Jiro Shirasaki
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.
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Movies (12)
Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects
as Himself
2008
Godzilla vs. Gigan
Special Effects Assistant (Crew)
1972
Space Amoeba
Visual Effects Art Director (Crew)
1970
All Monsters Attack
Visual Effects Art Director (Crew)
1969
Son of Godzilla
Special Effects Assistant (Crew)
1967
King Kong Escapes
Special Effects Assistant (Crew)
1967
The War of the Gargantuas
Visual Effects Art Director (Crew)
1966
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Visual Effects Art Director (Crew)
1964
Dogora
Special Effects Assistant (Crew)
1964
Mothra vs. Godzilla
Special Effects Assistant (Crew)
1964
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Visual Effects Art Director (Crew)
1963
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Special Effects Assistant (Crew)
1962