Haruo Nakajima, was a Japanese actor, best known for portraying who, in twelve consecutive films, starting from the original "Godzilla" (1954) until "Godzilla vs. Gigan" (1972)?
Haruo Nakajima Haruo Nakajima (中島 春雄 , Nakajima Haruo ) (January 1, 1929 – August 7, 2017) was a Japanese actor, best known for portraying Godzilla in twelve consecutive films, starting from the original "Godzilla" (1954) until "Godzilla vs. Gigan" (1972). He also played various other giant monsters in kaiju films, including "Mothra" and "The War of the Gargantuas", and also appeared in a minor role in the Akira Kurosawa film "Seven Samurai".
King Kong King Kong is a giant movie monster, resembling a giant ape, that has appeared in various media since 1933. The character first appeared in the 1933 film "King Kong" from RKO Pictures, which received universal acclaim upon its initial release and re-releases. A sequel quickly followed that same year with "The Son of Kong", featuring Little Kong. In the 1960s, Toho produced "King Kong vs. Godzilla" (1962), pitting a much larger Kong against Toho's own Godzilla, and "King Kong Escapes" (1967), based on "The King Kong Show" (1966–1969) from Rankin/Bass Productions. In 1976, Dino De Laurentiis produced a modern remake of the original film directed by John Guillermin. A sequel, "King Kong Lives", followed a decade later featuring a Lady Kong. Another remake of the original, this time set in 1933, was released in 2005 from filmmaker Peter Jackson.