Teruyoshi Nakano

Japanese special effects director (1935–2022)

Teruyoshi "Shokei" Nakano^[3] (中野 昭慶, Nakano Teruyoshi, October 9, 1935 – June 27, 2022) was a Japanese special effects director.

Early life

Nakano was born on (1935-10-09)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] His family was transported to Niihama, Ehime, Japan after Japan's defeat in 1945, where he graduated elementary school before moving to Kyoto two years later.^[6][7]

Career

Filmography

Film and television

References

1. Nakano & Someya 2014, p. 26.
2. "特技監督の中野昭慶さんが死去 「日本沈没」「ゴジラ」の特撮". Yahoo! Japan (in Japanese). July 5, 2022. Archived from the original on July 5, 2022. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
3. Galbraith IV 1998, p. 39.
4. Nakamura et al. 2014, p. 100.
5. Nakano & Someya 2014, p. 27-28.
6. Tanaka 1983, p. 542.
7. Nakano & Someya 2014, p. 48.

• Galbraith IV, Stuart (1998). Monsters are Attacking Tokyo!. Feral House. ISBN 978-0922915477.
• Nakamura, Tetsu; Shiraishi, Masahiko; Aita, Tetsuo; Tomoi, Taketo; Shimazaki, Jun; Maruyama, Takeshi; Shimizu, Toshifumi; Hayakawa, Masaru (2014). ゴジラ 東宝チャンピオンまつり パーフェクション [Godzilla Toho Champion Festival Perfection] (in Japanese). Kadokawa/ASCII Media Works. ISBN 978-4048669993.
• Nakano, Teruyoshi; Someya, Katsuki (2014). 特技監督 中野昭慶 [Director of Special Effects: Teruyoshi Nakano] (in Japanese) (Second ed.). Wides Publishing. ISBN 978-4898302804.
• Tanaka, Tomoyuki (1983). 東宝特撮映画全史 [The Complete History of Toho Special Effects Movies] (in Japanese). Toho Publishing. ISBN 4-924609-00-5.

External links

• https://www.tohokingdom.com/people/teruyoshi_nakano.html
• Milner, David. Yoshihiko Shibata (trans.) July 1994. "An Interview with Teruyoshi Nakano", Kaiju Fan Online.