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Apr 4, 1997 · Tomoyuki Tanaka, who frightened and fascinated generations of children with his series of films featuring an outsize, outdated creature named Godzilla, died on Wednesday at a hospital here. He was...
Tomoyuki "Yūkō" Tanaka[4] (Japanese: 田中 友幸 ともゆき, Hepburn: Tanaka Tomoyuki, April 26, 1910 – April 2, 1997) was a Japanese film producer. Widely regarded as the creator of the Godzilla franchise, he produced most of the installments in the series, beginning in 1954 with Godzilla and ending in 1995 with Godzilla vs. Destoroyah.
YearTitle1944Until the Day of Victory [ja][a]1945Legend of the Great Japanese ...1945Three People of the North [ja][c]1946Cheerful Woman [ja][d]- Selected Filmography
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Executive producer
1. Godzilla(1954) 2. Godzilla Raids Again(1955) 3. Half Human(1955) 4. The Legend of the White Serpent(1956) 5. Rodan(1956) 6. The Mysterians(1957) 7. The H-Man(1958) 8. Varan(1958) 9. Monkey Sun(1959) 10. The Three Treasures(1959) [with Sanezumi Fujimoto] 11. Battle in Outer Space(1959) 12. The Secret of the Telegian(1960) 13. The Human Vapor(1960) 14. Mothra(1961) 15. The Last War(1961) [with Sanezumi Fujimoto] 16. Gorath(1962) 17. King Kong vs. Godzilla(1962) 18. Matango(1963) 19. Samurai...
Supervisor
1. Zone Fighter(TV 1973) 2. Making of Bye-Bye Jupiter (1985) [with Sakyo Komatsu] 3. Making of Godzilla(1985) 4. Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection(1986)
Planner
1. Submersion of Japan: Television Series(TV 1974) 2. Rebirth of Mothra(1996) 3. Rebirth of Mothra 2(1997) [posthumous]
Lyricist
1. Mothra (1961) - "Mothra's Song" [with Ishiro Honda, Shinichi Sekizawa; as Koji Yuki] 2. Godzilla vs. Mothra(1992) - "Mothra's Song" [with Ishiro Honda, Shinichi Sekizawa] 3. Rebirth of Mothra(1996) - "Mothra's Song" [with Ishiro Honda, Shinichi Sekizawa] 4. Rebirth of Mothra 2(1997) - "Mothra's Song" [posthumous; with Ishiro Honda, Shinichi Sekizawa] 5. Rebirth of Mothra 3(1998) - "Mothra's Song" [posthumous; with Ishiro Honda, Shinichi Sekizawa] 6. Godzilla: Tokyo SOS(2003) - "Mothra's So...
Tanaka (center) with Ishiro Honda(right)Tanaka with Sadamasa Arikawa, Ishiro Honda, Eiji Tsuburaya, and the monster cast of Destroy All MonstersTanaka (right) with Ishiro Honda and a Godzilla attraction suitTanaka's photo (right) in Rebirth of Mothra 3Tanaka wrote the lyrics for Mothra's insert song, "Mothra's Song" with Ishiro Honda and Shinichi Sekizawa under the joint pen name Koji Yuki (由起こうじ, Yuki Kōji).Showing 18 comments. When commenting, please remain respectful of other users, stay on topic, and avoid role-playing and excessive punctuation. Comments which violate these guidelines may be removed by administrators.
Apr 3, 1997 · Tomoyuki Tanaka, 86, the father of the Godzilla monster movie series, died of a stroke April 2 in Tokyo, 16 months after his giant lizard-like creation was killed off in the final Japanese...
May 13, 2014 · Ryfle notes that the apocryphal story about Godzilla’s origins involves producer Tomoyuki Tanaka with the Toho Motion Picture Co. flying home from a disastrous film production in Jakarta, Indonesia that had fallen apart.
Tomoyuki Tanaka (田中 友幸?, Tanaka Tomoyuki) was a Japanese film producer, most famous for creating the Godzilla movies alongside his associates. He was born in Osaka, Japan on April 26, 1910, and died in Tokyo on April 2, 1997.
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Apr 3, 1997 · TOKYO — Tomoyuki Tanaka, the father of the “Godzilla” movie series and one of Japan’s best-known producers, died of a stroke at a Tokyo hospital Wednesday at the age of 86. Tanaka produced...
