Jiro Shirasaki
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Jiro Shirasaki (白崎 治郎 Shirasaki Jirō) is a Japanese art director and modeler. He worked as an assistant under Yasuyuki Inoue on a number of Toho's tokusatsu productions between the 1960s and 70s.
Recommended the job by a friend,[2] Shirasaki joined Toho part-time while attending the Tama Art University,[1]:80 after having performed with his band at Toho Studios' club.[2] Shirasaki worked on his first film, Mothra, in 1961,[2] and was officially hired to Eiji Tsuburaya's special effects unit in April of the following year.[1]:80 Following Inoue's departure from the company in 1971, Shirasaki was responsible for refurbishing the body of King Ghidorah's suit for Godzilla vs. Gigan in 1972.[1]:109 He, alongside modeler Nobuyuki Yasumaru, also made at least one guest appearance as a panelist on the 1971 daytime television series, Chibikko Special.[3]
Selected filmography
Assistant special effects art director
- Mothra (1961) [with Yasuyuki Inoue, Toshiro Aoki]
- The Last War (1961) [with Yasuyuki Inoue, Yoshio Irie]
- Gorath (1962) [with Yasuyuki Inoue, Yoshio Irie, Toshiro Aoki]
- King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) [with Yasuyuki Inoue, Yoshio Irie, Toshiro Aoki]
- Matango (1963) [with Yasuyuki Inoue]
- Atragon (1963) [with Yasuyuki Inoue, Yoshio Irie]
- Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) [with Yasuyuki Inoue, Yoshio Irie]
- Dogora (1964) [with Yasuyuki Inoue, Toshiro Aoki]
- Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) [with Yasuyuki Inoue, Toshiro Aoki]
- Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965) [with Yasuyuki Inoue, Yoshio Irie]
- Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965) [with Yasuyuki Inoue, Toshiro Aoki]
- The War of the Gargantuas (1966) [with Yoshio Irie, Shun Suganuma, Takeharu Ikebuchi, Shiro Aoki, Mutsumi Toshima, Hiromasa Shirai, Hiroshi Komura]
- Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) [with Takeharu Ikebuchi, Toshiro Aoki, Hiromasa Shirai, Hiroshi Komura]
- King Kong Escapes (1967)
- Son of Godzilla (1967) [with Toshiro Aoki, Mutsumi Toshima]
- Destroy All Monsters (1968) [with Toshiro Aoki, Hiromasa Shirai, Mutsumi Toshima, Hiroshi Komura]
- Latitude Zero (1969) [with Toshiro Aoki, Mutsumi Toshima, Hiromasa Shirai, Hiroshi Komura]
- All Monsters Attack (1969) [with Naomi Akimori, Hiromasa Shirai]
- Space Amoeba (1970) [with Toshiro Aoki, Mutsumi Toshima, Hiromasa Shirai, Hiroshi Komura]
- Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)[1]:109
Actor
- Chibikko Special (TV 1971-1972) as Himself [unknown number of episodes][3]
Interviewee
- Bringing Godzilla Down to Size (2008)
- SciFi JAPAN TV (TV 2012-2014) [episode 10; with Toshiro Aoki, Hiromasa Shirai]
Monsters modeled
- Kamacuras (Son of Godzilla)[1]:80
- King Ghidorah (Godzilla vs. Gigan) [body; refurbishment][1]:109
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