"I was surprised that Godzilla was going to die on land instead of in the ocean, which was his cradle. I think it's natural for Godzilla to die because he is a living thing, but I envisioned his death differently. My idea was based on the legend of the tomb of elephants. According to the legend, when an elephant begins to feel that he is going to die, he secretly goes to the tomb. I envisioned Godzilla returning to the South Pacific when he began to feel that his end was coming. There then would have been some implication that Godzilla had died."
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As quoted by David Milner, "Kenpachiro Satsuma Interview III", Kaiju Conversations (December 1995)
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Kenpachiro Satsuma
1984 – 1995
Kenpachiro Satsuma (薩摩剣八郎) (May 27, 1947 – December 16, 2023) was a Japanese actor most famous for playing Godzilla in the Heisei series of Godzilla films (1984–1995).
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