Haruo Nakajima

Actor 38 · 1952 – 2019 · 🎬 38 · 🇯🇵 Japan

Haruo Nakajima 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 roles in Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai (1954), Yojimbo, and Stray Dog.

All · 38 🎬 Movies · 38

Science-Fiction Action Drama Horror Adventure

Highlights

Saga of the Vagabonds

Saga of the Vagabonds

1959

Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender

Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender

1959

Gigantis, the Fire Monster

Gigantis, the Fire Monster

1959

Frequent Collaborators

Ishirō Honda

15 shared

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Yoshio Tsuchiya

13 shared

Akihiko Hirata

12 shared

Kenji Sahara

11 shared

Akira Takarada

10 shared

Shoichi Hirose

8 shared

All decades 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s

🎬 Movies

Saga of the Vagabonds

Saga of the Vagabonds

actor

1959

Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender

Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender

actor

1959

Gigantis, the Fire Monster

Gigantis, the Fire Monster

actor

1959

Adults Cannot Understand - Record of Youth

Adults Cannot Understand - Record of Youth

actor

1958

Rodan! The Flying Monster

Rodan! The Flying Monster

actor

1957

The Chieko Story

The Chieko Story

actor

1957

Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman

Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman

actor

1957

Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean

Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean

actor

1957

A Man in the Storm

A Man in the Storm

actor

1957

The Luckiest Dai

The Luckiest Dai

actor

1957

Godzilla Raids Again

Godzilla Raids Again

actor

1955

Invisible Man

Invisible Man

actor

1954

Godzilla

Godzilla

actor

1954

Farewell Rabaul

Farewell Rabaul

actor

1954

Sword for Hire

Sword for Hire

actor

1952

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