Haruo Nakajima
Haruo Nakajima (Japanese: 中島 春雄, Hepburn: Nakajima Haruo; January 1, 1929 – August 7, 2017) was a Japanese actor and stuntman. A pioneer of suit acting, he is best known for playing Godzilla in 12 consecutive films, starting from the original Godzilla until Godzilla vs. Gigan. Nakajima also played various other kaiju in Toho's tokusatsu films, including Rodan, Mothra and The War of the Gargantuas and also appeared in minor roles in Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, and Stray Dog.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.7186 |
| Birthday | 1929-01-01 |
| Place of Birth | Sakata, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan |
| Also Known As | 中岛春雄, |
1958
The Hidden Fortress
7.985/701
In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who g...
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The Hidden Fortress
1969
Latitude Zero
5.889/27
A massive underwater volcano erupts and puts a group of investigative scientists in danger. They are rescued by an atomic super submarine named The Al...
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Latitude Zero
1969
All Monsters Attack
5.1/212
Ichiro Miki is a child living in the industrial district of Kawasaki, where his parents' constant struggle to make ends meet often leaves the schoolbo...
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All Monsters Attack
1971
Godzilla vs. Hedorah
6.789/246
An ever evolving alien life-form arrives on a comet from the Dark Gaseous Nebula and proceeds to consume pollution. Spewing mists of sulfuric acid and...
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Godzilla vs. Hedorah
1963
Matango
6.7/104
Five vacationers and two crewmen become stranded on a tropical island near the equator. The island has little edible food for them to use as they try...
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Matango
1958
Adults Cannot Understand - Record of Youth
10/1
The first work of 27-year-old director Eizo Sugawa, contrasting a politician father and his son, a drummer in a student band. It depicts the conflict...
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Adults Cannot Understand - Record of Youth
1957
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
8.55/20
Obscure French version of the original Godzilla. The film combines elements of the original Toho version and the American King of the Monsters! in a u...
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Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
1977
Godzilla
6.8/54
A re-edited Italian-language dubbed version of the original Godzilla, using as a basis the U.S. version, "Godzilla, King of the Monsters!" (1956), plu...
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Godzilla
1969
Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
8/2
A timid salaryman is the subject of this black comedy.
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Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
2012
Men in Suits
8/1
Godzilla… Predator… Robby the Robot… The Gill Man… These are some of the most iconic characters in cinema, but many people still don't know about the...
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Men in Suits
1989
Faces of Horror
9.5/2
Although marketed as a "Faces of Death" type of documentary video, this is actually a compilation of scenes--in no particular order--from three differ...
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Faces of Horror
1968
Destroy All Monsters
6.9/277
At the turn of the century, all of the Earth's monsters have been rounded up and kept safely on Monsterland. Chaos erupts when a race of she-aliens kn...
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Destroy All Monsters
1954
Invisible Man
6.667/9
When an invisible man is run down by a car it’s up to an eager young reporter and a strange clown to bring a dangerous gang to justice.
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Invisible Man
1956
Rebels on the High Sea
9/1
A film by Hiroshi Inagaki.
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Rebels on the High Sea
1963
Atragon
6.6/57
The legendary empire of the lost continent of Mu reappears to threaten the world with domination. While countries unite to resist, an isolated World W...
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Atragon
1964
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
7/288
After a meteorite unleashes a three-headed beast upon Tokyo, Mothra tries to unite with Godzilla and Rodan to battle the extraterrestrial threat.
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Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
1965
Invasion of Astro-Monster
6.8/248
Astronauts Glenn and Fuji investigate Planet X and encounter mysterious aliens known as the Xiliens, who ask Earth's people to help save their world f...
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Invasion of Astro-Monster
1957
The Mysterians
6.385/61
In Japan, scientifically advanced invaders from the war-destroyed planet Mysteroid cause an entire village to vanish, then send a giant robot out to s...
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The Mysterians
1966
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
6.271/217
Searching for his brother, Ryota stows away on a boat belonging to a criminal alongside two other teenagers. The group shipwrecks on Letchi island and...
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Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
1962
Varan the Unbelievable
4.364/33
In an effort to find an economic means of purifying salt water, a joint U.S.-Japanese military command is set up on an isolated Japanese island where...
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Varan the Unbelievable
1955
Godzilla Raids Again
5.979/330
Two fishing scout pilots make a horrifying discovery when they encounter a second Godzilla alongside a new monster named Anguirus. Without the weapon...
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Godzilla Raids Again
1954
Godzilla
7.6/1098
Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Kyohei Yamane soon discover somethin...
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Godzilla
1953
Mr. Pu
6.667/3
A math teacher loses his job while falling in love with a local girl.
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Mr. Pu
1955
Beast Man Snow Man
4.938/16
Three competing parties all race against time to track down an elusive creature known only as the Snowman.
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Beast Man Snow Man
1961
Mothra
7.1/182
Shipwreck survivors found on the presumably uninhabited Infant Island leads to a scientific expedition that discovers a surviving native population al...
