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Photo © Sharon Szmidt.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/szmidt1.jpgSharon Szmidt. Photo © Sharon Szmidt.2025-04-13T08:05:09+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/09/11/do-the-mario-perry-martin-on-scripting-the-cartoon-adaptations-of-the-super-mario-bros/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/perry_martin3-1.jpgLeft: The American Film Institute's Center for Advanced Film Studies in Los Angeles. Right: Perry during his time as an AFI screenwriter fellow (1983). Photos © Perry Martin.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/perry_martin2-1.jpgLeft: Perry (age 11) as Dracula in a school play. Right: Perry (age 13) on Creature Features with Bob Wilkins. Photos © Perry Martin.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/perry_martin1-1.jpgPhoto © Perry Martin.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/smbss11-1.jpgPerry Martin's script for "Mario Meets Koop-zilla." 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Photo © Brett Homenick.2025-02-26T07:31:11+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2024/11/07/godzilla-goes-online-mark-meloon-on-the-creation-and-legacy-of-marks-godzilla-page/2025-01-16T03:40:31+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2021/03/05/battle-beyond-the-stars-actor-jack-morris-on-filming-the-green-slime-in-japan/2024-09-21T21:56:15+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2022/03/24/a-young-life-in-cinema-hiroyuki-kawase-on-acting-in-the-godzilla-series-and-working-with-akira-kurosawa/2024-09-20T08:17:22+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2021/12/12/the-masterful-maker-of-monster-beams-sadao-iizuka-on-his-early-life-and-career-at-toho/2024-09-20T08:16:24+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2019/11/10/tokusatsu-the-toho-way-takashi-naganuma-on-creating-sfx-for-the-godzilla-series/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/naganuma2.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/naganuma3.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/naganuma4.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/naganuma5.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/naganuma1.jpgTakashi Naganuma in May 2019. Photo © Brett Homenick.2024-09-20T08:13:32+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/09/24/in-the-grasp-of-gaira-an-interview-with-toho-actress-wakako-tanabe/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/tanabe4.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/tanabe3.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/tanabe2.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/tanabe1.jpgWakako Tanabe holding a set photo of her scene in Mothra vs. Godzilla. Photo © Brett Homenick.2024-09-20T08:02:23+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/09/biomajors-best-derrick-michael-holmes-on-godzilla-vs-biollante/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/derrick_holmes.jpgDerrick Holmes in November 2012. 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Photo © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/tsuzawa4.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/tsuzawa3.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/tsuzawa2.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/tsuzawa1.jpgAkihide Tsuzawa holds his original Ultra Q shooting script in October 2018. Photo © Brett Homenick.2024-01-14T16:35:41+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2019/01/02/gappa-angry-actor-masanori-machida-remembers-playing-saki-in-nikkatsus-kaiju-classic/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/machida3.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/machida2.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/machida4.jpgMr. Machida shows a picture of one of his recent acting roles. Photo © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/machida1.jpgMasanori Machida during the interview on his acting career. Photo © Brett Homenick.2024-01-14T16:27:58+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2020/07/10/godzilla-and-mothra-in-the-90s-assistant-sfx-director-yosuke-nakano-reminisces-about-heisei-era-kaiju/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/yosuke_nakano2.jpgYosuke Nakano in July 2020. Photo © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/yosuke_nakano.jpgYosuke Nakano in December 2019. Photo © Brett Homenick.2023-12-07T13:24:30+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/08/a-brush-with-godzilla-american-actor-jon-gallock-discusses-his-close-encounter-in-godzilla-vs-destoroyah/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/gallock1.jpgJon Gallock in front of Shinjuku Station in September 2013. 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Photo © Alex Cox.2023-10-14T11:12:09+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2023/10/08/godzilla-in-focus-tokusatsu-cinematographer-keiichi-sakurai-on-tohos-biggest-kaiju-movies/2023-10-08T13:17:16+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2021/11/07/memoirs-of-a-godzilla-fandom-pioneer-bradford-boyle-on-publishing-the-seminal-fanzine-japanese-giants/2023-10-02T18:23:15+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2023/10/02/the-shogun-of-shogun-director-jerry-london-looks-back-on-making-the-classic-japanese-miniseries/2023-10-02T18:14:11+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/08/07/from-bergman-to-godzilla-paulette-rubinstein-looks-back-on-her-career-in-voice-acting/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/rubinstein1.jpgIn between Paulette Rubinstein and her daughter, actress Liane Curtis. Photo © Brett Homenick.2023-09-05T16:34:47+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/08/chasing-the-ivory-ape-derek-partridge-on-his-rankin-bass-productions-turn/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/partridge1.jpgDerek Patridge in recent years. Photo © Derek Patridge.2023-08-09T03:17:42+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2023/06/21/an-actress-journey-from-takarazuka-to-tokusatsu-machiko-naka-remembers-her-acting-days-at-toho/2023-07-11T05:26:22+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2022/09/18/mechagodzillas-sequel-secrets-yukiko-takayama-on-writing-the-screenplay-for-terror-of-mechagodzilla/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/takayama.jpgYukiko Takayama in January 2016. Photo © Brett Homenick.2023-06-03T13:59:18+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2017/08/10/the-young-gal-actress-machiko-naka-answers-questions-about-her-toho-days/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/naka1.jpgActress Machiko Naka in October 2015. 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Photo © Brett Homenick.2023-01-28T15:17:29+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2023/01/20/resurrecting-reptilian-marty-poole-on-screenwriting-the-south-korean-monster-movie-yonggary/2023-01-21T13:24:06+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2020/09/19/goin-to-korea-reuben-leder-remembers-the-cult-classic-ape/2023-01-11T07:41:48+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/17/bringing-a-kaiju-classic-to-america-writer-paul-mason-on-the-americanization-of-king-kong-vs-godzilla/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/mason3.jpgPaul Mason poses with his old friend Hachi. 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Photo © Brett Homenick.2022-11-15T08:55:32+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2022/11/15/gameras-first-friend-former-child-actor-yoshiro-uchida-remembers-working-with-daieis-remarkable-flying-turtle/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/uchida9.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/uchida8.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/uchida7.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/uchida6.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/uchida5.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/uchida4.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/uchida3.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/uchida2.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/uchida1.jpgYoshiro Uchida in March 2022. Photo © Brett Homenick.2022-11-15T05:48:31+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2022/11/12/writing-music-for-mutants-composer-eric-allaman-on-his-score-for-tvs-mutant-league/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/eric_allaman-1.jpgPhoto © Eric Allaman.2022-11-12T08:35:11+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2022/11/12/a-mutant-league-of-her-own-rhonda-smiley-on-the-mid-1990s-animated-series-mutant-league/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/smiley4.jpgRazor Kidd is always stylin' even in toy form. Photo © Rhonda Smiley.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/smiley3.jpgK. T. Slayor doesn't need to play the head game when he's got such a sweet ride. Photo © Rhonda Smiley.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/smiley2.jpgBones Justice's BoneSykle is the only way for a mutant to travel. Photo © Rhonda Smiley.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/smiley1.jpgRhonda Smiley. Photo © Rhonda Smiley.2022-11-12T05:40:22+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2017/09/18/flying-toward-the-future-actor-dore-kraus-on-his-turn-as-ultraman/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/kraus1.jpgActor and TV personality Daniel Kahl. Photo © Brett Homenick.2022-11-11T09:21:35+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2015/03/24/bodmer-in-outer-space-heinz-bodmer-on-his-career-as-an-extra-in-japanese-films/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/scan-extra0015.jpgHeinz Bodmer and Andrew Hughes (second from right) pose with Shintoho star Toshio Hosokawa on the set of Teiso no Arashi (1959). Photo © Heinz Bodmer.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/scan-extra0021-1.jpgscan extra0021 (1)https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/scan-extra0013.jpgscan extra0013https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/scan-extra0008.jpgscan extra0008https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/scan-extra0003-1.jpgscan extra0003 (1)https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/scan-extra00021.jpgscan extra0002https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/scan-extra0023.jpgscan extra0023https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/scan-extra0006.jpgscan extra0006https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/scan-extra0004.jpgscan extra0004https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/scan-extra0005.jpgscan extra00052022-11-11T09:17:14+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2015/08/01/filmmaking-during-the-showa-era-a-look-back-at-the-golden-age-of-cinema-with-tatsuyoshi-ehara/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ehara6.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ehara5.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ehara4.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ehara3.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ehara2.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ehara1.jpgActor Tatsuyoshi Ehara recalls his acting career. Photo © Brett Homenick.2022-11-11T09:14:30+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2019/07/18/a-look-back-on-the-godzilla-series-toho-sfx-director-teruyoshi-nakano-reflects-on-his-godzilla-film-work/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/nakano_6.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/nakano_4.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/nakano_3.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/nakano_2.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/nakano_1.jpgTeruyoshi Nakano in June 2017. Photo © Brett Homenick.2022-11-11T05:28:56+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2017/05/09/making-godzilla-fly-an-interview-with-godzilla-director-yoshimitsu-banno/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/banno4.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/banno3.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/banno2.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/banno1.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.2022-10-19T15:53:13+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2022/09/25/my-life-with-godzilla-toho-star-akira-takarada-reflects-on-his-decades-long-association-with-filmdoms-mightiest-monster/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/takarada9.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/takarada8.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/takarada7.