 50, Haruo Nakajima retired after playing Godzilla in ''Film/GodzillaVsGigan''. He would also play monsters in the ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' before the death of the legendary special effects director Creator/EijiTsuburaya.
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8	!!Roles done by Haruo Nakajima:
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10	* A bandit in ''Film/SevenSamurai''
11	* Godzilla in all movies from ''Film/Godzilla1954'' to ''Film/GodzillaVsGigan''
12	* Moguera in ''Film/TheMysterians''
13	* Rodan and Meganulon in ''Film/{{Rodan}}''
14	* Varan in ''Film/VaranTheUnbelievable''
15	* The Human Vapour in ''The Human Vapour''
16	* Mothra Larva in ''Film/{{Mothra}}''[[note]]A puppet was used in most shots, but for some scenes, Toho used a gigantic multi-person costume with Nakajima in the head[[/note]]
17	* A Matango in ''Film/{{Matango}}''
18	* Maguma in ''Film/{{Gorath}}''
19	* Baragon in ''Film/FrankensteinConquersTheWorld''
20	* Gaira in ''Film/WarOfTheGargantuas''
21	* Gomess and Pagos in ''Series/UltraQ''
22	* Neronga, Gabora, Jirass, and Kiyla in ''Series/{{Ultraman}}''. He also makes two appearances sans rubber suit, in episode 25 as comical blue-collar father and episode 33 as a trigger-happy police officer.
23	* Film/KingKong in ''Film/KingKongEscapes''
24	* The U-Toms in ''Series/UltraSeven''
25	* The Griffon, a Giant Rat, and a Bat-Person in ''Film/LatitudeZero''
26	* Gezora and Ganimes in ''Film/SpaceAmoeba''

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