Keepin' Cool in the Summer Heat with Tokusatsu!

Teruyoshi Nakano. Photo by Brett Homenick.

Although they are a lot more rare these days, last night was a Saturday evening like many others in previous months and years. Former Toho SFX director Teruyoshi Nakano attended a similar event to those he has guested in the past. I think we have to give him a lot of credit for returning, given the current situation.

Naturally, the requisite safety precautions were taken. And my mask only came off long enough for the above photo to be taken. Of course, it was another fun evening, and I had the chance to ask Nakano-san a question, even though I knew there was little chance he'd know the answer.

In my second interview with Shigeo Kato, Kato-san described a scene in Submersion of Japan (1973) that doesn't appear to be in the film at all. He described a scene in a house in which fireballs were dropped on the actors in a fairly dangerous stunt. As predicted, Nakano-san didn't recall it, but since it was filmed on the drama side of the production, it wouldn't have been under his supervision, anyway. Well, it was worth a shot.

Suffice it to say, another great time was had by all.