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/takarada6.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/takarada5.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/takarada4.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/takarada3.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/takarada2.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/takarada1.jpgAkira Takarada performs onstage in July 2015. Photo © Brett Homenick.2022-09-25T14:25:26+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2019/11/10/godzillas-first-co-star-akira-takarada-reminisces-about-his-famous-classmate-the-king-of-the-monsters/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/takarada6.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/takarada5.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/takarada4.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/takarada3.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/takarada2.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/takarada1.jpgAkira Takarada in July 2012. Photo © Brett Homenick.2022-09-23T13:05:21+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2022/09/05/godzillas-unsung-animator-ernest-geefay-on-animating-the-short-parody-film-bambis-revenge/2022-09-05T12:46:43+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2022/08/30/recollections-of-tohos-god-of-clouds-fuchimu-shimakura-on-painting-the-studios-tokusatsu-backdrops/2022-08-30T15:58:32+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2022/08/09/an-animated-life-in-tokusatsu-minoru-kujirai-on-his-anime-and-sfx-work-at-tsuburaya-productions-and-toei/2022-08-09T14:20:55+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2022/08/01/ultraman-flies-into-hollywood-eric-brown-on-his-design-and-modelmaking-work-on-ultraman-the-ultimate-hero/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/eric_brown.pngEric Brown shares a quiet moment with a close friend. Photo © Eric Brown.2022-08-02T16:15:22+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2017/05/13/kazuki-omori-recalls-the-heisei-godzilla-series-tohos-writer-director-shares-his-memories-of-the-king-of-the-monsters/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/kazuki_omori3.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/kazuki_omori2.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/kazuki_omori1.jpgWriter-director Kazuki Omori in January 2017. Photo © Brett Homenick.2022-07-25T10:38:18+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2022/07/20/memories-of-mechagodzilla-sfx-director-teruyoshi-nakano-reflects-on-35-years-of-terror-of-mechagodzilla/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/teruyoshi_nakano.jpgTeruyoshi Nakano in December 2015. Photo © Brett Homenick.2022-07-20T10:51:10+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2022/07/03/revisiting-godzilla-fandoms-glory-days-david-milner-on-writing-for-the-early-kaiju-fanzines-and-interviewing-toho-icons/2022-07-08T16:10:53+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2022/06/13/on-the-trail-of-the-last-dinosaur-a-candid-conversation-with-rankin-bass-associate-producer-benni-korzen/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/sonny_chiba.jpgShinichi Chiba (a.k.a. Sonny Chiba) in January 2019. Photo © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/tom_kotani.jpgDirector Tsugunobu Kotani (a.k.a. Tom Kotani) in May 2018. Photo © Brett Homenick. https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/benni_korzen.jpgBenni Korzen in June 2022. Photo © Benni Korzen.2022-06-13T12:12:31+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2020/12/20/inventing-a-brilliant-acting-career-katsuhiko-sasaki-on-his-toho-roles-and-tokusatsu-legacy/2022-05-24T12:55:37+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2022/05/23/godzilla-gets-a-trim-james-melkonian-on-the-post-production-process-of-godzilla-1985-at-new-world-pictures/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/james_melkonian.jpgPhoto © James Melkonian.2022-05-23T03:51:25+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2022/05/15/bungle-in-the-jungle-director-tom-desimone-on-the-trials-and-tribulations-of-making-the-cult-classic-disasterpiece-terror-in-the-jungle/2022-05-15T11:41:39+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2021/06/17/sync-or-swim-craig-allen-remembers-dubbing-the-90s-godzilla-films-in-hong-kong/2025-10-03T22:24:41+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2021/05/19/producing-godzilla-former-toho-pictures-president-shogo-tomiyama-reflects-on-the-godzilla-series/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/tomiyama_2010.jpgShogo Tomiyama in 2010. Photo © Shogo Tomiyama.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/tomiyama_2021.jpgShogo Tomiyama in 2021. Photo © Shogo Tomiyama.2022-04-17T11:49:48+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2019/05/03/godzilla-on-paper-screenwriter-hiroshi-kashiwabara-on-writing-the-godzilla-series/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/kashiwabara6.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/kashiwabara5.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/kashiwabara4.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/kashiwabara3.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/kashiwabara2.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/kashiwabara1.jpgHiroshi Kashiwabara in March 2019. Photo © Brett Homenick.2022-04-17T11:42:06+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/09/godzilla-gets-tenure-actor-ronald-hoerr-on-his-professorial-roles-in-the-heisei-series/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/hoerr1.jpgRonald Hoerr on the set of Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla with Akira Nakao. Photo © Ronald Hoerr.2022-04-17T11:39:10+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2017/04/12/the-heisei-godzilla-series-revisited-a-conversation-with-actor-andrew-smith/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/smith6.jpgGodzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II. © 1993, Toho Co., Ltd.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/smith5.jpgGodzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II. © 1993, Toho Co., Ltd.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/smith4.jpgAndrew Smith (far right) in Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II. Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II © 1993, Toho Co., Ltd.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/smith3.jpgAndrew Smith (far right) in Godzilla vs. Mothra. Godzilla vs. Mothra © 1992, Toho Co., Ltd.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/smith2.jpgAndrew Smith, Masahiro Takashima, and Ryoko Sano in Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II. © 1993, Toho Co., Ltd.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/smith1.jpgAndrew Smith and Masahiro Takashima in Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II. Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II © 1993, Toho Co., Ltd.2022-04-17T11:36:33+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/07/02/a-canadian-actress-in-tokyo-shelley-sweeney-discusses-her-career-in-godzilla/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/sweeney1.jpgShelley Sweeney in 2017. Photo © Brett Homenick.2022-04-13T13:46:00+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2022/03/22/prelude-to-a-directing-career-toru-murakawa-on-his-years-as-an-assistant-director-at-nikkatsu-studios/2022-03-23T04:26:12+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2022/03/18/a-look-behind-the-mysteries-arthur-maturo-remembers-dr-ruehl-and-the-sci-fi-channels-mysteries-from-beyond-the-other-dominion/2022-03-18T14:18:11+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2022/03/07/bambi-beats-godzilla-john-roope-on-the-making-of-the-comedic-short-film-bambis-revenge/2022-03-09T23:08:09+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2022/03/05/take-it-away-dennis-dennis-michael-miller-remembers-his-days-as-the-nerdy-correspondent-on-the-sci-fi-channels-mysteries-from-beyond-the-other-dominion/2022-03-07T16:38:33+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2022/03/06/in-search-of-dr-ruehl-director-jim-carbonetti-discusses-the-sci-fi-channels-mysteries-from-beyond-the-other-dominion/2022-03-07T03:09:09+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2020/04/22/reminiscences-of-a-showa-actor-chotaro-togin-remembers-acting-during-japans-golden-age/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/togin5.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/togin4.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/togin3.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/togin2.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/togin1.jpgChotaro Togin in May 2019. Photo © Brett Homenick.2022-01-26T13:54:59+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2020/06/19/the-eighth-samurai-shigeo-kato-shares-stories-from-his-decades-long-acting-career/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/shigeo7.jpgMr. Kato holds a certificate from former Toho President Isao Matsuoka. Photo © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/shigeo6-1.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/shigeo5.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/shigeo4.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/shigeo3.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/shigeo2.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/shigeo1.jpgShigeo Kato in March 2019. Photo © Brett Homenick.2022-01-26T13:51:02+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2022/01/18/a-close-encounter-with-ultraman-in-the-outback-jay-hackett-on-acting-in-ultraman-towards-the-future/2022-01-18T05:20:29+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2022/01/13/entering-the-alien-zone-david-omalley-looks-back-on-his-science-fiction-and-horror-screenplays/2022-01-14T16:30:50+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2022/01/13/godzillamania-hits-the-70s-richard-campbell-on-editing-and-publishing-the-kaiju-fanzine-of-his-youth/2022-11-22T16:14:20+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2021/11/19/ultraman-out-west-terry-larsen-on-scripting-the-groundbreaking-tokusatsu-series-ultraman-towards-the-future/2023-07-01T19:19:25+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2017/12/27/celebrating-the-happy-days-actor-yasuhiko-saijo-opens-up-about-ultra-q-and-toho/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/saijo3.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/saijo2.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/saijo1.jpgYasuhiko Saijo in September 2017. Photo © Brett Homenick.2021-12-22T12:49:57+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2017/07/23/kamen-rider-rides-again-actor-keisuke-kato-discusses-kamen-rider-kiva/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/kato3-1.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/kato2-1.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/kato1-1.jpgActor Keisuke Kato in 2012. Photo © Brett Homenick.2021-12-10T01:01:37+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2017/07/23/kazuki-kato-on-kamen-rider-the-superhero-actor-shares-his-memories-from-v3-to-guilala/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/kato3.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/kato2.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/kato1.jpgActor Kazuki Kato in 2012. Photo © Brett Homenick.2021-12-08T15:46:24+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/06/the-granddaddy-of-em-all-greg-shoemaker-on-the-japanese-fantasy-film-journal/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/gshoemaker-1.jpgJapanese Fantasy Film Journal editor Greg Shoemaker with a couple of his closest friends. Photo © Greg Shoemaker.2021-12-08T12:37:58+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2017/05/18/mr-godzilla-speaks-suit-actor-haruo-nakajima-on-playing-the-king-of-the-monsters/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/nakajima3.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/nakajima2.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/nakajima1.jpgGodzilla suit actor Haruo Nakajima answers questions about his career in September 2014. Photo © Brett Homenick.2021-12-08T11:01:25+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/26/amp-it-up-troy-slaten-on-the-making-of-superhuman-samurai-syber-squad/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/slaten1-2.jpgPhoto © Troy Slaten.2021-12-08T10:46:49+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/29/antonios-daughter-speaks-emiko-jade-frost-on-her-cult-film-star-father-robert-dunham/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dunham4-1.jpgPhoto © Emiko Jade Frost.