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Gigan (Japanese: ガイガン, Hepburn: Gaigan) is a kaiju from Toho's Godzilla franchise who first appeared in the 1972 film, Godzilla vs. Gigan.Gigan is a giant extraterrestrial space monster, resembling a species of reptile, who was turned into a cyborg by the alien race known as the Nebulans.
Godzilla vs. Gigan (Japanese: 地球攻撃命令 ゴジラ対ガイガン, Hepburn: Chikyū Kōgeki Meirei Gojira Tai Gaigan, lit. Earth Destruction Directive: Godzilla vs. Gigan ) , is a 1972 Japanese kaiju film directed by Jun Fukuda , written by Shinichi Sekizawa , and produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka , with special effects by Teruyoshi Nakano .
Haruo Nakajima (Japanese: 中島 春雄, Hepburn: Nakajima Haruo, January 1, 1929 – August 7, 2017) [2] 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 (1954) until Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972).
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus became a box-office bomb (grossing ¥1.2 billion against its ¥700−800 million budget), substantially affecting the planning of Kaneko's film. [1] [6] Regardless, Tomiyama and executives agreed to let Kaneko continue developing the film, having gained enough faith that he would deliver a critical and commercial hit. [6]
Godzilla vs. Megalon (ゴジラ対メガロ, Gojira tai Megaro) is a 1973 Japanese kaiju film directed by Jun Fukuda, written by Fukuda and Shinichi Sekizawa, and produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka, with special effects by Teruyoshi Nakano.
Nakano was born on () October 9, 1935 in Andong, Manchukuo (now Dandong, Liaoning, China). [1] His father worked for an affiliate of South Manchuria Railway called International Transport. [ 4 ] His childhood was characterized by wealth, and he attended Andō Yamato Arimichi National Elementary School. [ 5 ]
1 Yasuaki Maeda ( 前田 靖昭 , Maeda Yasuaki , 27 May 1947 – 16 December 2023) , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] known professionally as Kenpachiro Satsuma ( 薩摩 剣八郎 , Satsuma Kenpachirō ) , was a Japanese actor and stuntman.
G-Fest, often typeset as G-FEST, is an annual convention devoted to the Godzilla film franchise and other kaiju (literally strange beast, also the name of the genre of Japanese giant monster movies) franchises such as Gamera and the Ultra Series.