Toshifumi Shimizu

Toshifumi Shimizu Born 1968 Kanagawa, Japan Occupation Film archivist, compositor, writer, director, former assistant director First work Rebirth of Mothra (1996) Notable work A Tale of Mari and Three Puppies (2007)

Toshifumi Shimizu (清水 俊文,   Shimizu Toshifumi) is a Japanese film archivist, visual effects artist, writer, and occasional director. Shimizu worked as an assistant director on every Godzilla film of the Millennium era: as part of the drama unit for the first three, the special effects unit for the next two, and the visual effects unit for the final entry Godzilla Final Wars (2004). He made his debut as a director of special effects on the 2007 movie A Tale of Mari and Three Puppies, and later directed the 2014 NHK documentary Godzilla's 60th Anniversary: The Special Effects of Japan - Incredible Techniques and the 2022 April Fool's Day short film Godzilla vs. the Tigers. Shimizu also lead 4K restoration projects for several of Toho's classic tokusatsu films at Tokyo Laboratory prior to the company's ceasing of operations.

Selected filmography

Assistant production manager

• Rebirth of Mothra (1996)
• Rebirth of Mothra 2 (1997)
• Rebirth of Mothra 3 (1998)

Assistant director

• Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999)
• Pyrokinesis (2000)
• Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000)
• Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)
• Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean (2005)
• Sinking of Japan (2006)
• Go! Godman (2008)

Assistant director of special effects

• Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002)
• Godzilla: Tokyo SOS (2003)
• Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean (2005)

Visual effects compositor

• Ultraman R/B (TV 2018)
• Ultraman Taiga (TV 2019)
• Ultraman Z (TV 2020)
• Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy (web 2020-2021)
• Ultraman Trigger: Episode Z (2022)
• Ultraman Decker (TV 2022-2023)

Director

• Godzilla's 60th Anniversary: The Special Effects of Japan - Incredible Techniques (2014)
• Godzilla vs. the Tigers (2022) [uncredited]

Actor

• Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) as Defense Force soldier [uncredited]
• Fest Godzilla 5: All Monsters Showdown (2024) as government official

Miscellaneous

• Godzilla Final Wars (2004) - Assistant visual effects director
• Ultraman: A New Power of Singapore (web 2021) - Post-production lab manager
• SHIN GODZILLA: ORTHOchromatic (2023) - Lab coordinator [with Akiomi Nakamura]
• Godzilla vs. Megalon (2023) - Planning supervisor
• Fest Godzilla 4: Operation Jet Jaguar (2023) - Planning supervisor
• Godzilla Minus One (2023) - Godzilla Strategic Conference
• Fest Godzilla 5: All Monsters Showdown (2024) - Planning supervisor

Selected bibliography

• "Godzilla" Toho Special Effects Unpublished Materials Archive: Producer Tomoyuki Tanaka and His Era (2010) - Editor
• "Mr. GODZILLA" Haruo Nakajima (2010) - Special thanks
• Mothra Movies Compendium (2011) - Film reviewer
• First Godzilla Research Book (2014) - Associate editor
• Godzilla Toho Champion Festival Perfection (2014) - Writer
• All Toho Mechanic Pictorial Book (2018) - Contributor
• King Kong vs. Godzilla Completion (2021) - Writer
• Mothra vs. Godzilla Completion (2022) - Writer
• Godzilla Final Wars Completion (2023) - Writer

External links

• Interview with Toshifumi Shimizu and Shinji Higuchi (2021, Japanese)

References

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Bibliography

• Shimizu, Toshifumi (29 November 2014). "About Revival Works". Godzilla Toho Champion Festival Perfection. Kadokawa. ISBN 978-4-04-866999-3.
• Kimura, Manabu, ed. (31 March 2022). Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack Completion. Hobby Japan. ISBN 978-4-7986-2779-3.

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