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dunham3-1.jpgPhoto © Emiko Jade Frost.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dunham2.jpgEmiko with her mother. Photo © Emiko Jade Frost.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dunham1.jpgRobert Dunham with his daughter, Emiko. Photo © Emiko Jade Frost.2021-12-08T10:43:18+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2021/05/31/through-the-lens-of-tokusatsu-cinematographer-masao-nakabori-goes-behind-the-scenes-of-the-ultra-series/2021-12-08T10:22:21+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2021/05/18/memoirs-of-an-iconoclastic-screenwriter-fumio-ishimori-on-his-scriptwriting-career-in-japanese-film-and-television/2021-12-08T10:19:48+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2021/06/23/captain-gordons-final-war-actor-don-frye-on-starring-in-godzilla-final-wars/2021-12-08T10:17:27+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2021/07/10/a-screenwriter-for-all-seasons-reuben-bercovitchs-family-reflects-on-his-accomplished-life-and-career/2021-12-08T10:15:32+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2021/12/06/the-king-of-the-movie-posters-meets-the-king-of-the-monsters-ezra-tucker-on-creating-the-american-release-poster-for-godzilla-2000/2021-12-06T03:15:34+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2021/11/19/reflections-of-miss-airlifter-kathy-horan-remembers-her-acting-and-modeling-career-in-japan/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/horan2.jpgKathy Horan leans on the tail of a C-130 that was affectionately known as "Old Shakey." Photo courtesy of Kathy Horan.2022-03-05T22:07:25+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2021/11/07/documenting-giants-from-japan-stephen-mark-rainey-on-creating-the-celebrated-fanzine-japanese-giants/2021-11-13T08:19:12+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2020/12/20/age-of-damon-oriental-cinema-editor-damon-foster-on-his-fascinating-journey-from-film-critic-to-filmmaker/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/damon11.jpgDamon gets kicked by Anthony Houk (using HK-style "powder puffs" to accentuate the full-contact blows) on the set of Age of Demons. Photo © Damon Foster.2021-09-23T12:12:58+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2021/09/14/godzillas-crowning-moment-upas-post-production-supervisor-richard-krown-on-americanizing-toho-classics/2021-09-18T08:43:00+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2021/07/10/designing-the-gargantuas-fred-bercovitch-reveals-his-childhood-contribution-to-war-of-the-gargantuas/2021-07-10T16:42:00+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/11/i-was-a-teenage-movie-maker-donald-f-glut-on-his-kaiju-related-projects/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/glut1.jpgWith Donald F. Glut in Los Angeles in August 2010. Photo © Brett Homenick.2021-06-24T06:22:31+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2021/06/17/up-from-the-depths-martha-humphreys-on-writing-for-hanna-barberas-animated-godzilla/2021-06-17T13:12:01+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2017/09/18/major-spielberg-speaks-daniel-kahl-recalls-godzilla-vs-king-ghidorah/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/kahl1.jpgActor and TV personality Daniel Kahl. Photo © Brett Homenick.2021-06-16T04:51:28+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2017/05/18/the-imagination-of-ib-melchior-a-conversation-with-the-danish-monster-movie-maker/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/melchior1.jpgIb Melchior at his home in July 2012. Photo © Brett Homenick.2021-06-16T04:46:47+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2021/06/15/godzilla-meets-marv-animator-marv-newland-on-creating-the-classic-short-film-bambi-meets-godzilla/2021-06-16T04:41:44+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2019/07/30/reimagining-godzilla-for-the-heisei-era-kazuki-omori-on-updating-godzilla-for-a-new-generation/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/omori6.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/omori5.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/omori4.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/omori3.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/omori2.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/omori1.jpgKazuki Omori in May 2019. Photo © Brett Homenick.2021-06-11T10:45:46+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2017/05/17/putting-words-in-their-mouths-dick-nieskens-talks-dubbing/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/me-hk-2013.jpgPhoto © Dick Nieskens.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/note-pixilated.jpgA handwritten note from William Ross (signature pixelated). Photo © Dick Nieskens.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/me-at-mic-3-4.jpgDick Nieskens at the microphone, doing what he does best. Photo © Dick Nieskens.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/me-at-mic-side.jpgPhoto © Dick Nieskens.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/csf-video-reg-desk.jpgPhoto © Dick Nieskens.2021-06-06T05:24:54+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2017/05/17/man-of-a-thousand-voices-hong-kong-voice-actor-ted-thomas-on-his-prolific-dubbing-career/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/5-2.jpgHong Kong voice actor Ted Thomas. Photo © Ted Thomas. 2021-06-06T04:54:01+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2020/04/29/keeping-tabs-on-ultraman-tsuburaya-pro-script-supervisor-atsuko-tanaka-looks-back-on-her-tokusatsu-career/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/tanaka4-1.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/tanaka5.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/tanaka4.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/tanaka3.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/tanaka2.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/tanaka1.jpgAtsuko Tanaka in March 2020. Photo © Brett Homenick.2021-05-31T09:21:10+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2021/05/19/carrying-on-godzillas-legacy-producer-shogo-tomiyama-on-guiding-the-godzilla-series-into-the-new-millennium/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/tomiyama_2009.jpgShogo Tomiyama in 2009. Photo © Shogo Tomiyama.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/tomiyama_recent.jpgPhoto © Shogo Tomiyama.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/tomiyama_toho_2010.jpgShogo Tomiyama at Toho Studios in 2010. Photo © Shogo Tomiyama.2021-05-21T09:57:24+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2020/04/22/tohos-man-of-action-toru-ibuki-recalls-his-adventurous-years-on-and-off-screen/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ibuki5.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ibuki4.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ibuki3.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ibuki2.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.2021-05-05T15:39:35+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2021/05/03/the-last-samurai-hiroshi-fujioka-recalls-his-career-in-japanese-science-fiction/2021-05-03T17:08:09+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2020/09/09/the-man-who-made-gamera-roar-screenwriter-niisan-takahashi-on-creating-japans-remarkable-flying-turtle/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/takahashi1.jpgNiisan Takahashi in April 2013. Photo © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/takahashi8.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/takahashi7.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/takahashi6.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/takahashi5.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/takahashi4.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/takahashi3.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/takahashi2.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.2021-03-29T11:11:09+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2021/03/20/letters-from-baltonia-steven-greene-on-his-role-as-prime-minister-in-tohos-espy/2021-03-24T02:50:56+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2021/03/21/ultraman-down-under-a-candid-conversation-with-steve-rosewell-about-ultraman-towards-the-future/2021-03-21T11:45:49+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2019/01/22/memories-of-the-manster-actress-terri-zimmern-shares-her-recollections-of-the-enduring-made-in-japan-cult-classic/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/zimmern1.jpgActress Terri Zimmern in the clutches of The Manster.2021-09-16T22:46:38+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2015/08/25/susan-watson-speaks-actress-linda-miller-remembers-king-kong-escapes/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/miller17.jpgLinda Miller and King Kong became fast friends on the Toho lot. Photo courtesy of Linda Miller. King Kong Escapes © 1967, Toho Co., Ltd.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/miller16.jpgToho star Yosuke Natsuki. Photo courtesy of Linda Miller.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/miller15.jpgOn the set of English for Millions with James Harris, a weekly broadcast on NHK. Photo courtesy of Linda Miller.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/miller14-1.jpgLinda Miller takes singing lessons on the advice of a radio program who tried to turn her into a pop star. The singing coach, however, wasn't impressed! Photo courtesy of Linda Miller.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/miller13.jpgMs. Miller writes in English for her weekly radio program. Photo courtesy of Linda Miller.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/miller12.jpgModeling for Honda at the Tokyo Auto Show. Photo courtesy of Linda Miller.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/miller11.jpgPhoto courtesy of Linda Miller.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/miller10.jpgClinging to a tree -- just another day at the office in Japan! Photo courtesy of Linda Miller.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/miller9.jpgAn unidentified Toho executive poses with Linda Miller, Mie Hama, and Arthur Rankin at a dinner. Photo courtesy of Linda Miller. King Kong Escapes © 1967, Toho Co., Ltd.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/miller8.jpgLinda Miller mugs for the audience while a man in a gorilla suit menaces her during a skit for a King Kong Escapes party at the Hilton. Photo courtesy of Linda Miller. King Kong Escapes © 1967, Toho Co., Ltd.2024-01-10T03:41:42+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2016/02/18/from-ultra-seven-to-the-olympics-terry-farnsworth-on-his-acting-career-in-japan-and-beyond/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_22411.jpgIMG_2241Actress Yuriko Hishimi (Anne Yuri) enjoys a break on the set of Ultra Seven. Photo courtesy Terry Farnsworth. Ultra Seven © 1967-68 Tsuburaya Productions.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_22553.jpgIMG_2255Terry's first wife, fashion model Toshiko "Tina" Sato. Photo © Terry Farnsworth.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_22903.jpgIMG_2290Another behind-the-scenes look at The Drifting Avenger. Photo courtesy of Terry Farnsworth. The Drifting Avenger © 1968, Toho Co. Ltd.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_2249.jpgIMG_2249On the set of The Green Slime. Photo courtesy Terry Farnsworth. The Green Slime © 1968, Toei Co., Ltd.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_2247.jpgIMG_2247Terry and Richard Jaeckel have a good time on the set of The Green Slime. Photo courtesy Terry Farnsworth. The Green Slime © 1968, Toei Co., Ltd.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_2261.jpgIMG_2261The fate of the world hangs in the balance in this sequence from Ultra Seven. Photo courtesy of Terry Farnsworth. Ultra Seven © 1967-68, Tsuburaya Productions.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_2240.jpgIMG_2240Photo courtesy Terry Farnsworth. Ultra Seven © 1967-68 Tsuburaya Productions.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_2242.jpgIMG_2242Actress Linda Hardisty (Dorothy Anderson) enjoys a bento lunch in Kobe. Photo courtesy Terry Farnsworth. Ultra Seven © 1967-68 Tsuburaya Productions.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/fullsizerender.jpgFullSizeRenderUltra Garrison springs into action whenever danger arises! Photo courtesy of Terry Farnsworth. Ultra Seven © 1967-68, Tsuburaya Productions.