Teruyoshi Nakano
Teruyoshi "Shokei" Nakano was a Japanese special effects director. He is best known for helming the special effects of the last six Showa Godzilla films and The Return of Godzilla (1984).
Teruyoshi Nakano
- Name
- Teruyoshi Nakano
- Born
- 9 October 1935
- Birthplace
- Andong, Manchukuo
- Died
- 27 June 2022
- Occupation
- Special effects director
- Nationality
- Japan · Empire of Japan
- Education
- Nihon University · Kyoto Municipal Hiyoshigaoka High School
- Known for
- Tokyo Blackout · Princess from the Moon · The Return of Godzilla
- Honours
- Japan Academy Film Prize
- Languages
- Japanese
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Teruyoshi "Shokei" Nakano was a Japanese special effects director. He is best known for helming the special effects of the last six Showa Godzilla films and The Return of Godzilla (1984).
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Teruyoshi Nakano (1935–2022) was a film director and special effects director, of Japanese and Japanese nationality. The film director was born in Dandong.
Teruyoshi Nakano was educated at Kyoto Municipal Hiyoshigaoka High School and Nihon University. The film director worked for Toho.
Among the works are Princess from the Moon, The Return of Godzilla and Tokyo Blackout. Languages used include Japanese. Honours include Japan Academy Film Prize.
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Teruyoshi Nakano studied at Nihon University and Kyoto Municipal Hiyoshigaoka High School. The recorded working language is Japanese. Employment is recorded with Toho. Works named in the authority record are Tokyo Blackout, Princess from the Moon and The Return of Godzilla. Distinctions recorded are Japan Academy Film Prize.
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Key facts
• Name — Teruyoshi Nakano • Native Name — 中野 昭慶 • Born — 9 October 1935 • Birthplace — Andong, Manchukuo • Died — 27 June 2022 • Occupation — Special effects director • Years Active — 1959–2001
Early life
Early life
Nakano was born on 1935 10 09 in Andong, Manchukuo (now Dandong, Liaoning, China). His father worked for an affiliate of South Manchuria Railway called International Transport. His childhood was characterized by wealth, and he attended Andō Yamato Arimichi National Elementary School. His family was transported to Niihama, Ehime, Japan after Japan's defeat in 1945, where he graduated elementary school before moving to Kyoto two years later.
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Teruyoshi Nakano is recorded with the occupation special effects director. Recorded as a citizen of Empire of Japan.
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2022
Teruyoshi Nakano died on 27 June 2022.
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Teruyoshi Nakano is recorded as having studied at Nihon University and Kyoto Municipal Hiyoshigaoka High School.
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• Year — Title — SFX director — Assistant SFX director — Notes • 1956 — Night School — Assistant director (trainee) • 1959 — Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender • 1960 — The Secret of the Telegian • Storm Over the Pacific • 1962 — Gorath • King Kong vs. Godzilla • 1963 — Matango • Atragon • 1964 — Mothra vs. Godzilla • Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster • 1965 — Frankenstein Conquers the World • Invasion of Astro-Monster • 1966 — The War of the Gargantuas • Ebirah, Horror of the Deep • 1967 — King Kong Escapes • 1968 — Destroy All Monsters • 1969 — All Monsters Attack — With Ishirō Honda; Uncredited • 1970 — The Vampire Doll • 1971 — Battle of Okinawa • Godzilla vs. Hedorah • Lake of Dracula — Uncredited • 1972 — Godzilla vs. Gigan • 1973 — Zone Fighter — TV series • Godzilla vs. Megalon • Submersion of Japan • 1974 — Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla • Prophecies of Nostradamus • ESPY • Evil of Dracula • 1975 — Terror of Mechagodzilla • Conflagration • 1977 — The War in Space • 1980 — Deathquake • 1981 — Imperial Navy • 1984 — The Return of Godzilla • 1985 — Pulgasari • 1987 — Tokyo Blackout • Princess from the Moon
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