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Tomoyuki Tanaka is a Actor, Scriptwriter, Producer, Original Music Composer and Creator Japonais born on 26 april 1910 at Kashiwara (Japon)
Tomoyuki Tanaka (田中 友幸 Tanaka Tomoyuki) was a Japanese film producer, most famous for creating the Godzilla series. He was born in Kashiwara, Osaka, Japan on April 26, 1910, and died in Tokyo on April 2, 1997. Tanaka was married to the actress Chieko Nakakita (1926 – 2005). He died of a stroke at the age of 86.
Soon after graduating from Kansai University in 1940, Tanaka joined Toho Studios. After four years with the company, he began producing his own films, and his first effort, Three Women of the North, was released in 1945. In his 60-year career with Toho, Tanaka produced more than 200 films.
He is best known as the creator, with storyteller Shigeru Kayama, director Ishirō Honda and special-effects wizard Eiji Tsuburaya, of Godzilla, the towering embodiment of post-World War II anxiety. Tanaka created Godzilla in 1954 in an effort to illustrate the terror Japanese felt after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In an interview in 1985 Tanaka summed up the symbolism of Godzilla:
In those days, Japanese had a real horror of radiation, and that horror is what made Godzilla so huge. From the beginning he has symbolized nature's revenge on mankind.
The classic Gojira (1954; released in the U.S. in 1956 as Godzilla, King of the Monsters!) would spawn a series of sequels, adding up to 28 films by 2004. Tanaka produced every Toho monster movie. He often worked with the other three members of the Godzilla team: Honda, Tsuburaya, and composer Akira Ifukube, to complete such works as The Mysterians (1957) and Matango (1963). Tanaka produced six films directed by the acclaimed Akira Kurosawa. Their film Kagemusha (1980) was nominated for a Best Foreign Film Oscar and took the Palme d'Or at Cannes.
The American Godzilla was dedicated to his memory.
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Tomoyuki Tanaka
Nationality Japon
Birth 26 april 1910 at Kashiwara (Japon)
Death 2 april 1997 (at 86 years) at Tokyo (Japon)
Birth 26 april 1910 at Kashiwara (Japon)
Death 2 april 1997 (at 86 years) at Tokyo (Japon)
Soon after graduating from Kansai University in 1940, Tanaka joined Toho Studios. After four years with the company, he began producing his own films, and his first effort, Three Women of the North, was released in 1945. In his 60-year career with Toho, Tanaka produced more than 200 films.
He is best known as the creator, with storyteller Shigeru Kayama, director Ishirō Honda and special-effects wizard Eiji Tsuburaya, of Godzilla, the towering embodiment of post-World War II anxiety. Tanaka created Godzilla in 1954 in an effort to illustrate the terror Japanese felt after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In an interview in 1985 Tanaka summed up the symbolism of Godzilla:
In those days, Japanese had a real horror of radiation, and that horror is what made Godzilla so huge. From the beginning he has symbolized nature's revenge on mankind.
The classic Gojira (1954; released in the U.S. in 1956 as Godzilla, King of the Monsters!) would spawn a series of sequels, adding up to 28 films by 2004. Tanaka produced every Toho monster movie. He often worked with the other three members of the Godzilla team: Honda, Tsuburaya, and composer Akira Ifukube, to complete such works as The Mysterians (1957) and Matango (1963). Tanaka produced six films directed by the acclaimed Akira Kurosawa. Their film Kagemusha (1980) was nominated for a Best Foreign Film Oscar and took the Palme d'Or at Cannes.
The American Godzilla was dedicated to his memory.