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_2259.jpgIMG_2259The cast and crew of Ultra Seven, on location in Kobe. Photo courtesy of Terry Farnsworth. Ultra Seven © 1967-68, Tsuburaya Productions.2022-12-18T03:26:25+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2016/03/01/george-kennedy-remembers-japan-the-legendary-actor-recalls-making-the-disaster-movie-virus-in-the-far-east/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/kennedy1.jpgA head shot of Academy Award-winning actor George Kennedy.2021-03-19T13:06:20+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2016/03/14/right-for-command-actor-robert-horton-remembers-the-green-slime/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/horton7.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/horton6.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/horton5.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/horton4.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/horton3.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/horton2.jpgRobert Horton discusses The Green Slime as Luciana Paluzzi listens in. Photo © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/horton1.jpgRobert Horton meets his Green Slime co-star Luciana Paluzzi again for the first time in over 40 years in 2009. Photo © Brett Homenick.2021-03-19T13:05:54+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2016/05/27/revisiting-latitude-zero-actress-linda-haynes-recounts-her-toho-experience/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/linda_haynes_lz2smaller.jpglinda_haynes_lz2smallerThat's a wrap! The cast and crew of Latitude Zero pose for a group photo. Latitude Zero © 1969, Toho Co., Ltd.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/linda_haynes_lz1smaller.jpglinda_haynes_lz1smallerMake a wish! Linda Haynes celebrated her birthday during filming of Latitude Zero. Latitude Zero © 1969, Toho Co., Ltd.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/linda_haynes_lz7smaller.jpglinda_haynes_lz7smallerGetting to know the locals in Japan. Photo courtesy of Linda Haynes.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/linda_haynes_lz3smaller.jpglinda_haynes_lz3smallerLinda Haynes and Masumi Okada on the set of Latitude Zero. Latitude Zero © 1969, Toho Co., Ltd.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/linda_haynes_lz6smaller.jpglinda_haynes_lz6smallerLatitude Zero © 1969, Toho Co., Ltd.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/linda_haynes_lz5smaller.jpglinda_haynes_lz5smallerDr. Anne Barton at work in Latitude Zero. Latitude Zero © 1969, Toho Co., Ltd.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/linda_haynes_lz4smaller2.jpglinda_haynes_lz4smallerRichard Jaeckel, Linda Haynes, Akira Takarada, Joseph Cotten, and Kin Omae prepare for battle in Latitude Zero (1969). Latitude Zero © 1969, Toho Co., Ltd.2021-03-19T13:05:14+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2016/09/28/when-ultra-was-not-enough-actor-nick-curror-on-space-warriors-2000/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/curror3.jpghttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/curror2.jpg"Hey, Gomora, don't you know who I am?" asks the red and silver superhero from M78.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/curror1.jpgNick Curror (right) plays the young boy Nicholas in Space Warriors 2000.2021-03-19T13:04:41+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2016/09/29/lord-zedd-speaks-voice-actor-robert-axelrod-on-mighty-morphin-power-rangers/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/axelrod1.jpgVoice actor Robert Axelrod.2021-03-19T13:04:00+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2016/11/19/linda-hardisty-celebrated-author-mike-worley-remembers-the-beloved-ultra-seven-actress/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/worley1.jpgMike Worley during his law-enforcement career. Photo courtesy of Mike Worley.2021-03-19T13:03:19+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2017/04/27/kazuaki-kiriya-on-casshern-the-director-recalls-his-international-box-office-smash/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/kiriya.jpgPhoto © Kazuaki Kiriya.2021-03-19T13:02:24+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2017/05/18/yuriko-hishimi-reflects-on-ultra-seven-and-godzilla-the-actress-who-played-anne-yuri-celebrates-50-years-of-ultra-seven/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/yuriko_hishimi.jpgActress Yuriko Hishimi in March 2012. Photo © Brett Homenick.2021-03-19T13:00:42+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/05/21/the-woman-behind-grace-miyabe-actress-linda-mabrey-recalls-ultra-seven-and-her-singing-career-in-japan/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/mabrey9.jpgLinda on the cover of Beauty Club magazine. Photo © Linda Mabrey.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/mabrey8.jpgLinda with Masumi Okada. Photo © Linda Mabrey.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/mabrey7.jpgLinda's album Blue Light. Photo © Linda Mabrey.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/mabrey6.jpgPhoto © Linda Mabrey.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/mabrey5.jpgLinda (on the right) in The Green Slime. Photo © Linda Mabrey.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/mabrey4.jpgLinda's script for Hadaka no Machi (a.k.a. Naked City). Photo © Linda Mabrey.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/mabrey3.jpgLinda Mabrey during her modeling days. Photo © Linda Mabrey.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/mabrey2.jpgPhoto © Linda Mabrey.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/mabrey1.jpgActress Linda Mabrey in the present day. Photo © Linda Mabrey.2021-03-19T12:58:01+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/06/luciana-paluzzi-remembers-mgms-the-green-slime-1968/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/paluzzi1.jpgBrett Homenick and Luciana Paluzzi in July 2010. Photo © Brett Homenick.2021-03-19T12:55:54+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/06/days-of-resurrection-michael-lennick-recalls-kinji-fukasakus-virus/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/lennick7.jpgPhoto © Michael Lennick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/lennick6.jpgPhoto © Michael Lennick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/lennick5.jpgPhoto © Michael Lennick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/lennick4.jpgPhoto © Michael Lennick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/lennick3.jpgPhoto © Michael Lennick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/lennick2.jpgPhoto © Michael Lennick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/lennick1.jpgMichael Lennick on Virus' Palmer Station set. Photo © Michael Lennick.2021-03-19T12:54:52+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/08/shooting-the-tidal-wave-cinematographer-eric-saarinen-recounts-filming-roger-cormans-japanese-adaptation/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/saarinen1.jpgEric Saarinen on location during a shoot. Photo © Eric Saarinen.2021-03-19T12:53:28+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/08/ship-commander-speaks-kent-gilbert-talks-godzilla-vs-king-ghidorah/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/gilbert1.jpgKent Gilbert in August 2011. Photo © Brett Homenick.2021-03-19T12:51:31+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/11/fly-me-to-the-moon-actress-elise-richter-recalls-tohos-battle-in-outer-space/2021-03-19T12:48:56+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/14/the-other-side-of-the-street-fighter-shinichi-sonny-chiba-recalls-his-japanese-sci-fi-roles/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/chiba1.jpgShinichi "Sonny" Chiba in January 2017. Photo © Brett Homenick.2021-03-19T12:48:07+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/15/woman-from-the-23rd-century-anna-nakagawa-on-starring-in-godzilla-vs-king-ghidorah/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/nakagawa4.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/nakagawa3.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/nakagawa2.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/nakagawa1.jpgAnna Nakagawa in February 2012. Photo © Brett Homenick.2021-03-19T12:47:07+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/15/far-east-story-george-chakiris-remembers-flight-from-ashiya/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/chakiris3.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/chakiris2.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/chakiris1.jpgAcademy Award winner George Chakiris in July 2010. Photo © Brett Homenick.2021-03-19T12:46:13+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/15/battling-the-virus-george-touliatos-recounts-his-experiences-on-kinji-fukasakus-sprawling-sci-fi-epic/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/touliatos1.jpgA publicity still of actor George Touliatos.2021-03-19T12:44:23+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/17/saving-the-world-from-the-virus-bo-svenson-on-his-turn-in-kinji-fukasakus-end-of-the-world-thriller/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/svenson1.jpgBo Svenson in a 2007 publicity still. Photo © Bo Svenson.2021-03-19T12:43:30+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/17/cult-classic-memories-philip-casnoff-recalls-acting-in-the-japanese-space-opera-message-from-space/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/casnoff1.jpgA recent head shot of Philip Casnoff. Photo © Philip Casnoff.2021-03-19T12:42:30+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/17/princess-from-space-peggy-lee-brennan-on-playing-meia-in-the-japanese-cult-classic-message-from-space/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/brennan1.jpgAn early head shot of Peggy Lee Brennan. Photo © Peggy Lee Brennan.2021-03-19T12:41:51+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/17/a-burning-love-for-godzilla-kyle-cooper-on-designing-the-opening-title-sequence-for-godzilla-final-wars/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/cooper1.jpgWhen Kyle Cooper imagined his name in lights, this is probably not what he had in mind. Photo © Kyle Cooper.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/cooper2.jpgMaking the opening title sequence for Godzilla: Final Wars. Photo © Kyle Cooper.2021-03-19T12:40:34+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/19/defending-the-earth-actor-jonathan-legg-remembers-shooting-godzilla-final-wars/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/legg2.jpgFun times on the set of Godzilla: Final Wars. Photo © Jonathan Legg.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/legg1.jpgJonathan Legg (center, in the black shirt) poses with other cast and crew members of Godzilla Final Wars. Director Ryuhei Kitamura is second from the left. Photo © Jonathan Legg.2021-03-19T12:39:03+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/19/behind-the-scenes-with-godzilla-98-sfx-supervisor-guy-himber-reveals-the-secrets-of-the-first-americanized-godzilla/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/himber1-1.jpgGuy Himber and his son pose with the Big G. Photo © Guy Himber.2021-03-19T12:38:32+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/20/save-the-earth-vocalist-adryan-russ-reflects-on-godzilla-vs-the-smog-monster/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/adryangodzilla1.jpgAdryan Russ poses with a Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster poster in 2007. Photo © Adryan Russ.2021-03-19T12:37:50+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/20/gunhed-memories-brenda-bakke-on-her-starring-role-in-tohos-futuristic-actioner/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/brenda_bakke4.jpgGunhed © 1989, Toho Co., Ltd.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/brenda_bakke3.jpgGunhed © 1989, Toho Co., Ltd.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/brenda_bakke2.jpgGunhed © 1989, Toho Co., Ltd.