Minoru Nakano

Minoru Nakano Born 1939 Tokyo, Japan Died April 4, 2021 (aged 82) Occupation Optical photographer, visual effects artist, special effects director, actor First work Ultra Q (TV 1966) Notable work Ultraman (TV 1966-1967)

Minoru Nakano (中野 稔,   Nakano Minoru) was a Japanese optical photographer and visual effects technician who worked with Tsuburaya Productions for nearly thirty years. Nakano passed away on April 4, 2021, at age 82 due to liver failure.

Selected filmography

Optical photographer

• Ultra Q (TV 1966) [all 28 episodes]
• Ultraman (TV 1966-1967) [all 39 episodes]
• Monster Booska (TV 1966-1967) [episodes 1-8, 10-11, 14, 23-47]
• Ultraman (1967) [compilation film]
• Ultraseven (TV 1967-1968) [all 49 episodes]
• Mighty Jack (TV 1968) [all 13 episodes]
• Fight! Mighty Jack (TV 1968) [all 26 episodes]
• Operation: Mystery (TV 1968-1969) [all 26 episodes]
• Ultraman, Ultraseven: Great Violent Monster Fight (1969) [compilation film]
• Return of Ultraman (TV 1971-1972) [all 51 episodes]
• The Unbalance Zone (TV 1973) [episodes 1, 5, 12-13]

Visual effects

• Fireman (TV 1973) [unknown number of episodes]
• Ultraman Taro (TV 1973-1974) [episode 9]
• Born Free (TV 1976-1977) [unknown number of episodes]
• The Last Dinosaur (1977)
• Space Wolf (TV 1978) [unknown number of episodes]
• The 6 Ultra Brothers vs. The Monster Army (1979)
• Ultra Q the Movie: Legend of the Stars (1990)
• The Cat (1991) [uncredited]
• Mikadoroid (1991)

Miscellaneous

• Mirrorman (TV 1971-1972) - Compositor [with Sadao Iizuka]
• Ultraman Ace (TV 1972-1973) - Title designer [episodes 5-8]
• Daigoro vs. Goliath (1972) - Director of special effects [with Junkichi Oki]

Actor

• Ultraman (TV 1966-1967) as priest [episode 35]
• Ultra Q the Movie: Legend of the Stars (1990) as injured man

Videos

Interview with Nakano and Noriyoshi Ikeya

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