July 31, 1966 –
The cult classic movie, The War of the Gargantuas (AKA ,Furankenshutain no Kaiju: Sanda tai Gaira) directed by Ishiro Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya, and starring Russ Tamblyn, Kumi Mizuno, Kenji Sahara, Yû Sekida and Haruo Nakajima, was release on this date, in Japan.
Haruo Nakajima, the man who played many of the Toho monsters, including Godzilla in 12 of his original 15 films, has said Gaira, the evil Green Gargantua, was his favorite to portray due to the flexibility of the costume and because his eyes were visible through the mask, allowing him to emote better.
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