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/brenda_bakke1.jpgBrenda Bakke and Masahiro Takashima on the set of Gunhed. Gunhed © 1989, Toho Co., Ltd.2021-03-19T12:37:20+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/20/captain-douglas-gordon-reports-for-duty-don-frye-on-starring-in-godzilla-final-wars/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/frye3.jpgActor and UFC star Don Frye. Photo © IFL.2021-03-19T12:36:41+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/26/the-hunt-for-red-godzilla-dennis-falt-on-playing-godzilla-1985s-russian-submarine-captain/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/falt1.jpgActor Dennis Falt in a recent picture. Photo © Dennis Falt.2021-03-19T12:35:51+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/26/rewriting-godzilla-lisa-tomei-on-americanizing-godzilla-1985/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/tomei1.pngScreenwriter Lisa Tomei in a recent picture. Photo © Lisa Tomei.2021-03-19T12:34:22+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/26/godzilla-attacks-the-new-world-producer-tony-randel-on-bringing-godzilla-1985-to-american-shores/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/randel1.jpgProducer Tony Randel in a 2007 picture. Photo © Sammi Davis.2021-03-19T12:32:41+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/29/keeping-an-eye-on-godzilla-patrick-feren-on-working-on-the-set-of-godzilla-1985/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/feren1.jpgPhoto © Patrick Feren.2021-03-19T12:31:35+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/29/up-close-and-personal-with-zilla-michael-croaker-on-his-role-in-godzilla-final-wars/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/michael_croaker2.jpgPhoto © Michael Croaker.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/michael_croaker.jpgPhoto © Michael Croaker.2021-03-19T12:31:11+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/07/01/how-to-make-ultraman-kevin-hudson-on-his-experience-creating-ultraman-the-ultimate-hero/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/hudson31.jpgBanila and Aboras square off against Ultraman. Photo © Kevin Hudson. https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/hudson5.jpgKevin Hudson comforts Zambolar after a fierce battle with Ultraman. Photo © Kevin Hudson. https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/hudson4.jpgRed King only travels in style. Photo © Kevin Hudson. https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/hudson2.jpgKevin Hudson and Bruce Fuller pose with an old friend. Photo © Kevin Hudson. https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/hudson1.jpgKevin Hudson with Shinji Higuchi on the set of Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero. Photo © Kevin Hudson. 2021-03-19T12:29:35+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/29/on-godzilla-and-raymond-burr-godzilla-1985s-first-assistant-director-lee-berger-shares-his-memories-from-the-set/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/berger1.jpgLee Berger (left) and Steve Dubin pose with a poster of Godzilla 1985. Photo © Lee Berger.2021-03-19T12:28:03+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/29/godzilla-makes-the-cut-editor-michael-spence-on-trimming-godzilla-1985/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/spence1.jpgPhoto © Michael Spence.2021-03-19T12:27:43+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/29/godzilla-gets-americanized-straw-weisman-on-rewriting-godzilla-1985/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/weisman1.jpgScreenwriter Straw Weisman in 2007. Photo © Straw Weisman.2021-03-19T12:27:25+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/29/nycs-finest-meets-rodan-mick-preston-remembers-shooting-godzilla-final-wars/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/preston1.jpgPhoto © Mick Preston.2025-03-19T08:48:34+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/29/blown-away-by-rodan-darren-schnase-on-his-role-in-godzilla-final-wars/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/schnase1.jpgPhoto © Darren Schnase.2021-03-19T12:26:18+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/30/burning-godzilla-into-our-memories-ernest-farino-on-creating-the-main-title-sequence-for-godzilla-1985/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ernest_farino2.jpgPhotos © Ernest Farino.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ernest_farino.jpgErnest Farino directs second unit scenes for Frank Herbert's Dune for the Sci-Fi Channel. Photo © Ernest Farino.2021-03-19T12:25:22+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/07/01/shes-a-winr-actress-robyn-bliley-shares-her-memories-of-ultraman-the-ultimate-hero/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/ultraman_cast.jpgUltraman: The Ultimate Hero's WINR team assembles! Robyn Bliley is third from the left. Kane Kosugi is at the far right. Photo © Robyn Bliley.2021-03-19T12:24:17+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/08/02/progressive-godzilla-keith-emerson-on-composing-the-film-score-to-godzilla-final-wars/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/keith_emerson.jpgKeith Emerson in the 1970s. Photo © Jorgen Angel/Redferns.2021-03-19T12:21:21+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/08/19/chasing-the-last-dinosaur-a-candid-conversation-with-joan-van-ark/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/last_dinosaur31-1.jpgJoan van Ark in conversation with Richard Boone on the set of The Last Dinosaur. The photo, from Joan van Ark's personal collection, is signed by Richard Boone. Photo © Joan van Ark. The Last Dinosaur © 1977, Tsuburaya Productions.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/last_dinosaur21.jpgJoan van Ark and Steven Keats. Photo © Joan van Ark. The Last Dinosaur © 1977, Tsuburaya Productions.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/last_dinosaur13.jpgJoan van Ark with Steven Keats (left) and Richard Boone (right) on the set of The Last Dinosaur. Photo © Joan van Ark. The Last Dinosaur © 1977, Tsuburaya Productions.2021-03-19T12:20:09+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/08/03/remembering-ultraman-the-ultimate-hero-producer-julie-avola-on-bringing-japans-greatest-hero-stateside/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/avola5.jpgKing Wilder directs his cast. Photo © Robyn Bliley.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/avola4.jpgUltraman and Red King pal around with Bruce Fuller in between takes. Photo © Robyn Bliley.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/avola3.jpgKane Kosugi and Robyn Bliley. Photo © Robyn Bliley.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/avola2.jpgPhoto © Robyn Bliley.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/avola1.jpgPhoto courtesy of Robyn Bliley.2021-03-19T12:19:27+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/08/28/the-grenchiko-tapes-actor-richard-berger-remembers-godzilla-vs-king-ghidorah/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/berger2.jpgRichard Berger (left) poses with Godzilla and Android M11. Photo © Richard Berger.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/berger1.jpgRichard Berger on the set of Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah with the Godzilla suit. Photo © Richard Berger.2021-03-19T12:18:22+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/09/01/ultraman-gets-a-rewrite-john-douglas-on-scripting-ultraman-the-ultimate-hero/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/douglas1.jpgPhoto © John Douglas.2021-03-19T12:18:00+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/09/13/a-view-from-the-future-godzilla-vs-king-ghidorahs-wilson-on-his-memorable-heisei-series-role/2021-03-19T12:17:31+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/09/16/the-brains-behind-brain-17-michael-part-on-americanizing-a-japanese-cult-classic/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/part7.jpgHandwritten lines for Brain 17. Photo © Michael Part.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/part6.jpgEditing the script for Brain 17 was a careful and delicate process. Photo © Michael Part.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/part5.jpgThe dubbing script for "Revenge of the Defenders," which eventually became Brain 17. Photo © Michael Part.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/part4.jpgMarla Frumkin (Finn), who played some of the females in Brain 17, and Michael Part recording voices. Photo © Michael Part.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/part3.jpgHome video cover art for Brain 17. Photo © Family Home Entertainment.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/part2.jpgThe board and studio where Swords of the Space Ark and Brain 17 were made. Asao Yamanaka from NHK stands next to Michael Part. Photo © Michael Part.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/part1.jpgFor Michael Part, it's just another day at the office. Photo © Michael Part.2021-03-19T12:16:09+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/10/16/recollections-of-body-of-the-prey-atsuko-rome-looks-back-on-her-starring-role-in-ed-woods-japanese-monster-movie/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/rome2.jpgAtsuko Rome in more recent years. Photo © Atsuko Rome.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/rome1.jpgAtsuko Rome around the time she starred in Body of the Prey. Photo © Atsuko Rome.2021-03-19T12:15:39+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2019/01/02/godzillas-final-cut-director-ryuhei-kitamura-on-crafting-godzillas-50th-anniversary-film-godzilla-final-wars/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/kitamura5.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/kitamura4.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/kitamura3.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/kitamura2.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/kitamura1.jpgDirector Ryuhei Kitamura in August 2018. Photo © Brett Homenick.2021-03-19T12:13:44+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2019/03/07/sayonara-jupiter-hello-japan-actor-ron-irwin-on-his-standout-role-in-tohos-sprawling-sci-fi-epic/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/irwin4-1.jpgRon Irwin in a TV commercial for Aohata, which had to be shot in one take as the sun was rising.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/irwin1-1.jpgRon Irwin modeling for Monsieur Nicole in Japan.2021-03-19T12:12:19+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2019/03/26/an-ultra-adventure-in-australia-actor-david-grybowski-reflects-on-ultraman-towards-the-future/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/grybowski.jpgActor David Grybowski in a recent head shot. Photo © David Grybowski.2021-03-19T12:11:18+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2019/05/27/gunnin-for-gunhed-james-brewster-thompson-on-making-tohos-ambitious-futuristic-thriller/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/thompson6-1.jpgJames Thompson poses for a picture with two close friends. Photo © James Thompson.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/thompson4-1.jpgJames Thompson performs in a sumo wrestling match in Japan. Photo © James Thompson.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/thompson3-1.jpgJames Thompson has enjoyed performing ventriloquism for many years. Photo © James Thompson.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/thompson2-1.jpgGunhed © 1989, Toho Co., Ltd.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/thompson1-2.jpgBarabbas, played by James Thompson, is ready for action! Gunhed © 1989, Toho Co., Ltd.2021-03-19T12:10:42+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2019/06/08/mondo-island-memoirs-actor-rhodes-reason-on-his-starring-role-in-king-kong-escapes/2021-03-19T12:10:14+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2020/04/23/kickboxing-godzilla-mma-fighter-ray-sefo-on-his-godzilla-final-wars-cameo/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ray_sefo.jpgPhoto © Ray Sefo.2021-03-19T12:08:25+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2020/07/25/bringing-the-easts-greatest-hero-to-the-west-todd-gilbert-on-scripting-ultraman-the-ultimate-hero/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/todd2.jpegPhoto © Todd Gilbert.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/todd1.jpegUltraman Powered stands ready for action. Photo © Todd Gilbert.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/todd.jpegTodd Gilbert poses with Zambolar during the making of Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero. Photo © Todd Gilbert.2021-03-19T12:07:13+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2020/11/16/the-godzilla-series-roving-reporter-actress-beth-blatt-shares-her-memories-from-the-set-of-godzilla-vs-biollante/2021-03-19T12:02:39+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2020/12/10/from-monster-kid-to-monster-maker-model-maker-norman-yeend-on-living-the-dream-on-the-set-of-ultraman/2021-03-19T12:01:51+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2017/04/27/shine-bright-kenji-sahara-on-his-motion-picture-career/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/sahara4.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/sahara3.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/sahara2.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/sahara1.