DaisensoGoji

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MosuGoji
DaisensoGoji
MusukoGoji
DaisensoGoji
The DaisensoGoji as it is seen in Invasion of Astro-Monster
Type Suit, puppets
Nicknames NankaiGoji, Godzilla 1965, Godzilla 1966
Portrayed by Haruo Nakajima
Used in Invasion of Astro-Monster,
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep,
Son of Godzilla (water scenes),
Destroy All Monsters (water scenes),
Godzilla vs. Hedorah
(water and sludge scenes)
Godzilla vs. Megalon (Stock Footage)
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The DaisensoGoji (大戦争ゴジ,   Daisensōgoji) is the Godzilla suit design used primarily in the 1965 and 1966 Godzilla films Invasion of Astro-Monster and Ebirah, Horror of the Deep.

Name

In Invasion of Astro-Monster, the DaisensoGoji's name comes from the film's Japanese title, specifically daisensō (大戦争), meaning great war, and Goji, which comes from Godzilla's Japanese name, Gojira (ゴジラ).

In Ebirah, Horror of the Deep, the NankaiGoji's name comes from the film's Japanese title, specifically nankai (南海), meaning south seas, and Goji, which comes from Godzilla's Japanese name, Gojira (ゴジラ).

Detail

The DaisensoGoji featured a head slightly larger than that of the MosuGoji suit, with a round face and jaws. The torso is thinner and proportionally smaller than the rest of the body compared to previous suits. The fingers are not held apart like the MosuGoji suit, but instead grouped together, with the claws becoming less sharp and pronounced; all following Godzilla suits until the 84Goji suit would have this feature. The dorsal plates and the tail of the DaisensoGoji are detailed, and the eyes were movable.

During the shooting of Ebirah, Horror of the Deep, this suit's second appearance, Tsuburaya Productions asked to borrow the head of the suit for usage in the Ultraman television series. This was because the head of the previous SanDaikaijuGoji suit could not be used, as it had already been modified to portray the monster Gomess in Ultra Q. Toho approved the request and the DaisensoGoji suit's head was removed, and grafted onto the body of the SanDaikaijuGoji suit. Both the DaisensoGoji head and SanDaikaijuGoji body were then repainted in green with yellow stripes, and a frill was added around the completed suit's neck to create the monster Jirahs. Because of this, Toho created an imperfect replica of the DaisensoGoji's head and grafted it onto the rest of the suit for the remainder of filming of Ebirah, Horror of the Deep. This new head featured more calm and less fierce-looking eyes than the original head.[1] This suit is also called the NankaiGoji (南海ゴジ).

After filming Ebirah, Horror of the Deep, the NankaiGoji suit would be Toho's 'stunt suit', mainly used for scenes of Godzilla in water. The suit was used in water scenes in Son of Godzilla in 1967 and Destroy All Monsters in 1968, and was used for Godzilla's swimming scenes and the scenes where he was smothered in sludge in Godzilla vs. Hedorah in 1971. Although the suit was cleaned down afterwards, the suit had suffered visible rips underneath its arms, and was officially retired, with the MusukoGoji replacing it as the new stunt suit in Godzilla vs. Gigan.

Use in other media

Video games

Gallery

Production

Invasion of Astro-Monster

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

Ultraman

Destroy All Monsters

All Monsters Attack

Godzilla vs. Hedorah

Godzilla vs. Megalon

Screenshots

Invasion of Astro-Monster

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

Ultraman

Son of Godzilla

Destroy All Monsters

Godzilla vs. Hedorah

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Post-production

Merchandise

Covers

Toys

Miscellaneous

Books

Trading cards

Magazines

Clothing

Trivia

References

This is a list of references for DaisensoGoji. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]

  1. DaisensoGoji and NankaiGoji Comparison.png

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