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|name            =Keizo Murase
|name            =Keizo Murase
|image            =Keizo Murase.jpg
|image            =Keizo Murase.jpg
|caption          =Murase in 2017
|caption          =Keizo Murase in 2017
|occupation      =President of Twenty Ltd.<br>Suitmaker
|occupation      =President of Twenty Ltd., suitmaker
|birthday        =October 5, 1933
|birthday        =October 5, 1933
|birthplace      =Ikeda, Tokachi, Hokkaido, [[Japan]]
|birthplace      =Ikeda, Tokachi, [[Hokkaido]], [[Japan]]
|first            =''[[Varan the Unbelievable]]'' (1958)
|first            =''[[Varan (film)|Varan]]'' (1958)
|notable          =''[[Mothra vs. Godzilla]]'' (1964)
|imdb            =https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0613566/
|imdb            =https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0613566/
|wikipedia        =https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%91%E7%80%AC%E7%B6%99%E8%94%B5
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'''Keizo Murase''' {{Nihongo|村瀬継蔵|Murase Keizo}} is a Japanese suitmaker and the president of Twenty Ltd. His long career began in 1958, when [[Toho]] hired him to help sculpt the [[Varan]] suit for ''[[Varan the Unbelievable]]'', and continues to this day with the film ''Howl from Beyond the Fog''. An amateur photographer, Murase extensively documented his work, which was published in the 2015 book ''Treasured Kaiju Photobook: Keizo Murase, Monster-Maker''.<ref name="Ragone">[http://augustragone.blogspot.com/2015/08/legendary-monster-maker-keizo-murase_26.html The Good, the Bad, and Godzilla - LEGENDARY MONSTER MAKER: KEIZO MURASE]</ref>
'''Keizo Murase''' {{Nihongo|村瀬継蔵|Murase Keizō}} is a Japanese suitmaker and the president of Twenty Ltd. His long career began in 1958, when [[Toho]] hired him to help sculpt the suit of the [[Varan|titular monster]] for ''[[Varan (film)|Varan]]'', and continues to this day with the film ''[[Howl from Beyond the Fog]]''. An amateur photographer, Murase extensively documented his work, which was published in the 2015 book ''[[Monster Maker: Keizo Murase - Treasured KAIJU Photobook]]''.<ref name="Ragone">[http://augustragone.blogspot.com/2015/08/legendary-monster-maker-keizo-murase_26.html The Good, the Bad, and Godzilla - LEGENDARY MONSTER MAKER: KEIZO MURASE]</ref> After working for [[Kadokawa|Daiei]] on ''[[Gamera (film)|Gamera]]'', he, Masao Yagi, and Toru Suzuki founded the modeling company, Ex Productions, which he left in 1972 to form his company, Twenty.
==Selected Filmography==
==Selected Filmography==
*''[[Varan the Unbelievable]]'' (1958) - [[Varan]] Sculptor / Miniature Construction
*''[[Varan (film)|Varan]]'' (1958) - [[Varan]] sculptor / Miniature construction
*''[[Mothra (film)|Mothra]]'' (1961) - [[Mothra/First Generation|Mothra]] Sculptor (Imago)
*''[[Mothra (film)|Mothra]]'' (1961) - [[Mothra/First Generation|Mothra]] imago sculptor
*''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]'' (1962) - [[King Kong]] and [[KingGoji|Godzilla]] Sculptor
*''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]'' (1962) - [[King Kong]] and [[KingGoji|Godzilla]] sculptor
*''[[Gorath (film)|Gorath]]'' (1962) - [[Maguma]] Sculptor
*''[[Gorath (film)|Gorath]]'' (1962) - [[Maguma]] sculptor
*''[[Matango (film)|Matango]]'' (1963) - [[Matango]] Sculptor
*''[[Matango (film)|Matango]]'' (1963) - [[Matango]] sculptor
*''[[Mothra vs. Godzilla]]'' (1964) - [[MosuGoji|Godzilla]] Sculptor
*''[[Mothra vs. Godzilla]]'' (1964) - [[MosuGoji|Godzilla]] sculptor
*''[[Dogora (film)|Dogora]]'' (1964) - [[Dogora]] Sculptor
*''[[Dogora (film)|Dogora]]'' (1964) - [[Dogora]] sculptor
*''[[Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster]]'' (1964) - Godzilla and [[King Ghidorah/Showa|King Ghidorah]] Sculptor
*''[[Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster]]'' (1964) - Godzilla and [[King Ghidorah/Showa|King Ghidorah]] sculptor
*''[[Frankenstein Conquers the World]]'' (1965) - [[Frankenstein]] / [[Baragon]] Sculptor