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.2021-03-19T11:49:02+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2021/02/12/ultraman-returns-to-australia-lewis-morley-on-his-sfx-contributions-to-ultraman-zearth/2021-02-12T10:38:14+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2021/01/17/the-woman-behind-prince-planet-and-johnny-sokko-actress-catherine-byers-recalls-her-early-dubbing-career/2021-01-17T14:22:33+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2021/01/02/a-great-time-with-ultraman-great-lloyd-morris-on-playing-uma-member-charles-morgan-for-tsuburaya-productions/2021-01-02T04:03:48+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2020/10/23/inside-tohos-mightiest-monsters-a-candid-conversation-with-nobuyuki-yasumaru-about-his-kaiju-creations/2020-11-12T13:14:52+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2020/10/30/going-to-see-godzilla-yoshinobu-kaneko-recounts-his-experiences-as-a-young-actor-in-the-showa-era/2020-10-30T11:51:18+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2020/10/23/revisiting-japans-master-monster-maker-keizo-murase-answers-more-questions-about-creating-kaiju/2020-10-23T16:12:37+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/05/23/memories-of-japans-master-monster-maker-keizo-murase-shares-the-secrets-of-the-worlds-greatest-kaiju/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/murase4.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/murase3.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/murase2.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/murase1.jpgKeizo Murase (with Varan) in April 2018. Photo © Brett Homenick.2020-10-22T15:48:02+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2020/09/17/keeper-of-the-faith-actress-faith-clift-remembers-philip-yordan-and-his-films/2021-10-31T06:22:50+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2020/08/19/untold-tales-of-godzilla-roger-holden-on-his-unmade-godzilla-projects-and-working-with-director-yoshimitsu-banno/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/holden17.jpgMr. Banno enjoys dinner with his secretary Masaaki Onohara in a photo reproduced with permission. Photo © Masaaki Onohara.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/holden16.jpgMr. Holden poses with Star Wars actor Anthony Daniels in 2005. Photo © Roger Holden.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/holden14.jpgGodzilla and Mothra are prominently displayed in Koichi Kawakita's office. Photo © Roger Holden.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/holden13.jpgAnother view of Koichi Kawakita's office. Photo © Roger Holden.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/holden12.jpgMothra just hanging around Koichi Kawakita's office in July 1992. Photo © Roger Holden.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/holden11.jpgFilming taking place in and around Toho's Big Pool in July 1992. Photo © Roger Holden.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/holden10.jpgRoger Holden poses with SFX director Koichi Kawakita inside a tent during the filming of Godzilla vs. Mothra. Photo © Roger Holden.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/holden9.jpgYoshimitsu Banno inspects Mothra's wings on the set of Godzilla vs. Mothra. Photo © Roger Holden.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/holden8.jpgYoshimitsu Banno in front of Toho's Big Pool during the filming of Godzilla vs. Mothra in July 1992. Photo © Roger Holden.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/holden7.jpgAnother image rendered by Mr. Holden for the 1992 Toho meeting using an Amiga computer of the morphing VR monster from his proposed Godzilla movie. Photo © Roger Holden.2020-08-29T14:43:12+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2020/08/09/hollywoods-six-shooter-samurai-alex-cox-on-his-new-film-tombstone-rashomon-and-akira-kurosawa/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/alex_cox4.jpgPhoto © Katsumi Ishikuma.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/alex_cox3.jpgAlex Cox poses with actor Tatsuya Nakadai. Photo © Katsumi Ishikuma.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/alex_cox2.jpgAlex Cox with Toho director Senkichi Taniguchi. Photo © Katsumi Ishikuma.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/alex_cox1.jpgPhoto © Alex Cox.2020-08-09T14:36:06+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2017/05/13/a-gaijins-life-in-japan-tom-korzeniowski-reminisces-about-1960s-tokyo/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/korzeniowski2.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/korzeniowski1.jpgTom Korzeniowski and the author in July 2012. Photo © Brett Homenick.2020-08-01T09:53:55+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2020/07/25/chasing-kung-fu-dreams-peter-boczar-on-acting-and-dubbing-in-hong-kong/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/boczar6.jpgPeter Boczar meets Bruce Lee's brother, Robert. Photo © Peter Boczar.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/boczar5.jpgThe DVD cover for Peter Boczar's series of short kung fu videos called Ultimate Master. Photo © Peter Boczar.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/boczar4.jpgPeter Boczar (right) shares the screen with Warwick Evans (left) in Game of Death (1978).https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/boczar3.jpgThe DVD cover for Peter Boczar's self-produced documentary, Hong Kong Dreams. Photo © Peter Boczar.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/boczar2.jpgPeter Boczar (right) with Ted Thomas (left) and Nancy Kwan (center). Photo © Peter Boczar.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/boczar1.jpgPhoto © Peter Boczar.2020-07-29T12:45:45+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2020/07/18/one-ultra-summer-sandra-guibord-chronicles-her-journey-from-winr-to-wine/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/guibord.jpgPhoto © Sandra Guibord.2020-07-18T12:59:18+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/08/07/the-ultimate-director-king-wilder-on-directing-americas-take-on-ultraman/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/king_wilder1-1.jpgKing Wilder confers with Kemura on set. Photo © Julie Avola.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/king_wilder-1.jpgDirector King Wilder on the set of Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero. Photo © Julie Avola.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/king_wilder_zetton.jpgConcept art for Zetton. Photo © Tsuburaya Productions.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/king_wilder_pestar.jpgConcept art for Pestar. Photo © Tsuburaya Productions.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/king_wilder_kemura.jpgConcept art for Kemura. Photo © Tsuburaya Productions.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/king_wilder_gabora.jpgConcept art for Gabora. Photo © Tsuburaya Productions.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/king_wilder_winr_helmet.jpgDesign sketch for the WINR helmet. Photo © Tsuburaya Productions.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/king_wilder_winr_suit.jpgDesign sketch for the WINR uniform. Photo © Tsuburaya Productions.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/king_wilder_red_king.jpgConcept art for Red King. Photo © Tsuburaya Productions.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/king_wilder_baltan.jpgConcept art for Baltan Seijin provided by Tsuburaya Productions. Photo © Tsuburaya Productions.2020-07-18T10:04:04+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2020/06/10/god-will-understand-actor-tony-cetera-on-performing-in-japan/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cetera4.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cetera3.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cetera2.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cetera1.jpgTony Cetera in May 2020. Photo © Brett Homenick.2020-06-15T12:03:21+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2020/04/22/tokusatsus-man-of-letters-hiroyasu-yamaura-on-scripting-godzilla-and-the-ultra-series/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/yamaura6.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/yamaura5.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/yamaura4.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/yamaura3.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/yamaura2.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/yamaura1.jpgHiroyasu Yamaura in August 2018. Photo © Brett Homenick.2020-04-22T15:07:58+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2020/04/22/miss-namikawa-speaks-the-first-lady-of-the-godzilla-series-remembers-her-legendary-toho-career/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/kumi_mizuno.jpg2020-04-22T15:07:56+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2019/11/29/the-reason-for-his-success-rhodes-reason-on-his-memories-in-hollywood-and-beyond/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/rhodes_reason1.jpgRhodes Reason poses with a poster of King Kong Escapes in March 2011. Photo © Brett Homenick.2019-11-29T23:53:05+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2019/11/10/seventy-years-an-actor-shigeo-kato-on-his-early-life-and-acting-career/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/kato6-1.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/kato5-1.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/kato4.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/kato3.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/kato2.jpgShigeo Kato's award from the Japanese Ministry of Education, dated February 11, 1940. Photo © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/kato1.jpgShigeo Kato in January 2019. Photo © Brett Homenick.2019-11-10T15:52:18+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2019/08/07/reflections-in-a-glowing-eye-tomoko-ai-on-her-breakout-role-as-katsura-mafune/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/tomoko_ai6.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/tomoko_ai5.jpgTomoko Ai poses with her Terror of Mechagodzilla costar Katsuhiko Sasaki. Photo © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/tomoko_ai4.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/tomoko_ai3.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/tomoko_ai2.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/tomoko_ai1.jpgActress Tomoko Ai in July 2014. Photo © Brett Homenick.2019-09-16T12:05:13+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2017/07/23/ultra-director-kengo-kaji-on-his-career-at-tsuburaya-pro-and-beyond/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/kaji3.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/kaji2.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/kaji1.jpgWriter-director Kengo Kaji in 2012. Photo © Brett Homenick.2019-09-06T23:33:04+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2017/04/27/tatsuyoshi-ehara-continued-the-second-half-of-the-toho-actors-filmmaking-memories/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ehara4.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ehara3.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ehara2.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ehara1.jpgActor Tatusyoshi Ehara poses for the camera. Photo © Brett Homenick.2019-09-06T23:29:16+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2015/04/07/guilala-guy-shinichi-yanagisawa-on-his-decades-long-entertainment-career/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/yanagisawa12-1.jpgShinichi Yanagisawa still acts and performs jazz music to this day.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/yanagisawa7.jpgMr. Yanagisawa worked with some of Toho's biggest stars when he worked freelance at the studio, including Tatsuyoshi Ehara (far left), Akira Takarada (third from the left), Izumi Yukimura (fourth from the left), and Tadao Takashima (third from the right). Mr. Yanagisawa is second from the right.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/yanagisawa6.jpgMuch more than his acting and jazz music, Mr. Yanagisawa is most proud of his charitable work. Photo courtesy of Shinichi Yanagisawa.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/yanagisawa14.jpgJapanese Prime Minister Zenko Suzuki (far left) honors Shinichi Yanagisawa (far right) for his charitable work. Photo courtesy of Shinichi Yanagisawa.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/yanagisawa13.jpgShinichi Yanagisawa and Brett Homenick pose for a photo after a successful interview. Photo © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/yanagisawa11.jpgMr. Yanagisawa (with his back toward the camera) meets the future Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko. Photo courtesy of Shinichi Yanagisawa.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/yanagisawa10.