Kazuhiro Nakagawa

Kazuhiro Nakagawa Born 1986 Shiki, Nara, Japan Occupation Director, writer, editor Notable work Ultraman Z (TV 2020)

Kazuhiro Nakagawa (中川 和博,   Nakagawa Kazuhiro) is a Japanese film director. He has worked as an assistant director on several films by Takashi Miike and Shinji Higuchi, including the latter's Attack on Titan films and Shin Godzilla. In 2014, he produced, wrote, directed, and edited the independent kaiju film Day of the Kaiju. He has also directed numerous Godzilla short films for Toho, as well as select episodes of Tsuburaya Productions' Ultraman television shows. Nakagawa is one of the co-organizers of Higuchi's COVID-19 campaign Project Capsule Kaiju and a recurring guest at Godzilla Fest.

Selected filmography

Director

• Day of the Kaiju (2014)
• Godzilla vs. Evangelion: The Real 4-D (2019)
• The Great Actress Reiko Inui (2019)
• Godzilla Interception Operation Awaji attraction video (2020)
• Ultraman Z (TV 2020) [episodes 9-10]
• Godzilla Appears at Godzilla Fest (2020)
• Godzilla vs. Hedorah (2021)
• Shin Ultra Fight (web 2022) [episode SP3]
• Ultraman Decker (TV 2022) [episodes 16-17]
• Fest Godzilla 3: Gigan Attacks (2022)
• Ultraman Blazar (TV 2023) [episodes 7-8]
• Fest Godzilla 4: Operation Jet Jaguar (2023)
• Godzilla: Attack on Tokyo (2024)
• Ryosangata Riko: A Plastic Model Girl's Final Life Assembly Story (TV 2024) [episodes 1, 5, 8-10]
  • Episode 8: "Let's Go, Kae!" [features model of Kiryu]
• Fest Godzilla 5: All Monsters Showdown (2024)

Screenwriter

• Day of the Kaiju (2014)
• The Great Actress Reiko Inui (2019)
• Godzilla Interception Operation Awaji attraction video (2020)

Editor

• Day of the Kaiju (2014)
• The Great Actress Reiko Inui (2019)
• Godzilla vs. Hedorah (2021)
• Fest Godzilla 3: Gigan Attacks (2022)

Assistant director

• Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1 (2015)
• Attack on Titan: Signal to Strike Back (TV 2015)
• Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 2 (2015)
• Shin Godzilla (2016)
• Shin Ultraman (2022)

Storyboard artist

• Godzilla vs. Hedorah (2021)
• Fest Godzilla 3: Gigan Attacks (2022)
• Fest Godzilla 4: Operation Jet Jaguar (2023)
• Fest Godzilla 5: All Monsters Showdown (2024)

Miscellaneous

• Day of the Kaiju (2014) - Producer
• The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8 (2020) - Project Capsule Kaiju
• Shin Ultra Fight (web 2022) - Title card designer
• Godzilla Minus One (2023) - Additional extras manager

Trivia

• Nakagawa's name appears in a social media feed in Shin Godzilla, as the author of a tweet reacting to the news that Godzilla is radioactive.

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