RAGONE, AUGUST
Eiji Tsuburaya was a very reserved man on the set. Most of the direction he gave me for the performance was, "I trust you to do ti. Do what you feel is best, I ll leave it up tp you." And thats the way he was for most of the films we worked on together after Godzilla.
After the wires broke on the Rodan suit, causing me to fall several meters onto the miniature set, he chided, "Its good that you didnt die; because I need you to finish the film". And I replied, "Thats easy for you to say; Im the one inside the costume". But. these things would sometimes happen.
Its been forty-three years since Tsuburaya has lefts us, but what a happy feeling to have a book published about him after all this time.