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Mothra
1967
Son of Godzilla
6.43/244
Reporter Goro Maki stumbles upon scientists conducting weather experiments on Sollgel Island in the South Seas. He discovers the island is inhabited b...
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Son of Godzilla
1958
The H-Man
5.791/43
When a narcotics deal goes sour and a suspect disappears, leaving only his clothes, Tokyo police question his wife and stake out the nightclub where s...
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The H-Man
1966
What's Up, Tiger Lily?
5.388/205
In comic Woody Allen's film debut, he took the Japanese action film "International Secret Police: Key of Keys" and re-dubbed it, changing the plot to...
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What's Up, Tiger Lily?
1965
Frankenstein Conquers the World
6.803/71
During WWII, Germans obtain the immortal heart of Frankenstein's monster and transport it to Japan to prevent it being seized by the Allies. Kept in a...
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Frankenstein Conquers the World
1964
Mothra vs. Godzilla
7/334
Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and claimed by greedy entrepreneurs. Mothra's fairies...
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Mothra vs. Godzilla
1962
King Kong vs. Godzilla
6.9/341
The advertising director of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, frustrated with the low ratings of their sponsored TV program, seeks a more sensationalist approa...
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King Kong vs. Godzilla
1960
The Human Vapor
6.824/17
A failed science experiment gives a librarian the ability to turn into a gaseous substance. He goes on to rob banks to fund his dancer girlfriend's ca...
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The Human Vapor
1954
Seven Samurai
8.4/4208
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six...
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Seven Samurai
1967
King Kong Escapes
6.196/112
An adaptation of the Rankin/Bass cartoon, "The King Kong Show". King Kong is brought in by the evil Dr. Who to dig for Element X in a mine when the ro...
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King Kong Escapes
1962
Gorath
6.5/26
In 1976, a drifting star named Gorath is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. Although it is smaller than Earth, its enormous mass is en...
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Gorath
1970
Space Amoeba
6.5/54
When a space probe crash-lands on a far-flung Pacific atoll, the craft's alien stowaways decide to take over their new world one creature at a time. S...
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Space Amoeba
1972
Godzilla vs. Gigan
6.397/228
Manga artist Gengo Odaka lands a job with the World Children's Land amusement park only to become suspicious of the organization when a garbled messag...
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Godzilla vs. Gigan
1963
King Kong vs. Godzilla
6.535/274
When an underhanded pharmaceutical company goes to a remote tropical island to steal King Kong for advertising purposes, they get more than they barga...
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King Kong vs. Godzilla
2008
Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects
8.5/13
A look at the unrecognized work of the talented artists and craftsmen who've maintained the tradition of Japanese special-effects. Highlighted is Yasu...
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Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects
2016
Mifune: The Last Samurai
7.1/50
An account of the life and work of legendary Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune (1920-97), the most prominent actor of the Golden Age of Japanese cinema.
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Mifune: The Last Samurai
1958
Varan
5.8/36
When a rare species of butterfly is found in a mysterious valley in Japan, a pair of entomologists go to investigate and find more. They discover Vara...
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Varan
1954
Farewell Rabaul
8.5/6
A squadron of Japanese fighter pilots realise that they are never going to win the war when they understand that Japanese military tactics have little...
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Farewell Rabaul
1952
Sword for Hire
6.7/10
Soldiers Hayate and Yaheiji secretly escape from their besieged castle. Hayate has left behind his lover, Kano. On his way, Hayate is wounded and care...
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Sword for Hire
1956
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
7.155/139
A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal by Shogun, Japan's most powerful clan leader. He'...
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Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1961
Daredevil in the Castle
7.318/11
During the raging war between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans, the swordsman Mohei (whose family has been completely decimated) is recruited by Toyoto...
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Daredevil in the Castle
1961
Blueprint of Murder
6.4/5
Yuzo Kayama plays the protagonist, a whale-hunting cannon manufactuing supervisor, whose brother is an automobile tester for Komatsu Motors which has...
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Blueprint of Murder
1956
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
6.548/282
During an assignment, foreign correspondent Steve Martin spends a layover in Tokyo and is caught amid the rampage of an unstoppable prehistoric monste...
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Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
1965
The Retreat from Kiska
8.5/4
In 1943, the Aleutian island of Kiska was fortified by a small contingent of Japanese soldiers. When word arrived of an impending attack by an overwhe...
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The Retreat from Kiska
1968
Admiral Yamamoto
8.5/9
As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is appointed supreme commander of the Japanese fleet....
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Admiral Yamamoto
1960
The Storm of the Pacific
6/9
Lt. Koji Kitami is a navigator-bombardier in Japan's Naval Air Force. He participates in the Japanese raid on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in 1...
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The Storm of the Pacific
1959
Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender
8.667/3
In World War II, the commanding officer of a sub, against his will takes on board two Western diplomats, to take them to the Canaries and arrange an a...
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Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender
1963
Japan's No. 1 Playboy
9/1
The music teacher, who danced the twist at the graduation ceremony of the solemn female school, was fired but decided to try his luck in the cosmetics...
