Haruo Nakajima (Japanese: 中島 春雄, Hepburn: Nakajima Haruo, January 1, 1929 – August 7, 2017) was a Japanese actor and stunt performer. A pioneer of suit acting, he is best known for playing Godzilla in 12 consecutive films, starting from the original Godzilla (1954) until Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972). Nakajima also played various other kaiju in Toho's tokusatsu films, including: Mothra (1961) and The War of the Gargantuas (1966) and also appeared in a minor role in Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai (1954). More about Haruo Nakajima
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Nakajima was born in Yamagata. His first credited role in a motion picture was in the 1952 film Sword for Hire. He began his career as a stunt actor in samurai films and he acted in a small role in the 1954 film Seven Samurai, portraying a bandit slain by master swordsman Kyūzo (Seiji Miyaguchi).In total, we tracked 358 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Haruo Nakajima (HARUO NAKAJIMA Suit Actor Signed 6 GODZILLA FUNKO POP Autograph BECKETT COA A) was sold in May 2021 for $799.00 while the cheapest item (Haruo Nakajima Godzilla signed 8 x 10 photo autograph) found a new owner for $3.24 in May 2020. The month with the most items sold (9) was December 2020 with an average selling price of $65.00 for an autographed item of Haruo Nakajima. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in November 2023 with $447.49 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $5.00 was May 2009. In average, an autographed item from Haruo Nakajima is worth $39.00.
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