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| A Yuji Sakai Godzilla at the entrance of Tokyo Laboratory. Photo by Brett Homenick. |
On Friday, September 30, I had an appointment with former Toho assistant director Toshifumi Shimizu at Tokyo Laboratory (a.k.a. Togen) in Chofu. The appointment lasted a couple of hours and was quite enjoyable.
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| Toshifumi Shimizu. Photo by Brett Homenick. |
Shimizu-san started his work at Toho with Rebirth of Mothra (1996) and became an assistant director on Godzilla 2000 (1999). He worked on each Millennium series Godzilla movie (in one capacity or another) all the way through Godzilla: Final Wars (2004). He served as an SFX director in his own right on the Toho film A Tale of Mari and Three Puppies (2007).
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| Toshifumi Shimizu. Photo by Brett Homenick. |
I certainly appreciated all the hospitality that Shimizu-san showed me. I didn't expect it, but he definitely went above and beyond my expectations. It was a great afternoon and a very enlightening one, too.
And that's a wrap!
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