---
name: "Keizô Murase"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/keizo-murase"
fi1m_id: "keizo-murase"
imdb_id: "nm0613566"
tmdb_id: 1748484
wikidata_id: "Q11523384"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "5 October 1935"
died: "14 October 2024"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-28T20:56:58.886067+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Keizô Murase

## Identity

Keizô Murase

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/keizo-murase
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** keizo-murase
- **IMDb ID:** nm0613566
- **TMDB ID:** 1748484
- **Wikidata ID:** Q11523384
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keiz%C5%8D_Murase, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11523384, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0613566/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1748484

Costume designer. Born 5 October 1935 in Ikeda, Tokachi, Hokkaido, Japan. Died 14 October 2024.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 5 October 1935, Ikeda, Tokachi, Hokkaido, Japan
- **Died:** 14 October 2024
- **Active:** 1964–1975
- **Frequently works with:** [Ishirō Honda](https://film.one/person/ishiro-honda.md), [Nobuyuki Yasumaru](https://film.one/person/nobuyuki-yasumaru.md), [Eizo Kaimai](https://film.one/person/eizo-kaimai.md), [Hiroshi Koizumi](https://film.one/person/hiroshi-koizumi.md), [Kanju Yagi](https://film.one/person/kanju-yagi.md), [Shinichi Sekizawa](https://film.one/person/shinichi-sekizawa.md), [Teizô Toshimitsu](https://film.one/person/teizo-toshimitsu.md), [Yasuei Yagi](https://film.one/person/yasuei-yagi.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keiz%C5%8D_Murase, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11523384, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0613566/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1748484

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster*](https://film.one/film/ghidorah-the-three-headed-monster.md) (70)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Keizō Murase (1935–2024) was a Japanese suitmaker, sculptor and modeller who worked on numerous tokusatsu films, primarily for Toho. He contributed to the creation of monster suits and effects for kaiju productions, including costume design on *Mothra vs. Godzilla* (1964) and *Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster* (1964).

Murase began working at Toho in 1958, initially on *Varan the Unbelievable*. He later collaborated on other Showa-era Godzilla films and Gamera productions for Daiei. In the 1970s he co-founded modelling companies Ex Productions and, later, Twenty. He documented his career in the 2015 autobiography *Monster Maker: Keizo Murase* and directed the 2024 film *Brush of the God*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, wikizilla.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster* (1964), Fi1m 70, Costume design, Costume Design, Sculptor — [page](https://film.one/film/ghidorah-the-three-headed-monster.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Brush of the God* (2024), Modelling Supervisor, Director, Story, Still Photographer
- *Howl from Beyond the Fog* (2019), Special Effects, Cinematography
- *The Seventh Curse* (1986), Special Effects
- *The Mighty Peking Man* (1977), as Ah Wang / Peking Man (stunts), Modeling · Costume Design, Stunts
- *The Snake Prince* (1976), as Modeling
- *Terror of Mechagodzilla* (1975), Costume Design, Modeling
- *Kure Kure Takora* (1973), series, Costume Design, Modeling
- *Register of Deities* (1969), as Modeling · Special Effects
- *Yongary, Monster from the Deep* (1967), Costume Design, Modeling
- *Gamera vs. Gyaos* (1967), Costume Design, Painter
- *Ebirah, Horror of the Deep* (1966), Costume Designer, Modeling
- *Gammera the Invincible* (1966), Costume Design, Modeling
- *Ultra Q* (1966), series, Costume Design, Modeling
- *Gamera, the Giant Monster* (1965), Costume Design, Modeling
- *Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster* (1964), Costume Design, Sculptor — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/ghidorah-the-three-headed-monster.md)
- *Dogora* (1964), as Modeling
- *Mothra vs. Godzilla* (1964), as Sculptor · Costume Design
- *Matango* (1963), as Modeling · Costume Design, Assistant Costume Designer
- *King Kong vs. Godzilla* (1963), as Sculptor · Costume Designer
- *King Kong vs. Godzilla* (1962), Costume Designer, Sculptor
- *Varan* (1958), Costume Design, Modeling

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