Haruo Nakajima
Acting • Born 1929-01-01 – Died 2017-08-07
Biography
Haruo Nakajima (Japanese: 中島 春雄, Hepburn: Nakajima Haruo; January 1, 1929 – August 7, 2017) 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 until Godzilla vs. Gigan. Nakajima also played various other kaiju in Toho's tokusatsu films, including Rodan, Mothra and The War of the Gargantuas and also appeared in minor roles in Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, and Stray Dog.
Filmography
83 credits
The Hidden Fortress
Movie • 1958
Soldier (uncredited)
Godzilla vs. Hedorah
Movie • 1971
Godzilla
Latitude Zero
Movie • 1969
Griffon / Giant Rat / Bat Man
All Monsters Attack
Movie • 1969
Godzilla
Matango
Movie • 1963
Matango
Adults Cannot Understand - Record of Youth
Movie • 1958
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
Movie • 1957
Godzilla (uncredited)
Godzilla
Movie • 1977
Godzilla (uncredited)
Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
Movie • 1969
Men in Suits
Movie • 2012
Self
Faces of Horror
Movie • 1989
Gezora - Kameba (archive)
Destroy All Monsters
Movie • 1968
Godzilla / Military Advisor
Invisible Man
Movie • 1954
Haruo Akita / Invisible Man Akita
Rebels on the High Sea
Movie • 1956
Atragon
Movie • 1963
Mu Empire man / Self Defense Forces exec
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Movie • 1964
Godzilla
The Mysterians
Movie • 1957
Giant Robot
Invasion of Astro-Monster
Movie • 1965
Godzilla
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
Movie • 1966
Godzilla / Infant Islander
Varan the Unbelievable
Movie • 1962
Varan
Godzilla Raids Again
Movie • 1955
Godzilla
Godzilla
Movie • 1954
Godzilla
Mr. Pu
Movie • 1953
Beast Man Snow Man
Movie • 1955
Mountain searcher
Son of Godzilla
Movie • 1967
Godzilla (water scenes)
Mothra
Movie • 1961
Mothra
The H-Man
Movie • 1958
Second Dissolved Sailor (uncredited)
What's Up, Tiger Lily?
Movie • 1966
Wong Henchman
Frankenstein Conquers the World
Movie • 1965
Baragon / JSDF Soldier
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Movie • 1962
Godzilla
Mothra vs. Godzilla
Movie • 1964
Godzilla
The Human Vapor
Movie • 1960
Transitional Vapor Man (uncredited)
Seven Samurai
Movie • 1954
Bandit
Gorath
Movie • 1962
Maguma
King Kong Escapes
Movie • 1967
King Kong
Godzilla vs. Gigan
Movie • 1972
Godzilla / JSDF Officer / Background Comic Editor
Space Amoeba
Movie • 1970
Gezora / Ganimes
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Movie • 1963
Godzilla (uncredited)
Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects
Movie • 2008
Himself
Mifune: The Last Samurai
Movie • 2016
Self - Actor
Varan
Movie • 1958
Varan
Farewell Rabaul
Movie • 1954
Soldier (uncredited)
Sword for Hire
Movie • 1952
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Movie • 1956
(uncredited)
Daredevil in the Castle
Movie • 1961
Blueprint of Murder
Movie • 1961
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
Movie • 1956
Godzilla (uncredited)
The Retreat from Kiska
Movie • 1965
The Storm of the Pacific
Movie • 1960
Admiral Yamamoto
Movie • 1968
Staff of Flying Dragon / Staff of Rabaul
Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender
Movie • 1959
Japan's No. 1 Playboy
Movie • 1963
Gigantis, the Fire Monster
Movie • 1959
Gigantis (uncredited)
The War of the Gargantuas
Movie • 1966
Gaira
Saga of the Vagabonds
Movie • 1959
Godzilla, King of the Monsters
Movie • 1998
Rodan
Movie • 1956
Rodan / Meganulon
Submersion of Japan
Movie • 1973
Prime Minister's Chauffeur
The Eagle of the Pacific
Movie • 1953
Zero Fighter in Flames (uncredited)
I Live in Fear
Movie • 1955
Foundry employee (uncredited)
The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga
Movie • 2019
Self - Suit Actor
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
Movie • 1957
Yearning
Movie • 1964
Shopkeeper
Tokyo 1960
Movie • 1957
Godzilla
Godzilla vs. Megalon
Movie • 1973
Godzilla (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rodan! The Flying Monster
Movie • 1957
Rodan / Meganulon (uncredited)
The Last Gunfight
Movie • 1960
Henchman (uncredited)
A Man in the Storm
Movie • 1957
The School of Flesh
Movie • 1965
It's a Man's Way of Life
Movie • 1970
Ironfinger
Movie • 1965
Detective (uncredited)
Key of Keys
Movie • 1965
Gegen's Henchman
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
Movie • 1971
Godzilla 1985
Movie • 1985
Original Godzilla (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dogora
Movie • 1964
Coal plant witness
Legend of the Irresponsible Hero
Movie • 1964
スピリット オブ ゴジラ ～怪獣を演じた男たちの軌跡～
Movie • 2004
Bloodthirsty Hawk
Movie • 1977
Bloodthirsty Hawk (uncredited)
Ultra Q
TV • 1966
Gomess (Suit Actor)
Ultra Q
TV • 1966
Prefectural Police Captain
Ultraman
TV • 1966
Neronga
Ultra Q
TV • 1966
Pagos (Suit Actor)
Ultraseven
TV • 1967
U-Tom (Suit Actor)