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Japan's No. 1 Playboy
1959
Gigantis, the Fire Monster
6.4/37
A prehistoric monster called Gigantis emerges alongside another creature named Angurus.
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Gigantis, the Fire Monster
1966
The War of the Gargantuas
6.381/105
Gaira, a humanoid sea beast spawned from the discarded cells of Frankenstein's monster, attacks the shores of Tokyo. While the Japanese military prepa...
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The War of the Gargantuas
1959
Saga of the Vagabonds
6.8/5
Lord Taro must deliver a money chest but is robbed by brigands led by Jibu. One of Jibu's men, Rokuro, steals the money from Jibu, but after meeting a...
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Saga of the Vagabonds
1998
Godzilla, King of the Monsters
9.167/12
Documentary focusing on the Japanese Godzilla, featuring interviews with such people as Director Jun Fukuda, the wide of the late Ishiro Honda and Ale...
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Godzilla, King of the Monsters
1956
Rodan
6.513/186
Mining engineer Shigeru investigates the disappearance and death of his fellow coworkers when prehistoric nymphs are discovered emerging from the mine...
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Rodan
1973
Submersion of Japan
7/22
A team of geophysicists investigating seismic activity on the seafloor discover that the islands of Japan, after suffering from massive volcanic erupt...
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Submersion of Japan
1953
The Eagle of the Pacific
7.8/10
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grave misgivings about leading Japan's navy into war w...
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The Eagle of the Pacific
1955
I Live in Fear
7.31/121
An aging foundry patriarch, gripped by terror of nuclear annihilation, tries to uproot his family to Brazil. When they petition to have him declared i...
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I Live in Fear
2019
The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga
8.7/9
Japan, 1954. A legend emerges from the ashes of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, devastated by atomic bombs in 1945. The creature's name is Godzilla. The film...
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The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga
1957
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
3.5/12
An American scientist tells two colleagues about the finding of an abominable snowman living in the Japanese alps, where it is worshipped by a remote...
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Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
1964
Yearning
8.12/71
War widow Reiko rebuilds and runs the grocery shop in the house of her husband's family. Many years later, their business is threatened by a newly bui...
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Yearning
1957
Tokyo 1960
0/0
A Filipino re-edit of the original Godzilla. Appears to have been edited in a similar fashion to the American King of the Monsters!, with the use of F...
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Tokyo 1960
1973
Godzilla vs. Megalon
6.2/240
Inventor Goro Ibuki creates a humanoid robot named Jet Jaguar. It is soon seized by an undersea race of people called the Seatopians. Using Jet Jaguar...
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Godzilla vs. Megalon
1957
Rodan! The Flying Monster
5.7/3
A mining engineer investigates the deaths of his colleagues, discovering prehistoric nymphs and a creature capable of flying - and wreaking havoc - at...
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Rodan! The Flying Monster
1960
The Last Gunfight
6.2/10
Japanese police detective Saburo Fujioka is suspected of corruption, demoted, and sent to the city of Kojin. Kojin is the scene of fierce fighting bet...
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The Last Gunfight
1957
A Man in the Storm
7/1
Judo expert Saburô Watari fights his judo master, Tsujido, while simultaneously in conflict with a karate expert.
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A Man in the Storm
1965
The School of Flesh
5.75/4
A love story about a former noblewoman who greedily enjoys love after breaking up with her unhappy marriage after the war, in pursuit of a wild and pu...
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The School of Flesh
1970
It's a Man's Way of Life
8/1
Comedy about a lewd man (Fujita) learning to enjoy life's little pleasures.
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It's a Man's Way of Life
1965
Ironfinger
6.8/10
After being mistaken for an Interpol agent, a man who was just supposed to go on vacation gets mixed up in a war between two gangs intent on winning t...
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Ironfinger
1965
Key of Keys
6.857/7
Intelligence director Suritai asks agent Kitami to steal money from anti-government guerrillas.
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Key of Keys
1971
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
7/1
After a major corporate merger, a middle-aged executive is demoted but unexpectedly appointed president of a small subsidiary.
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First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
1985
Godzilla 1985
6.804/197
Originally released in Japan as "The Return of Godzilla" in 1984, this is the heavily re-edited, re-titled "Godzilla 1985". Adding in new footage of...
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Godzilla 1985
1964
Dogora
6.8/44
A floating amorphous life-form descends from the atmosphere to consume carbon in the form of diamonds.
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Dogora
1964
Legend of the Irresponsible Hero
8/1
The members of Crazy Cats play employees of a trading company. Ueda Hitoshi of Awa Shoji, a lucky man who never loses a bet, and the managing director...
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Legend of the Irresponsible Hero
2004
スピリット オブ ゴジラ ～怪獣を演じた男たちの軌跡～
9/2
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スピリット オブ ゴジラ ～怪獣を演じた男たちの軌跡～
1977
Bloodthirsty Hawk
9/2
A mining community discovers that men are dying from unknown circumstances which leads to the discovery of a giant flying monster vulture by the name...
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