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Filmography of Tomoyuki Tanaka (95 films)
| Year | Name | Job | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Rebirth of Mothra II | Scriptwriter, Creator | |
| 1996 | Rebirth of Mothra | Original Story | |
| 1995 | Godzilla vs. Destoroyah | Executive Producer | |
| 1994 | Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla | Executive Producer | |
| 1994 | Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon | Producer | |
| 1993 | Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II | Executive Producer | |
| 1992 | Godzilla vs. Mothra | Story, Executive Producer | |
| 1991 | Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah | Producer | |
| 1989 | Godzilla vs. Biollante | Executive Producer | |
| 1989 | Gunhed | Executive Producer | |
| 1987 | Princess from the Moon | Executive Producer | |
| 1987 | Actress | Producer | |
| 1985 | The Return of Godzilla | Story, Executive Producer | |
| 1985 | Godzilla 1985 | Story, Executive Producer | |
| 1984 | Ohan | Executive Producer | |
| 1984 | Sayonara Jupiter | Producer | |
| 1983 | The Makioka Sisters | Executive Producer | |
| 1980 | Kagemusha | Executive Producer | |
| 1977 | Mount Hakkoda | Scriptwriter, Producer | |
| 1977 | The War in Space | Executive Producer | |
| 1977 | House | Producer | |
| 1975 | Terror of Mechagodzilla | Executive Producer | |
| 1974 | Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla | Producer | |
| 1974 | ESPY | Producer | |
| 1974 | Prophecies of Nostradamus | Executive Producer | |
| 1973 | Godzilla vs. Megalon | Producer | |
| 1973 | Submersion of Japan | Actor, Executive Producer | Government official (uncredited) |
| 1972 | Godzilla vs. Gigan | Producer | |
| 1971 | Godzilla vs. Hedorah | Executive Producer | |
| 1970 | Space Amoeba | Executive Producer | |
| 1969 | Samurai Banners | Producer | |
| 1969 | All Monsters Attack | Executive Producer | |
| 1969 | Latitude Zero | Executive Producer | |
| 1969 | Portrait of Hell | Producer | |
| 1968 | Destroy All Monsters | Producer | |
| 1968 | Kill! | Producer | |
| 1967 | Son of Godzilla | Producer | |
| 1967 | Samurai Rebellion | Producer | |
| 1967 | King Kong Escapes | Producer | |
| 1967 | Japan's Longest Day | Producer | |
| 1966 | Ebirah, Horror of the Deep | Executive Producer | |
| 1966 | The War of the Gargantuas | Producer | |
| 1966 | What's Up, Tiger Lily? | Producer | |
| 1965 | Red Beard | Producer | |
| 1965 | Frankenstein Conquers the World | Producer | |
| 1965 | Invasion of Astro-Monster | Executive Producer | |
| 1965 | Samurai Assassin | Producer | |
| 1965 | Key of Keys | Executive Producer | |
| 1964 | Dogora | Producer | |
| 1964 | Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster | Executive Producer | |
| 1964 | Mothra vs. Godzilla | Executive Producer | |
| 1963 | Atragon | Producer | |
| 1963 | High and Low | Producer | |
| 1963 | Matango | Producer | |
| 1963 | Warring Clans | Producer | |
| 1963 | Samurai Pirate | Producer | |
| 1963 | Legacy of the 500,000 | Producer | |
| 1962 | Gorath | Producer | |
| 1962 | King Kong vs. Godzilla | Producer | |
| 1962 | Sanjuro | Producer | |
| 1962 | 47 Ronin | Producer | |
| 1961 | The Last War | Producer | |
| 1961 | Yojimbo | Executive Producer | |
| 1961 | Mothra | Lyricist, Producer | |
| 1960 | The Bad Sleep Well | Producer | |
| 1960 | The Human Vapor | Executive Producer | |
| 1960 | The Secret of the Telegian | Producer | |
| 1960 | The Storm of the Pacific | Producer | |
| 1959 | Battle in Outer Space | Producer | |
| 1959 | The Three Treasures | Producer | |
| 1959 | Samurai Saga | Producer | |
| 1959 | A Whistle in My Heart | Executive Producer | |
| 1958 | The Rickshaw Man | Producer | |
| 1958 | The H-Man | Producer | |
| 1958 | Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman | Producer | |
| 1958 | Varan | Producer | |
| 1957 | The Lower Depths | Producer | |
| 1957 | The Mysterians | Producer | |
| 1957 | Untamed Woman | Producer | |
| 1957 | Yagyu Secret Scrolls | Producer | |
| 1956 | Godzilla, King of the Monsters! | Story, Producer | |
| 1956 | Rodan | Producer | |
| 1956 | The Legend of the White Serpent | Executive Producer | |
| 1955 | Godzilla Raids Again | Producer | |
| 1955 | Lovetide | Executive Producer | |
| 1955 | Mother and Son | Executive Producer | |
| 1954 | Godzilla | Story, Producer | |
| 1954 | Farewell Rabaul | Producer | |
| 1953 | Adolescence Part II | Producer | |
| 1953 | Eagle of the Pacific | Producer | |
| 1952 | The Man Who Came to Port | Producer | |
| 1952 | Sword for Hire | Producer | |
| 1950 | Escape at Dawn | Producer | |
| 1947 | Snow Trail | Producer, Original Music Composer | |
| 1946 | Those Who Make Tomorrow | Executive Producer |