Keizo Murase

Keizo Murase Born October 5, 1933 Ikeda, Tokachi, Hokkaido, Japan Occupation President of Twenty Ltd. Suitmaker First work Varan the Unbelievable (1958)

Keizo Murase (村瀬継蔵,   Murase Keizo) is a Japanese suitmaker and the president of Twenty Ltd. His long career began in 1958, when Toho hired him to help sculpt the Varan suit for Varan the Unbelievable, and continues to this day with the film Howl from Beyond the Fog. An amateur photographer, Murase extensively documented his work, which was published in the 2015 book Treasured Kaiju Photobook: Keizo Murase, Monster-Maker.

Selected Filmography

• Varan the Unbelievable (1958) - Varan Sculptor / Miniature Construction
• Mothra (1961) - Mothra Sculptor (Imago)
• King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) - King Kong and Godzilla Sculptor
• Gorath (1962) - Maguma Sculptor
• Matango (1963) - Matango Sculptor
• Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) - Godzilla Sculptor
• Dogora (1964) - Dogora Sculptor
• Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) - Godzilla and King Ghidorah Sculptor
• Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965) - Frankenstein / Baragon Sculptor
• Gamera (1965) - Gamera Sculptor
• Return of Daimajin (1966) - Daimajin Sculptor
• Daimajin Strikes Again (1966) - Daimajin Sculptor
• Kaiju Booska (TV 1966-1967) - Booska Sculptor
• Gamera vs. Gyaos (1967) - Gyaos Sculptor
• Yongary, Monster from the Deep (1967) - Yonggary Sculptor
• Gamera vs. Viras (1968) - Viras Sculptor
• Ultraman Ace (TV 1972-1973) - Verokron and
• Kure Kure Takora (TV 1973-1974) - Takora Sculptor
• Go! Greenman (TV 1973-1974) - Greenman Sculptor
• Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975) - Titanosaurus Sculptor
• The Mighty Peking Man (1977) - Peking Man Sculptor / Stuntman
• Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) - King Ghidorah and Mecha-King Ghidorah Sculptor
• Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992) - Mothra Sculptor (Larva and Imago)
• Howl from Beyond the Fog (2019) - Nebula Sculptor

External Links

• 2017 interview with Chris Mirjahangir for Toho Kingdom
• 2018 interview with Brett Homenick

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