Japan was the first country to suffer damage from an atomic bomb. We have to deal with the monster in a special way when the Japanese make a Godzilla movie, so we don't forget the bomb.
Teruyoshi Nakano(中野 昭慶, Nakano Teruyoshi), also nicknamed Shokei Nakano(中野 昭慶, Nakano Shōkei) and miscredited in English as Akiyoshi Nakano, was a Japanese special effects director. Working as Eiji Tsuburaya's first assistant director since Attack Squadron (1963), he made his directorial debut on Crazy Big Explosion (1969).[a] Nakano's first experience directing Godzilla came later the same year, when he created a handful of effects sequences for All Monsters Attack (1969) on Ishiro Honda's behalf.[4] Following Tsuburaya's death in 1970 and the departure of Tsuburaya's first replacement Sadamasa Arikawa, Nakano officially took up special effects duties on the Godzilla series with Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971), and continued until The Return of Godzilla (1984).
Other notable credits in Nakano's career include four Tohodisaster movies from 1973 to 1980, the space opera The War in Space (1977), and the Godzilla-inspired North Korean kaiju film Pulgasari (1985). Nakano retired at the age of 52 after directing the effects for Princess from the Moon (1987), and subsequently worked on numerous projects related to theme parks and exhibitions.[5] He continued to be a prominent and active figure in the Godzilla franchise, however, performing interviews about his work on the series and making public appearances at events like G-Fest.
↑While this film credited him as "director" (監督, kantoku) under the special effects unit, his next five directorial assignments simply credited him as "special effects" (特殊技術, tokushu gijutsu). This does not include All Monsters Attack (1969), for which he was only credited as an assistant director. He would not earn the "director of special effects" (特技監督, tokugi kantoku) styling originated by Eiji Tsuburaya until Submersion of Japan (1973).[3]
↑Credited as "Shokei Nakano" in both the American and international versions of the film.
↑ 3.03.1Credited as "Akiyoshi Nakano" in the film's international version.
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↑ 2.02.1"特技監督の中野昭慶さん死去 86歳 「日本沈没」「ゴジラ」" [Special Effects Director Teruyoshi Nakano, "Submersion of Japan", "Godzilla" Dies Age 86]. Manichi Shimbun. 5 July 2022.
Iwabatake, Toshiaki (1 September 1994). TV Magazine Special Edition 40th Anniversary of the Birth of Godzilla Complete Works. Kodansha. ISBN4-06-178417-X.
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Teruyoshi Nakano with the MegaroGoji and Mechagodzilla suits on the set of Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
Teruyoshi Nakano with Mechagodzilla 2 on the set of Terror of Mechagodzilla
Teruyoshi Nakano with the 84Goji suit on the set of The Return of Godzilla
Teruyoshi Nakano, Shinji Higuchi, and Takashi Naganuma pose with the Godzilla statue in front of Toho Studios
