A look at the unrecognized work of the talented artists and craftsmen who've maintained the tradition of Japanese special-effects. Highlighted is Yasuyuki Inoue along with various crew members who crafted meticulously detailed miniatures and risked life and limb as suit actors. All done to bring to life some of film's most iconic monsters through a distinct Japanese artform.
Jiro Shirasaki (Shirasaki Jirō, born in 1939), is a Japanese special effects art director and modeler. His first film was Toho's "Mothra" (1961), where he worked as an assistant. He would continue as a special effects assistant art director (frequently under Yasuyuki Inoue) until the studio's twelfth Godzilla film, "Godzilla vs. Gigan" (1972), also modeling and refurbishing the King Ghidorah suit.
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