Haruo Nakajima (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40860365), who wore the rubber suit in 12 Toho Godzilla movies, and also played Mothra, Rodan, and even King Kong.
I'm going to build a tiny city and stomp on it when I get home in memory.
Quote from: trdsf on August 08, 2017, 10:22:20 AM
Haruo Nakajima (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40860365), who wore the rubber suit in 12 Toho Godzilla movies, and also played Mothra, Rodan, and even King Kong.
I'm going to build a tiny city and stomp on it when I get home in memory.
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/0b/07/6a/0b076a5e2c83dd8292c5645f32b716c8.jpg)
You can see the thin mesh for him to breathe through in that picture. It shows up quite plainly in several of the movies.
One must admire an actor who does well.
Suits or not.
Quote from: Cavebear on August 09, 2017, 05:11:29 AM
One must admire an actor who does well.
Suits or not.
He was short, even for a Japanese, and that got him the job. Smaller suit needed, and the "city" could be made from smaller building to emphasize his "monstrous" height. (Smaller buildings need less detail and show fewer errors.) They never mentioned Gojira's height in the original movie, but "Godzilla: King of Monsters" cites him as 400 feet tall.
The suit could gain twenty pounds of sweat during a day's shooting.
Quote from: Gawdzilla Sama on August 09, 2017, 03:49:42 PM
He was short, even for a Japanese, and that got him the job. Smaller suit needed, and the "city" could be made from smaller building to emphasize his "monstrous" height. (Smaller buildings need less detail and show fewer errors.) They never mentioned Gojira's height in the original movie, but "Godzilla: King of Monsters" cites him as 400 feet tall.
The suit could gain twenty pounds of sweat during a day's shooting.
Yeah, the smaller the bigger!
Less is more?
Quote from: Unbeliever on August 09, 2017, 04:39:14 PM
Less is more?
More or less...........................yeah.
Here lies Les Moore,
Four slugs from a .44.
No Les, no Moore.
Quote from: Cavebear on August 09, 2017, 03:50:46 PM
Yeah, the smaller the bigger!
Quote from: Gawdzilla Sama on August 09, 2017, 03:49:42 PM
He was short, even for a Japanese, and that got him the job. Smaller suit needed, and the "city" could be made from smaller building to emphasize his "monstrous" height. (Smaller buildings need less detail and show fewer errors.) They never mentioned Gojira's height in the original movie, but "Godzilla: King of Monsters" cites him as 400 feet tall.
The suit could gain twenty pounds of sweat during a day's shooting.
I read somewhere that the suit in the first movie weighed 100 kilos and was partially constructed of concrete.
Foam rubber. Soaked up sweat and got very heavy.
Quote from: PopeyesPappy on August 11, 2017, 07:36:41 AM
I read somewhere that the suit in the first movie weighed 100 kilos and was partially constructed of concrete.
Apparently the original suit for the very first movie was partially constructed from concrete -- that was in the BBC report I linked to, I think.
I have to say,
watch the original movie in its original form, not the one that got Raymond Burr dubbed into it. It's not just a rubber monster suit movie; the director Honda IshirÅ was a longtime collaborator with and AD for Kurosawa Akira.
Quote from: trdsf on August 11, 2017, 08:59:07 AM
Apparently the original suit for the very first movie was partially constructed from concrete -- that was in the BBC report I linked to, I think.
I have to say, watch the original movie in its original form, not the one that got Raymond Burr dubbed into it. It's not just a rubber monster suit movie; the director Honda IshirÅ was a longtime collaborator with and AD for Kurosawa Akira.
I watched both (https://smile.amazon.com/Gojira-Godzilla-Monsters-Akira-Takarada/dp/B000FA4TLQ/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1502457829&sr=1-2&keywords=gojira+movie) Sunday.
Quote from: Gawdzilla Sama on August 11, 2017, 09:24:28 AM
I watched both (https://smile.amazon.com/Gojira-Godzilla-Monsters-Akira-Takarada/dp/B000FA4TLQ/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1502457829&sr=1-2&keywords=gojira+movie) Sunday.
I understand much of the reason that Godzilla was popular in Japan. He represented the atomic bombings. Horrible and no one quite understood the consequences. I had an aunt from there who eventually died of the radiation.
But the aftermovies never quite made any sense...
Quote from: Cavebear on August 12, 2017, 06:19:31 AM
I understand much of the reason that Godzilla was popular in Japan. He represented the atomic bombings. Horrible and no one quite understood the consequences. I had an aunt from there who eventually died of the radiation.
But the aftermovies never quite made any sense...
A friend said the movie reminded them what happens when you start a war. He was in the minority on this, of course.
As for victims, while I was there in 1983 they added a lady's name to the list of deaths. She was there. She died in an auto accident. Seems like "milking it" to me.
Quote from: Gawdzilla Sama on August 12, 2017, 06:53:29 AM
A friend said the movie reminded them what happens when you start a war. He was in the minority on this, of course.
As for victims, while I was there in 1983 they added a lady's name to the list of deaths. She was there. She died in an auto accident. Seems like "milking it" to me.
Well, yeah, that seems like pushing it. But my Aunt Sachiko died of leukemia. Hard to pin that down.
Quote from: Cavebear on August 12, 2017, 04:20:27 PM
Well, yeah, that seems like pushing it. But my Aunt Sachiko died of leukemia. Hard to pin that down.
Yep, and therefore tenuously connected to the atomic bombs.
Indeed, Aunt Sachiko was probably connected. Auto accidents, maybe not so much.
Quote from: Cavebear on August 12, 2017, 06:28:16 PM
Indeed, Aunt Sachiko was probably connected. Auto accidents, maybe not so much.
Full props to the people who were there that day. I went to funeral of a USN captain who had been on the initial survey team for Nagasaki. He died bad.
Quote from: Gawdzilla Sama on August 12, 2017, 07:39:40 PM
Full props to the people who were there that day. I went to funeral of a USN captain who had been on the initial survey team for Nagasaki. He died bad.
Fallout ... don't do this at home, kids!
Quote from: Gawdzilla Sama on August 12, 2017, 07:39:40 PM
Full props to the people who were there that day. I went to funeral of a USN captain who had been on the initial survey team for Nagasaki. He died bad.
My thoughts to you, who cared, and his family...