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/yanagisawa9-1.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/yanagisawa8.jpgMr. Yanagisawa received this fan letter from the United States in the early 1960s. Photo courtesy of Shinichi Yanagisawa and Kyoichi Watanabe.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/yanagisawa5.jpgPhoto courtesy of Shinichi Yanagisawa.2019-09-06T23:23:43+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2016/02/18/natsuki-on-natsuki-actor-yosuke-natsuki-opens-up-about-his-remarkable-career-in-show-business/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/natsuki10.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/natsuki9.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/natsuki8.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/natsuki7.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/natsuki6.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/natsuki5.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/natsuki4.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/natsuki3.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/natsuki2.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/natsuki1.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.2019-09-06T17:21:35+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2015/04/14/godzillas-screenwriter-wataru-mimura-on-his-career-writing-for-the-big-g/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/mimura5.jpgMr. Mimura poses for a photo with Brett Homenick in Tokyo. Photo © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/mimura4.jpgScreenwriters Hiroshi Kashiwabara and Wataru Mimura. Photo © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/mimura3.jpgMr. Mimura meets director Yoshimitsu Banno. Photo © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/mimura2.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/mimura1.jpgProlific Godzilla series screenwriter Wataru Mimura in 2015. Photo © Brett Homenick.2019-09-06T17:10:37+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2015/04/05/my-life-in-tokusatsu-actress-yukie-kagawa-reflects-on-her-sfx-career/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/kagawa10.jpgYukie Kagawa poses with Brett Homenick following a successful interview. Photo © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/kagawa9.jpgMs. Yukie Kagawa reminisces about her career while her old friend Gamera looks on. Photo © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/kagawa8.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/kagawa7.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/kagawa6.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/kagawa5.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/kagawa4.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/kagawa3.jpgYukie Kagawa and her manager (retired actor Sadafumi Kawahara) reflect on acting in Daiei's Gamera series. Photo © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/kagawa2.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/kagawa1.jpgActress Yukie Kagawa holds a bouquet of flowers and a Bandai Gamera figure following an interview on her acting career. Photo © Brett Homenick.2020-11-18T02:45:09+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2019/04/22/leo-meneghetti-remembered-a-personal-reminiscence-of-one-of-the-godzilla-series-most-memorable-americans/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/leo7-1.jpgleo7https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/leo6-1.jpgleo6https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/leo5-1.jpgLeo Meneghetti as Dr. Giba in Mobile Cop Jiban (1989-90). Mobile Cop Jiban © 1989, Toei Co., Ltd.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/leo4-1.jpgLeo Meneghetti with Masao Kusakari on the set of Dirty Hero (1982). Dirty Hero © 1982, Kadokawa Haruki Jimusho.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/leo3-1.jpgleo3https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/leo2-1.jpgLeo Meneghetti's ID badge from Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993). Photo © Hiromi Meneghetti.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/leo1-1.jpgleo12019-09-02T16:47:27+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/08/25/from-dracula-to-dubbing-warwick-paul-evans-on-his-varied-career-in-hong-kong-entertainment/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/warwick7-1.jpgOn the set of The Gate of Hell. Photo © Warwick Evans.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/warwick6-1.jpgPhoto © Warwick Evans.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/warwick5-1.jpgPhoto © Warwick Evans.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/warwick4-1.jpgSuitably sinister as Dracula. Photo © Warwick Evans.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/warwick3-1.pngWarwick Evans (center) in between Clive Francis (left) and Alec Guinness on Caesar and Cleopatra (1976).https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/warwick2-1.jpgWarwick Evans during his years as a television news anchor. Photo © Warwick Evans.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/warwick1-1.jpgWarwick Evans as Dracula in The Gate of Hell (1981). Photo © Warwick Evans.2019-09-02T16:32:27+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/08/20/divine-reflections-on-japan-ann-ault-on-her-spiritual-journey-through-the-east-and-west/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ann4-2.pngAnn (left) with Robert Horton and Luciana Paluzzi in The Green Slime. The Green Slime © 1968, Toei Co., Ltd.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ann21-1.jpgAnn meets Princess Hitachi. Photo © Ann Ault.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ann51.jpgA photo collage featuring Patsy Oda and her book, Heart's Desire. Photo © Ann Ault.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ann5.jpgA photo collage featuring Patsy Oda and her book, Heart's Desire. Photo © Ann Ault.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ann3.jpgA photo collage of Ann's various activities in Japan. Photo © Ann Ault.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ann1.jpgPhoto © Ann Ault.2021-02-06T13:28:10+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/08/02/godzillas-line-producer-andrea-stern-on-godzillas-mid-1980s-comeback/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/stern2.jpgShepard Stern (left) points at an enlarged photograph of Godzilla while Warren Kemmerling and Raymond Burr look on. Photo © New World Pictures.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/stern1.jpgAndrea Stern in between husband Shepard Stern (left) and director R. J. Kizer after finishing work on Godzilla 1985. Photo © R. J. Kizer.2019-09-02T13:21:12+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/30/an-actor-and-a-gentleman-ulf-otsuki-talks-tokusatsu-in-the-1970s/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/otsuki1.jpgUlf Otsuki in a 2009 picture. Photo © Ulf Otsuki.2019-09-02T13:03:30+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/12/imagination-unleashed-an-interview-with-keita-amemiya/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/amemiya1.jpgOriginal Zeiram designs. Photo © Crowd, Inc.2019-09-02T12:58:43+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/07/01/living-the-dream-wes-caefers-journey-into-japanese-monster-sfx/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/caefer4-1.jpgA tongue fit for a kaiju king. Photo © Wes Caefer.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/caefer3-1.jpgGoldar prepares for his closeup. Photo © Wes Caefer.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/caefer2-1.jpgMonsters ready to do battle with Ultraman. Photo © Wes Caefer.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/caefer1-1.jpgSay, "Ah!" Wes Caefer works on Godzilla '98. Photo © Wes Caefer.2019-09-02T12:39:16+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/30/a-voice-actors-voice-actor-larry-robinson-on-his-dubbing-work-at-titra/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/robinson1.jpgPhoto © Larry Robinson.2019-09-02T06:39:28+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/21/a-life-in-perfect-sync-corinne-orr-on-her-prolific-voice-acting-career/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/orr1.jpgVoice actress Corinne Orr. Photo © Corinne Orr.2019-09-02T06:36:42+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/26/urban-renewal-r-j-kizer-on-directing-godzillas-30th-anniversary-reboot-for-american-audiences/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/kizer1.jpgDirector R. J. Kizer in a recent picture. Photo © R. J. Kizer.2019-09-02T06:25:02+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/29/race-cars-drums-and-monsters-yutaka-hayashi-on-his-varied-entertainment-career/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/hayashi1.jpgYutaka Hayashi on the drums circa 2008. Photo © Yutaka Hayashi.2019-09-02T06:17:03+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2017/09/18/raising-kane-actor-kane-kosugi-on-his-tokusatsu-roles/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/kosugi1.jpgActor Kane Kosugi. Photo © Destiny Production, Inc.2019-09-02T05:45:50+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/08/03/making-godzilla-and-ultraman-bruce-fuller-on-recreating-japans-greatest-sci-fi-icons/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/fuller2-1.jpgPhoto © Bruce Fuller.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/fuller6.jpgSquaring off against Ultraman. Photo © Bruce Fuller.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/fuller5.jpgBruce Fuller as the mysterious underground creature. Photo © Bruce Fuller.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/fuller4.jpgKane Kosugi and Pigmon on the set of Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero. Photo © Bruce Fuller.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/fuller3.jpgBruce Fuller at work on Gomora on Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero. Photo © Bruce Fuller.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/fuller1.jpgBruce Fuller clowns around with his creation. Photo © Bruce Fuller.2019-09-02T05:35:30+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/19/will-robinson-on-ultraman-sci-fi-icon-bill-mumy-on-the-japanese-kaiju-genre/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/mumy1.jpgActor Bill Mumy poses with a few of his friends in a 2007 picture. Photo © Bill Mumy.2019-09-02T05:05:00+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2017/04/27/sakyo-komatsu-on-science-fiction-japans-arthur-c-clarke-discusses-his-filmmaking-foray/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/komatsu1.jpgPhoto © Sakyo Komatsu.2019-09-02T04:24:53+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/12/04/mark-cerulli-explains-it-all-the-veteran-television-writer-and-documentary-producer-on-his-tinseltown-journey/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/cerulli_dehavilland-1.jpgMark Cerulli and Technicolor chief marketing officer Sandra Carvalho with screen legend Olivia de Havilland during production of the Technicolor 100 video in Paris in 2015. Photo © Mark Cerulli.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/cerulli_romero1-1.jpgInterviewing director George Romero for Cinemax in the Night of the Living Dead graveyard in 1999. Photo © Mark Cerulli.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/cerulli_heydude-1.jpgOn the Arizona set with the aliens from the "Take Me To Your Leader" episode of Hey Dude in 1990. Photo © Mark Cerulli.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/cerulli_taylor-1.jpgA mini Hey Dude reunion: Mark Cerulli with Christine Taylor at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2016. Photo © Mark Cerulli.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/cerulli_carvalho-1.jpgMark Cerulli and Sandra Carvalho at the Bahamas International Film Festival where his script Sunburn won in the writing competition. Photo © Eric Rose Photography.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/cerulli_castle.jpgWith Halloween: Unmasked associate producer Chris Svoboda and the original Michael Myers actor, Nick Castle, during the documentary shoot. Photo © Mark Cerulli.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/cerulli_harris.jpgPosing with Halloween 4 and 5 star Danielle Harris during production of the Inside Halloween 5 documentary. Photo © Mark Cerulli.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/cerulli_mask.jpgHolding one of the Michael Myers masks during production of the Halloween: Unmasked documentary in 2000. Photo © Mark Cerulli.