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name: "Satoru Chūko"
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roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "10 February 1912"
died: "6 August 1994"
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updated: "2026-09-16T12:44:49.702535+00:00"
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# Satoru Chūko

Production designer. Born 10 February 1912 in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Died 6 August 1994.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 10 February 1912, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
- **Died:** 6 August 1994

## Biography

Satoru Chūko (10 February 1912 – 6 August 1994) was a Japanese production designer and art director. He was born in Chiba Prefecture and worked extensively in Japanese cinema, particularly at Toho studios.

Chūko frequently collaborated with director Mikio Naruse. His credits on Naruse films include art direction or production design on *Repast* (1951), *Floating Clouds* (1955), *Flowing* (1956), *When a Woman Ascends the Stairs* (1960), *Yearning* (1964) and *Two in the Shadow* (1967).

He also worked on the original *Godzilla* (1954) as art director and production designer, alongside Takeo Kita, and contributed to the American version *Godzilla, King of the Monsters!* (1956).

*Sources: imdb.com, grokipedia.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Godzilla* (1954), Fi1m 88, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla.md)

## Also known for

- *Godzilla, King of the Monsters!* (1956), Art Direction, Production Design
- *When a Woman Ascends the Stairs* (1960), Production Design
- *Floating Clouds* (1955), Production Design
- *Yearning* (1964), Production Design
- *Sound of the Mountain* (1954), Production Design
- *Godzilla* (1977), Art Direction, Production Design
- *Two in the Shadow* (1967), Production Design
- *Repast* (1951), Art Direction

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