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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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