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".
Heihachiro Okawa Heihachiro Okawa (Japanese: 大川 平八郎 , Hepburn: Ōkawa Heihachirō , 9 September 1905 – 27 May 1971) , also sometimes credited as Henry Okawa (ヘンリー大川 ) , was a Japanese film actor active from the 1930s to 1971. With hopes of starting a business, he traveled to the United States in 1923 and studied at Columbia University. He also studied at the Paramount Studios acting school and eventually began working in Hollywood, appearing in films by Howard Hawks and William Wellman. He returned to Japan in 1933 and co-starred in the Photo Chemical Laboratories (PCL) film "Horoyoi jinsei". He later appeared in foreign films under the name Henry Okawa.