*''[[Frankenstein vs. Baragon]]'' (1965) - [[Frankenstein]] and [[Baragon]] sculptor
*''[[Gamera (film)|Gamera]]'' (1965) - [[Gamera]] Sculptor
*''[[Gamera (film)|Gamera]]'' (1965) - [[Gamera]] sculptor
*''[[Return of Daimajin]]'' (1966) - [[Daimajin]] Sculptor
*''[[Return of Daimajin]]'' (1966) - [[Daimajin]] sculptor
*''[[Daimajin Strikes Again]]'' (1966) - Daimajin Sculptor
*''[[Daimajin Strikes Again]]'' (1966) - Daimajin sculptor
*''[[w:c:ultra:Kaiju Booska|Kaiju Booska]]'' (TV 1966-1967) - [[w:c:ultra:Booska|Booska]] Sculptor
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Kaiju Booska|Kaiju Booska]]'' (TV 1966-1967) - [[wikia:w:c:ultra:Booska|Booska]] sculptor
*''[[Gamera vs. Gyaos]]'' (1967) - [[Gyaos]] Sculptor
*''[[Gamera vs. Gyaos]]'' (1967) - [[Gyaos]] sculptor
*''[[Yongary, Monster from the Deep]]'' (1967) - [[Yonggary]] Sculptor
*''[[Yongary, Monster from the Deep]]'' (1967) - [[Yonggary]] sculptor
*''[[Gamera vs. Viras]]'' (1968) - [[Viras]] Sculptor
*''[[Gamera vs. Viras]]'' (1968) - [[Viras]] sculptor
*''[[w:c:ultra:Ultraman Ace (series)|Ultraman Ace]]'' (TV 1972-1973) - [[w:c:ultra:Verokron|Verokron]] and
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Ace (series)|Ultraman Ace]]'' (TV 1972-1973) - [[wikia:w:c:ultra:Verokron|Verokron]] sculptor
*''[[Kure Kure Takora]]'' (TV 1973-1974) - [[Takora]] Sculptor
*''[[Kure Kure Takora (Series)|Kure Kure Takora]]'' (TV 1973-1974) - [[Kure Kure Takora]] sculptor
*''[[Go! Greenman]]'' (TV 1973-1974) - [[Greenman]] Sculptor
*''[[Go! Greenman]]'' (TV 1973-1974) - [[Greenman]] sculptor
*''[[Terror of Mechagodzilla]]'' (1975) - [[Titanosaurus]] Sculptor
*''[[Terror of Mechagodzilla]]'' (1975) - [[Titanosaurus]] sculptor
*''The Mighty Peking Man'' (1977) - Peking Man Sculptor / Stuntman
*''[[wikipedia:The Mighty Peking Man|The Mighty Peking Man]]'' (1977) - Peking Man sculptor / Stuntman
*''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]'' (1991) - [[King Ghidorah/Heisei|King Ghidorah]] and [[Mecha-King Ghidorah]] Sculptor
*''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]'' (1991) - [[King Ghidorah/Heisei|King Ghidorah]] and [[Mecha-King Ghidorah]] sculptor
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]'' (1992) - [[Mothra/Heisei|Mothra]] Sculptor (Larva and Imago)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]'' (1992) - [[Mothra/Heisei|Mothra]] larva and imago sculptor
*''Howl from Beyond the Fog'' (2019) - Nebula Sculptor
*''[[Howl from Beyond the Fog]]'' (2019) - Nebula sculptor / cinematographer
==Books==
*''[[Monster Maker: Keizo Murase - Treasured KAIJU Photobook]]'' (2015) - Author
==External Links==
==External Links==
*[https://www.tohokingdom.com/interviews/keizo_murase_12-2017.html 2017 interview with Chris Mirjahangir for Toho Kingdom]
*[https://www.tohokingdom.com/interviews/keizo_murase_12-2017.html 2017 interview with Chris Mirjahangir for Toho Kingdom]
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Revision as of 18:52, 24 November 2019

Keizo Murase
Keizo Murase in 2017
Born October 5, 1933
Ikeda, Tokachi, Hokkaido, Japan
Occupation President of Twenty Ltd., suitmaker
First work Varan (1958)
Notable work Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
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Keizo Murase (村瀬継蔵,   Murase Keizō) is a Japanese suitmaker and the president of Twenty Ltd. His long career began in 1958, when Toho hired him to help sculpt the suit of the titular monster for Varan, and continues to this day with the film Howl from Beyond the Fog. An amateur photographer, Murase extensively documented his work, which was published in the 2015 book Monster Maker: Keizo Murase - Treasured KAIJU Photobook.[1] After working for Daiei on Gamera, he, Masao Yagi, and Toru Suzuki founded the modeling company, Ex Productions, which he left in 1972 to form his company, Twenty.

Selected Filmography

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External Links

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