Satoshi Narumi

Satoshi Narumi Born 1956 Occupation Wire rigger/operator First work Forbidden Mariko (TV 1985-86) Notable work Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)

Satoshi Narumi (鳴海 聡,   Narumi Satoshi) is a Japanese wire operator and practical effects artist. He became involved with the Godzilla series in 1992 with Godzilla vs. Mothra and continued to work on the remainder of the Heisei series, as well as the Rebirth of Mothra trilogy and every film in the Millennium series. Being in charge of wire operation (called sōen [操演] in Japan) rather than suitmation, his work included controlling wire-operated miniatures such as that of Mothra, as well as hoisting both manned and unmanned kaiju suits.

Selected filmography

Practical effects

• Forbidden Mariko (TV 1985-1986)
• Tokyo Blackout (1987) [with Tadaaki Watanabe, Toshitaka Watanabe, Yasushi Iwata]
• Hiruko the Goblin (1991)

Special effects wire operator

• Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992)
• Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993) [with Toshitaka Watanabe, Makoto Funahashi]
• Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon (1994) [with Toshitaka Watanabe, Takatsuki Kubo]
• Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994) [with Makoto Funahashi, Yutaka Suzuki, Yu Haraguchi]
• Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995) [with Makoto Funahashi]
• Rebirth of Mothra (1996) [with Makoto Funahashi, Yutaka Suzuki]
• Rebirth of Mothra II (1997) [with Makoto Funahashi, Yutaka Suzuki]
• Rebirth of Mothra III (1998) [with Makoto Funahashi]
• Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) [with Makoto Funahashi]

Wire operator

• Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999)
• Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000)
• Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002)
• Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003)
• Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)
• The Great Yokai War (2005)

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