Japanese Entertainment: From special effects actor to action superstar

Chapter 54 I Should Have Been Godzilla
Finally, they successfully left the game city, and Wan Gujie finally let go of his worried heart.

But for some reason, Gu Ming walked in front but never spoke, as if he was thinking about something.

Nakajima Haruo sighed as he flexed his wrists.

"Thank you so much for coming to Yakuza to save me."

Gu Ming suddenly turned around, and the look in his eyes made Nakajima Haruo feel a little nervous for a moment.

He couldn't help but raise his hand and scratch his neck to ease the embarrassment of being witnessed: "You, why are you looking at me like that? I really want to thank you..."

Gu Ming took a deep breath and raised a finger.

"Stop playing marbles."

Nakajima Haruo was slightly startled: "What did you say?"

Gu Ming suppressed his anger and raised his voice.

"I'm telling you to stop playing marbles! Is it that hard to understand?! Don't play marbles anymore! Is it really that fun?"

Nakajima Haruo frowned, but found it funny.

"Do I need you to lecture me? Who do you think you are? What does it have to do with you whether we play marbles or not? Show some respect. I'm the boss..."

Before he finished speaking, Gu Ming had already raised his leg and kicked Nakajima Haruo.

Even after he restrained his strength, he still kicked him to the ground.

Haruo Nakajima struggled to stand up with the help of the wall, his eyes full of disbelief.

Gu Ming actually hit him!

How dare you hit him!
The next moment, Gu Ming was already close and pulled Nakajima Haruo by the collar.

"Who the hell are you? You keep spouting that bullshit. Who do you think you are? You think you're Godzilla? What does Godzilla have to do with you?"

"Godzilla's success is the director and supervisor, the script, the camera crew, and all the creators' success. You are just an actor, you are just an actor! Without you, others can also play Godzilla!"

"What the hell is Godzilla? What does it have to do with you? You played Godzilla, so what? The original Godzilla was made twenty years ago. Are you still Godzilla after twenty years? Will anyone still ask you to play Godzilla? How many years have you not played Godzilla? Don't you know it?"

"You keep saying Godzilla Godzilla Godzilla every day. You're not even worthy of playing Godzilla!"

Gu Ming was furious as never before, and that look was something Wan Gujie had never seen before.

He wanted to say something, but after opening his mouth for a long time, he found that he had nothing to say.

Nakajima Haruo just felt it was incredible. He tried to struggle a few times, but felt that Gu Ming's strength was stronger than he imagined.

In the end, he could only maintain this posture and look at Gu Ming.

Nakajima Haruo read each word clearly.

"I am Godzilla."

He was greeted with a heavy blow to the abdomen.

Gu Ming clenched his back teeth, and his voice became more and more like a roar.

"You're not fucking worthy! You're just a piece of trash who's addicted to cheap pleasures, a piece of trash whose head is full of marbles, and you're even more vulgar than the garbage on the roadside!"

"You think you made Godzilla, but I tell you, it was Godzilla who made you! Without Godzilla, you wouldn't even be qualified to be an actor!"

"Do you know how much work has been delayed today because of you? The crew almost stopped working for a whole day, and they even had to come up with 100,000 yen for you. I'm telling you, because of you, Dad even specifically told everyone not to tell Dongbao! Don't tell Dongbao about this, because he's afraid that you won't even get your basic salary in the future and will really end up picking up garbage on the street to eat!"

"Don't you understand? Don't you understand? Even at this point, you still don't understand! Stop playing marbles, you hear me, stop playing marbles!"

After the rage, there was a long silence.

Feeling that his strength had weakened a little, Nakajima Haruo finally broke free from the restraints, gasping heavily and breathing in the rare fresh air.

Then he raised his head and stared at Gu Ming.

"I am Godzilla."

After saying this, he limped off into the distance, his posture becoming increasingly desolate. It was only at this moment that Wan Gujie finally dared to approach him.

"Brother Gugu..."

"Let's go." Gu Ming just waved his hand.

Let's go. What else can we do? We can only keep going.

……

……

Nakajima Haruo's dormitory, a room I haven't seen for a long time.

The room was cluttered with many Godzilla posters and various collectibles.

Haruo Nakajima certainly loves Godzilla.

It was the glory of his life, a miracle in the history of world cinema, and a classic work of special effects.

In 1954, Godzilla was born on the screen. The image was designed by many people and finally finalized.

The complete Godzilla suit is a half-body leather suit, with the lower body being a plaster model, and the overall weight reaches 154 kilograms.

No one could wear the Godzilla suit and perform a complete performance.

At that time, Toho held an internal audition. No matter who it was, as long as they could put on Godzilla's suit and walk more than ten meters, they would be qualified to play Godzilla.

So Haruo Nakajima defeated all his opponents and finally got the opportunity to play Godzilla.

Godzilla's suit is really heavy, so heavy that people can hardly move. Once you fall down, you don't even have a chance to stand up.

However, everyone still persisted.

Then he shot a timeless classic in film history.

Godzilla.

On the day Godzilla was released, Haruo Nakajima was more worried than anyone else. He was worried that his long-term efforts would not be rewarded enough, and he was worried that Godzilla would not be popular enough.

So Nakajima Haruo secretly ran to the cinema and watched the reactions of every audience member in the last row.

It was not until he saw them exclaiming for Godzilla and seeing their expressions of shock or fear that Nakajima Haruo finally felt relieved.

Godzilla is amazing.

He ran back to the crew and told everyone about these things, including the director, the supervisor, the stunt director Eiji Mantani at the time, and everyone he could see in the Toho Godzilla crew.

Then everyone cheered—we did it! That's Godzilla.

For a long time, Haruo Nakajima has always regarded himself as Godzilla. From 1954 to the present, he has appeared in eleven Godzilla movies, playing Godzilla eleven times. The weight of Godzilla's suit has also dropped from the original 154 kilograms to less than 60 kilograms now.

and then?
Nakajima Haruo looked at himself in the mirror.

and then?
How long has it been since he last played Godzilla?

Since becoming Godzilla, he has money and can enjoy all kinds of entertainment.

The thrill of the marbles tumbling in the machine is better than anything else.

then……

It's been a while since he's played Godzilla.

"I am Godzilla..."

Nakajima Haruo recited silently.

"I am Godzilla."

"I am Godzilla!"

(End of this chapter)