Kakusei Fujiwara
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Kakusei Fujiwara (藤原カクセイ is a Fujiwara Kakusei)Japanese sculptor, modeler, and special effects makeup artist. Becoming interested with special effects work in elementary school after seeing pictures of a screen-used Godzilla guignol,[1] Fujiwara began his career as a modeler for King Ghidorah on Rebirth of Mothra 3 and went on to act as an assistant modeler on nearly every entry of the Millennium era. He is founder and president of the modeling and makeup studio DUMMY HEAD DESIGNS Ltd., with which he presently produces highly-detailed figures of kaiju from the 1995 series, Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero.
Selected filmography
- Rebirth of Mothra 3 (1998) - King Ghidorah modeler
- Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999) - Assistant modeler
- Pyrokinesis (2000) - Special effects makeup artist
- Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000) - Assistant modeler
- Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002) - Assistant modeler
- Godzilla: Tokyo SOS (2003) - Assistant modeler
- Godzilla Final Wars (2004) - Assistant modeler
- Ultraman: The Next (2004) - Special effects makeup
- The Great Yokai War (2005) - Special effects modeler
- Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007) - Komainu modeler
- K-20: Legend of the Mask (2008) - Special effects makeup designer / special effects modeler
- Geharha: The Dark and Long Haired Monster (2009) - Modeler
- Monster Magnitude: 9 (TV 2010) - Special monster modeler [episodes 5, 9, 12-13]
- Death Kappa (2010) - Additional special effects modeler
- Love & Peace (2015) - Special model designer / modeling supervisor
- Shin Kamen Rider (2023) - Kamen Rider modeler
- Brush of the God (2024) - Special effects makeup
Modeled monsters
- King Ghidorah (Rebirth of Mothra 3)
- King Caesar, Rodan (Godzilla Final Wars)[2]
- Geharha (Geharha: The Dark and Long Haired Monster)
External links
- Official Twitter account
- Official Facebook page
- Official DUMMY HEAD website
- Official DUMMY HEAD Twitter account
- Official DUMMY HEAD Facebook account
- Ameba News interview
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