Keizo Murase

Keizo Murase Born October 5, 1933 Ikeda, Tokachi, Hokkaido, Japan Occupation President of Twenty Ltd., suitmaker First work The H-Man (1958) Notable work Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)

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 Brush of the God. An amateur photographer, Murase extensively documented his work, which was published in the 2015 book Monster Maker: Keizo Murase - Treasured KAIJU Photobook. 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

• The H-Man (1958)
• Varan (1958) - Varan sculptor / miniature construction
• Mothra (1961) - Mothra imago sculptor
• King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) - King Kong and Godzilla sculptor
• Gorath (1962) - Maguma sculptor
• Matango (1963) - Matango sculptor
• Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) - Godzilla sculptor
• Dogora (1964) - Dogora sculptor
• Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) - Godzilla and King Ghidorah sculptor
• Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965) - Frankenstein and Baragon sculptor
• Gamera (1965) - Gamera sculptor
• Return of Daimajin (1966) - Daimajin sculptor
• Wrath of Daimajin (1966) - Daimajin sculptor
• Kaiju Booska (TV 1966-1967) - Booska sculptor
• Gamera vs. Gyaos (1967) - Gyaos sculptor
• Yongary, Monster from the Deep (1967) - Yonggary sculptor
• Gamera vs. Viras (1968) - Viras sculptor
• Ultraman Ace (TV 1972-1973) - Verokron sculptor
• Zone Fighter (TV 1973) - Wargilgar sculptor
• Kure Kure Takora (TV 1973-1974) - Kure Kure Takora sculptor
• Go! Greenman (TV 1973-1974) - Greenman sculptor
• Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975) - Titanosaurus sculptor
• The Mighty Peking Man (1977) - Peking Man sculptor / stuntman
• Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) - King Ghidorah and Mecha-King Ghidorah sculptor
• Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992) - Mothra larva and imago sculptor
• Howl from Beyond the Fog (2019) - Nebula sculptor / cinematographer
• Iké Boys (2021) - Ikenjer Warrior suit effect coordinator
• Brush of the God (2023) - Director / original story

Bibliography

• Monster Maker: Keizo Murase - Treasured KAIJU Photobook (2015) - Author

Gallery

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  Murase with Haruo Nakajima and Koji Furuhata on the set of Frankenstein vs. Baragon

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  Murase with Varan model

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  Murase (right) with Akira Inoue (center) and Tomoo Haraguchi (right)

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External links

• 2017 interview with Chris Mirjahangir for Toho Kingdom
• 2018 interview with Brett Homenick
• 2019 interview with Nicholas Driscoll for Toho Kingdom

References

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Bibliography

• Murase, Keizo (24 September 2015). Monster Maker: Keizo Murase - Treasured KAIJU Photobook. Yosensha. ISBN 978-4-8003-0756-9.

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