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/cerulli_brosnan.jpgWith Pierce Brosnan during the making of the Goldfinger documentary at Leavesden Studios in 1995. © Mark Cerulli.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/cerulli_connery.jpgMeeting Sean Connery backstage at Lincoln Center in 1997. Photo © Mark Cerulli.2019-09-01T17:41:37+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/09/redesigning-a-legend-william-stout-on-the-godzilla-that-never-was/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/stout.jpgWith William Stout in Los Angeles in May 2009. Photo © Brett Homenick.2019-09-01T14:59:37+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/08/memoirs-of-the-human-vapor-james-hong-on-dubbing-tohos-sci-fi-classics/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/hong1.jpgJames Hong on the set of the TV series Pair of Kings in March 2011. Photo © Brett Homenick.2019-09-01T14:57:46+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2017/10/09/take-that-you-dinosaur-jeff-berglund-remembers-godzilla-and-king-ghidorah/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/berglund1.jpgJeff Berglund in October 2017. Photo © Brett Homenick.2019-09-01T14:23:14+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2017/08/10/john-fasano-on-godzilla-the-big-gs-best-friend-in-tinseltown-reminisces-about-his-favorite-kaiju-and-more/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/fasano1.jpgJohn Fasano (left) with Brett Homenick in July 2012. Photo © Brett Homenick.2019-09-01T14:16:06+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2017/08/10/shooting-star-allyson-adams-recalls-her-famous-father-nick-adams/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/adams1.jpgAllyson Adams and Brett Homenick in November 2009. Photo © Brett Homenick.2019-09-01T14:13:51+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2017/08/06/rock-n-roll-samurai-actor-singer-mickey-curtis-on-his-60-years-in-japanese-entertainment/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/curtis3.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/curtis2.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/curtis1.jpgActor Mickey Curtis in Tokyo in February 2013. Photo © Brett Homenick.2024-12-19T16:40:43+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2017/05/13/reflections-of-hiroshi-koizumi-the-toho-star-opens-up-about-his-career/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/koizumi1.jpgActor Hiroshi Koizumi, June 2012. Photo © Brett Homenick.2019-08-31T16:31:15+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2015/09/22/memories-from-the-black-hole-goro-mutsumi-opens-up-about-his-acting-career/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/mutsumi8.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/mutsumi7.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/mutsumi6.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/mutsumi5.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/mutsumi4.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/mutsumi3.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/mutsumi2.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/mutsumi1.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.2019-08-31T16:27:55+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2017/05/13/goro-mutsumi-redux-a-second-interview-with-the-godzilla-series-villain/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/mutsumi1.jpgActor Goro Mutsumi.2019-08-31T16:14:54+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/07/kaiju-meet-their-maker-shinichi-wakasa-on-his-monster-making-career/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/wakasa1.jpgShinichi Wakasa at his creature shop in August 2011. Photo © Brett Homenick.2019-08-31T15:56:45+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2019/08/30/more-than-just-a-footnote-in-g-history-max-von-schuler-on-his-close-encounter-with-godzilla/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/von_schuler.jpgMax von Schuler circa 2007, during his days as a news commentator for Tokyo Metropolitan Television (Tokyo MX), posing with two of his news colleagues. Photo © Max von Schuler.2019-08-30T13:38:16+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2019/08/20/the-road-to-m78-bin-furuya-on-his-early-toho-and-suit-acting-roles/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/furuya5.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/furuya4.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/furuya3.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/furuya2.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/furuya1.jpgBin Furuya in July 2015. Photo © Brett Homenick.2019-08-28T05:07:04+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2019/08/12/godzillas-leading-man-of-the-1970s-katsuhiko-sasaki-discusses-his-life-and-career-in-film/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/sasaki5.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/sasaki4.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/sasaki3.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/sasaki2.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/sasaki1.jpgKatsuhiko Sasaki in April 2013. Photo © Brett Homenick.2019-08-14T07:16:19+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2019/06/26/an-explosive-career-toho-sfx-director-teruyoshi-nakano-reflects-on-some-of-his-non-godzilla-films/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/nakano5.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/nakano4.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/nakano3.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/nakano2.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/nakano1.jpgTeruyoshi Nakano in June 2015. Photo © Brett Homenick.2019-07-17T03:52:15+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2019/07/07/a-model-life-susan-dumas-on-her-memories-of-1960s-japan/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/dumas7.jpgPhoto © Susan Dumas.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/dumas6.jpgAppearing in a film about the grape industry in Japan. Photos © Susan Dumas.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/dumas5.jpgMs. Dumas, working on her kimono. Photo © Susan Dumas.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/dumas4.jpgThe front cover of the script for the English-teaching TV program on which Ms. Dumas played Viola. Photo © Susan Dumas.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/dumas3.jpgA newspaper clipping about Ms. Dumas' parents, David and Dore Singer, members of the Meiji Players. Photo © Susan Dumas.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/dumas2.jpgPhotos © Susan Dumas.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/dumas1.jpgSusan Dumas, during her modeling days in Japan in the 1960s. Photo © Susan Dumas.2019-07-08T01:43:58+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2019/06/30/inside-the-ultra-series-scriptwriter-shigemitsu-taguchi-on-writing-for-tsuburaya-productions/2019-06-30T11:52:01+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2019/06/10/a-veteran-of-godzillas-final-war-yoshikazu-ishii-goes-behind-the-scenes-at-toho/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/yoshikazu_ishii.jpgYoshikazu Ishii in November 2016. Photo © Brett Homenick.2019-06-10T13:05:50+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2019/06/07/phenomenal-snowman-a-conversation-with-loren-coleman/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/loren_coleman.jpgNoted cryptozoologist Loren Coleman poses with an old colleague. Photo © Loren Coleman.2019-06-07T16:41:48+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2019/04/12/showa-reflections-singer-yumi-mizusawa-on-her-days-as-a-blossoming-actress/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/mizusawa3.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/mizusawa2.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/mizusawa1.jpgYumi Mizusawa in Inokashira Park in March 2019. Photo © Brett Homenick.2019-04-12T02:46:23+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2019/02/27/hitting-the-right-notes-composer-chumei-watanabe-on-scoring-japanese-films/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/watanabe9.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/watanabe8.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/watanabe7.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/watanabe6.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/watanabe5.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/watanabe4.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/watanabe3.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/watanabe2.jpgPhoto © Brett Homenick.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/watanabe1.jpgJapanese film composer Chumei Watanabe in July 2018. Photo © Brett Homenick.2019-02-27T16:19:36+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2019/01/08/godzillas-first-hollywood-makeover-writer-director-roland-emmerich-on-reimagining-japans-greatest-monster/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/emmerich.jpgDirector Roland Emmerich (left) poses with producer Dean Devlin during Godzilla's publicity tour. Photo © 1998, TriStar Pictures, Inc.2019-01-08T15:08:50+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/07/01/miles-above-the-rest-concept-artist-miles-teves-on-monsters-and-more/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/miles_teves.jpgMiles Teves and Darkness in a tete-a-tete. Photo © Miles Teves.2018-07-01T11:11:51+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/29/oldies-but-goldies-fred-olen-ray-discusses-his-dvd-label-retromedia/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/fred_ray.jpgPhoto © Fred Olen Ray.2018-06-29T14:52:16+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/21/speed-racer-meets-godzilla-peter-fernandez-reflects-on-his-storied-career-as-voice-actings-leading-writer-director/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/peter_fernandez.jpgVoice actor Peter Fernandez. Photo © Peter Fernandez.2018-06-21T17:20:07+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/17/japan-and-its-special-effects-oscar-winner-richard-edlund-on-his-interest-in-the-land-of-the-rising-sun-and-godzilla/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/richardedlundcolor.jpgAcademy Award-winning visual effects supervisor Richard Edlund. Photo © Richard Edlund.2018-06-17T12:31:41+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/08/the-king-of-the-anime-singers-ichiro-mizuki-on-his-live-action-tokusatsu-tunes/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/mizuki2127_smaller.jpgIchiro Mizuki, singing one of his classic anime songs. Photo © Ichiro Mizuki.2018-06-08T16:12:57+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/06/but-still-vaughan-savidge-on-his-hk-dubbing-career/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/vaughan_savidge.jpgVaughan Savidge, whose prolific HK dubbing career is chronicled below, in a recent picture. Photo © Vaughan Savidge.2018-06-06T05:31:58+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/06/05/what-do-you-make-of-that-al-cliff-harrington-on-his-japanese-movie-career/https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/robert-dunham4.jpgA cameraman's job is never easy. Photo © CliffEhnGee.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/robert-dunham3.jpgRobert Dunham appears in both Mothra and The Green Slime. Photo © CliffEhnGee.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/marshelline_purl.jpgLinda Purl's mother, Marshelline, who appears in Time Travelers. Photo © CliffEhnGee.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/cliff_time_travelers.jpgShooting Robert Dunham during the making of Time Travelers. Photo © CliffEhnGee.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/linda_purl.jpegLinda Purl on the set of Time Travelers. Photo © CliffEhnGee.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/cliff_harrington2.jpgMr. Harrington on an Antarctic whaling expedition between December 1959 and February 1960. Photo © CliffEhnGee.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/cliff_harrington3.jpgAlways armed with a camera. Photo © CliffEhnGee.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/cliff_harrington.jpgClifford V. Harrington. Photo © CliffEhnGee.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chico-lourant2.jpgChico Lourant during filming. Photo © CliffEhnGee.https://vantagepointinterviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chico-lourant.jpgChico Lourant during filming in the early 1960s. Photo © CliffEhnGee.2018-06-05T12:49:05+00:00monthlyhttps://vantagepointinterviews.com/about/2023-08-28T14:45:12+00:00weekly0.6https://vantagepointinterviews.comdaily1.02026-03-14T15:06:26+00:00