Haruo Nakajima (1929-2017) was the first actor to do the Godzilla suit in 1954, and he continued to do so for the first 12 Godzilla films of the Showa era [not to mention other key suit-performances, including the title roles in Rodan (1956), Mothra (as larvae) (1961) and King Kong Escapes (1967).]
I had met Nakajima-san in 2014, before I had this amazing book of photographs. When he attended a convention in Santa Clara in 2016, I was thankfully able to get him to sign it as well.
The book has numerous great photos from one of my favorite Godzilla films, Godzilla's Revenge.
Here are two photos of Haruo Nakajima with his Godzilla suit, which I had signed the two times I met him.
Here we are at Monsterpalooza (or Son of) in 2014.
I'll be back next week with to highlight another item from my Godzilla collection!
