This is a signed shikishi board by Director Akio Nakano, who served as a special effects director for Toho films for many years. The autograph was personally obtained from Director Akio Nakano during a stage greeting on the opening day of the Toho film "Combined Fleet." Director Akio Nakano served as the special effects director for the Godzilla series, "Japan Sinks," "Submersion of Japan," and other Toho disaster films, and has received numerous awards. Please refer to the detailed profile below. Akio Nakano A leading special effects director in Japan. He studied under screenwriter Katsuto Inomata at the Nihon University College of Art, Department of Film, and worked part-time writing scripts for TV dramas while still a student. He joined Toho in 1959 and became an assistant director. He was discovered by Eiji Tsuburaya on "Gorath" (1962), and served as an assistant director and special effects assistant director under Tsuburaya and Sadamasa Arikawa from "King Kong vs. Godzilla" (1962) to "The Battle of the Sea of Japan" (1969). He became a special effects director with "Crazy's Big Explosion" (1969), and worked on war films such as "The Battle of Okinawa" (1971), and Godzilla films for the "Toho Champion Festival" from "Godzilla vs. Hedorah" (1971) to "Terror of Mechagodzilla" (1975). In "Japan Sinks" (1973), based on Sakyo Komatsu's best-selling science fiction novel, he received the Special Technical Award at the 20th Asian Pacific Film Festival for his special effects that depicted an unprecedented natural disaster. In 1984, he served as the special effects director for "Godzilla," which was revived after a nine-year hiatus, and received the Japan Academy Award Special Award for Special Technology, creating the opportunity for the series to continue. He also received the same award for "Capital Loss" and "Tale of the Bamboo Cutter" (both 1987). In addition to films, he was also active in special effects dramas and theme park videos. He died of sepsis in June 2022 at the age of 86.