Teruyoshi Nakano

Teruyoshi Nakano (中野 昭慶, Nakano Teruyoshi, born October 1, 1935 in Andong, Manchukuo), is a Japanese special effects director, most notable for his contributions to the Godzilla film series and other tokusatsu films. Nakano was a special guest at G-Fest XI, where he was the recipient of the Mangled Skyscraper Award.^[1]

Special effects directing credits

• Kureji no daibakuhatsu (1969)
• Daigoro vs. Goliath (1971)
• Noroi no yakata: Chi o su me (1971)
• Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)
• Gekido no showashi: Okinawa kessen (1971)
• Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)
• Nippon chinbotsu (1973)
• Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)
• Zone Fighter (1973, TV series)
• Ningen kakumei (1973)
• Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)
• Chi o suu bara (1974)
• Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974)
• ESPY (1974)
• Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)
• Tokyo-wan enjo (1975)
• Zoku ningen kakumei (1976)
• Nessie (1977) was to be a co-production between Hammer Films and Toho Company Ltd. The project was cancelled during pre-production after promotional material was printed and published in trade magazines (such as Variety). The "Nessie" prop was later repurposed and used in Taketori Monogatari.
• The War in Space (1977)
• Hi no tori (1978)
• Saiyuki (1978, TV Series)
• 203 kochi (1980)
• Deathquake (1980)
• Rengō Kantai (lit. "Combined Fleet", released in the United States as The Imperial Navy, 1981)
• Dai Nippon teikoku (1982)
• Maboroshi no mizuumi (1982)
• Nihonkai daikaisen: Umi yukaba (1983)
• The Return of Godzilla (1984)
• Pulgasari (1985)
• Shuto shoshitsu (1987)
• Taketori monogatari aka The Princess from the Moon (1987)

Assistant director of special effects credits

• Sensuikan I-57 kofuku sezu (1959)
• Secret of the Telegian (1960)
• Storm Over the Pacific (1960)
• Osaka jo monogatari (1961)
• Sekai daisenso (1961)
• Gen to fudomyo-o (1961)
• Gorath (1962)
• King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
• Taiheiyo no tsubasa (1963)
• Chintao yosai bakugeki meir ei (1963)
• Matango (1963)
• Atragon (1963)
• Shikonmado - Dai tatsumaki (1964)
• Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
• Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
• Taiheiyo kiseki no sakusen: Kisuka (1965)
• Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965)
• Kureji no daiboken (1965)
• Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)
• War of the Gargantuas (1966)
• Zero faita dai kusen (1966)
• Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)
• King Kong Escapes (1967)
• Destroy All Monsters (1968)
• Rengō Kantai Shirei Chōkan: Yamamoto Isoroku (1968)
• Nihonkai daikaisen (1969)
• All Monsters Attack (1969)

Miscellaneous credits

• Night School (1956, assistant director)
• The Lost World of Sinbad (1963, assistant director)
• Dogora (1964, optical photography)

References

External links

• Milner, David. Yoshihiko Shibata (trans.) July 1994. "An Interview with Teruyoshi Nakano", Kaiju Fan Online.