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".
Ultra Series The Ultra Series (ウルトラシリーズ , Urutora Shirīzu ) is the collective name for all the shows produced by Tsuburaya Productions featuring Ultraman, his many brethren, and the myriad Ultra Monsters. The Ultra Series is one of the prominent tokusatsu superhero genre productions from Japan, along with Toei produced series "Kamen Rider", "Super Sentai" and the "Metal Heroes". The Ultra franchise is also one of the most well known examples of the "daikaiju" (大怪獣, "huge monster") genre, which also includes Toho's "Godzilla" series, and Daiei Film's "Gamera" series. However, the Ultra Series also falls into the "kyodai hīro" (巨大ヒーロー, "giant hero") subgenre of tokusatsu shows.