---
name: "Teizô Toshimitsu"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/teizo-toshimitsu"
fi1m_id: "teizo-toshimitsu"
imdb_id: "nm0869179"
tmdb_id: 1662999
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "15 October 1909"
died: "1 January 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-28T20:43:11.513667+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."
---

# Teizô Toshimitsu

## Identity

Teizô Toshimitsu

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/teizo-toshimitsu
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** teizo-toshimitsu
- **IMDb ID:** nm0869179
- **TMDB ID:** 1662999
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0869179/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1662999

Costume designer. Born 15 October 1909 in Oita, Japan. Died 1 January 1982.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 15 October 1909, Oita, Japan
- **Died:** 1 January 1982
- **Active:** 1954–1969
- **Also known as:** 利光 貞三
- **Frequently works with:** [Nobuyuki Yasumaru](https://film.one/person/nobuyuki-yasumaru.md), [Shinichi Sekizawa](https://film.one/person/shinichi-sekizawa.md), [Yasuei Yagi](https://film.one/person/yasuei-yagi.md), [Ishirō Honda](https://film.one/person/ishiro-honda.md), [Kenji Sahara](https://film.one/person/kenji-sahara.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)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 88 (1), 1960s 64 (2)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Science Fiction 3, Fantasy 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Horror 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $8m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0869179/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1662999

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster*](https://film.one/film/ghidorah-the-three-headed-monster.md) (70)
- **HBO Max:** [*Son of Godzilla*](https://film.one/film/son-of-godzilla.md) (57)

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## Biography

Teizô Toshimitsu (利光 貞三) was a Japanese sculptor, monster modeller and special effects artist. He first worked with Toho on *The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya* (1942) and went on to pioneer the creation of kaiju suits for *Godzilla* (1954), later becoming chief modeller specialising in faces and maquettes.

Toshimitsu contributed to every Toho kaiju film from 1954 to 1970. His credits include suit design or modelling on *Godzilla Raids Again* (1955), *King Kong vs. Godzilla* (1962), *Mothra vs. Godzilla* (1964), *Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster* (1964), *Son of Godzilla* (1967) and *All Monsters Attack* (1969). After leaving Toho in 1971 he worked freelance, designing monsters for series such as *Return of Ultraman* (1971–1972).

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Son of Godzilla* (1967), Fi1m 57, Costume Design, Modeling, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/son-of-godzilla.md)
- *Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster* (1964), Fi1m 70, Costume Design, Sculptor, Costume design, Modeling — [page](https://film.one/film/ghidorah-the-three-headed-monster.md)
- *Godzilla* (1954), Fi1m 88, Modeling, Costume Designer, Sculptor — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

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

- *Bloodthirsty Hawk* (1977), Costume Design
- *Godzilla* (1977), as Sculptor · Costume Designer, Modeling
- *Go! Godman* (1973), series, Creature Design, Costume Design, Modeling
- *Space Amoeba* (1970), as Modeling · Costume Design
- *All Monsters Attack* (1969), Costume Design, Creature Design
- *Latitude Zero* (1969), Costume Design, Modeling
- *Son of Godzilla* (1967), Costume Design, Modeling — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/son-of-godzilla.md)
- *King Kong Escapes* (1967), Costume Design, Modeling, Sculptor
- *Ebirah, Horror of the Deep* (1966), as Modeling · Costume Designer, Sculptor
- *The War of the Gargantuas* (1966), Costume Design, Modeling
- *Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster* (1964), as Modeling · Costume Design, Sculptor — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/ghidorah-the-three-headed-monster.md)
- *Mothra vs. Godzilla* (1964), Costume Design, Modeling, Sculptor
- *Matango* (1963), Costume Design, Modeling
- *King Kong vs. Godzilla* (1963), as Modeling · Costume Designer, Sculptor
- *King Kong vs. Godzilla* (1962), as Modeling · Costume Designer, Sculptor
- *The Last War* (1961), as Modeling
- *Gigantis, the Fire Monster* (1959), Costume Design, Modeling, Sculptor
- *Varan* (1958), Costume Design, Modeling
- *The Mysterians* (1957), Costume Design, Modeling
- *Tokyo 1960* (1957), Costume Design, Sculptor, Modeling
- *Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman* (1957), Costume Design, Sculptor, Modeling
- *Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean* (1957), as Sculptor · Costume Designer, Modeling
- *Rodan* (1956), as Sculptor · Costume Design, Modeling
- *Godzilla, King of the Monsters!* (1956), as Sculptor · Costume Designer, Modeling
- *Beast Man Snow Man* (1955), as Sculptor · Costume Design, Modeling
- *Godzilla Raids Again* (1955), Costume Designer, Modeling, Sculptor
- *Godzilla* (1954), as Sculptor · Costume Designer, Modeling — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla.md)

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