Teizo Toshimitsu
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Teizo Toshimitsu (利光 貞三 Toshimitsu Teizō) was a Japanese sculptor and monster modelling artist. First becoming involved with Toho in 1942,[1] Toshimitsu pioneered the creation of kaiju suits for Godzilla in 1954, alongside Eizo Kaimai and the Yagi brothers. As the company continued to produce tokusatsu films, Toshimitsu took the role of chief modeler, specializing in kaiju faces and maquette prototyping. He is credited with participating in every Toho kaiju film from 1954 to 1970, leaving the company in 1971 after the dissolution of Toho Studios' Special Technology Division.[1] Toshimitsu worked freelance in the 1970s, notably designing the monster Sartan for Tsuburaya Productions' Return of Ultraman and providing monster designs for the Toho Planning series Go! Godman. Though Toshimitsu's tenure at the company ended after Godzilla vs. Hedorah, the King Ghidorah and Godzilla suits he worked on for Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster and Destroy All Monsters, respectively, would go on to appear in Godzilla vs. Gigan. Toshimitsu was succeeded by his apprentice Nobuyuki Yasumaru, who became chief modeler at Toho's new special effects production subsidiary, Toho Eizo. Toshimitsu passed away sometime in 1982.
Selected filmography
Chief modeler
- Godzilla (1954)[2]
- Godzilla Raids Again (1955)[3]
- Half Human (1955)
- The Volcano Monsters (1956) [unproduced]
- Rodan (1956)
- The Mysterians (1957)
- Varan (1958)
- The Three Treasures (1959)
- Mothra (1961)
- The Last War (1961)[4]
- Gorath (1962)[5]
- King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)[6]
- Atragon (1963)[7]
- Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)[8]
- Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
- Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965)[9]
- The War of the Gargantuas (1966)[10]
- Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)[11]
- King Kong Escapes (1967)
- Son of Godzilla (1967)[12]
- Destroy All Monsters (1968)[13]
- Latitude Zero (1969)[14]
- All Monsters Attack (1969)
- Space Amoeba (1970)[15]
Monster designer
- All Monsters Attack (1969)
- Return of Ultraman (TV 1971-1972)[16]
- Go! Godman (TV 1972-1973)[16]
Modeled monsters
- Godzilla [two suits, half suit] / Godzilla skeleton (Godzilla)
- Godzilla / Anguirus (Godzilla Raids Again)
- Godzilla (The Volcano Monsters)
- Snowman / Snowman's child (Half Human)
- Rodan / Meganulon (Rodan)
- Moguera (The Mysterians)
- Varan (Varan)
- Yamata no Orochi (The Three Treasures)
- Mothra (Mothra) [larva, imago]
- Maguma (Gorath)
- Godzilla / King Kong / Giant Octopus / Giant Lizard (King Kong vs. Godzilla)
- Matango (Matango)
- Godzilla / Mothra [larva, imago] (Mothra vs. Godzilla)
- Rodan / King Ghidorah (Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster)
- Baragon / Giant Octopus (Frankenstein vs. Baragon)
- Godzilla (Invasion of Astro-Monster)
- Sanda [child, adult] / Gaira (The War of the Gargantuas)
- Ebirah / Giant Condor (Ebirah, Horror of the Deep)
- King Kong / Mechani-Kong (King Kong Escapes)
- Godzilla / Minilla / Kumonga (Son of Godzilla)
- Godzilla / Manda (Destroy All Monsters)
- Griffon / lion / condor / Bat Men (Latitude Zero)
- Gabara (All Monsters Attack)
- Gezora (Space Amoeba)
Gallery
Teizo Toshimitsu sculpting a maquette of Godzilla
Toshimitsu working on an unpainted Godzilla half-suit
See also
External links
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