Keizô Murase

Keizō Murase 村瀬継蔵 Murase Keizō October 5 1935 October 14 2024 was a Japanese suitmaker stuntman sculptor modeller and film director He is particularly well known for his work in giant monster films including Mothra 1961 King Kong vs Godzilla 1962 and The Mighty Peking Man 1977 In 1958 Toho hired Murase to sculpt the Varan suit for Varan the Unbelievable An amateur photographer Murase extensively documented his work which was published in his 2015 autobiography Monster Maker Keizo Murase After working for Daiei Film on Gamera he Masao Yagi and Akira Suzuki founded the modelling company Ex Productions he later left in 1972 to form his own company Twenty Murase died from cirrhosis of the liver on October 14 2024 at the age of 89