
Jiro Shirasaki
Crew
Born: January 1, 1939 (87 years old)
Place of birth: Fukui, Japan
Biography
Jiro Shirasaki (Shirasaki Jirō, born in 1939), is a Japanese special effects art director and modeler. His first film was Toho's "Mothra" (1961), where he worked as an assistant. He would continue as a special effects assistant art director (frequently under Yasuyuki Inoue) until the studio's twelfth Godzilla film, "Godzilla vs. Gigan" (1972), also modeling and refurbishing the King Ghidorah suit.
Filmography (12)
- Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects (2008, ★ 8.5)
- Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964, ★ 7)
- King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963, ★ 6.5)
- King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962, ★ 6.9)
- Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972, ★ 6.4)
- Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964, ★ 7)
- Space Amoeba (1970, ★ 6.5)
- King Kong Escapes (1967, ★ 6.2)
- Dogora (1964, ★ 6.8)
- The War of the Gargantuas (1966, ★ 6.4)
- Son of Godzilla (1967, ★ 6.4)
- All Monsters Attack (1969, ★ 5.1)