- Tomoyuki Tanaka
Tomoyuki Tanaka (田中 友幸 "Tanaka Tomoyuki") was a Japanese
film producer , most famous for creating theGodzilla movies. He was born inKashiwara, Osaka ,Japan onApril 26 ,1910 , and died inTokyo onApril 2 ,1997 . [http://video.barnesandnoble.com/search/biography.asp?z=y&CTR=654119]Soon after graduating from
Kansai University in 1940, Tanaka joinedToho Studios. After four years with the company, he began producing his own films. In his 60-year career with Toho, Tanaka produced more than 200 films.He is best known as the creator, with storyteller
Shigeru Kayama , directorIshirō Honda and special-effects wizardEiji Tsuburaya , ofGodzilla , the towering embodiment of post-World War II anxiety. Tanaka created Godzilla in 1954 in an effort to illlustrate the terror Japanese felt after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The classic "Godzilla, King of the Monsters! " (1954; released in the U.S. in 1956) would spawn a series of sequels, adding up to 28 films by 2004.In addition to other sci-fi thrillers (often with the other three members of the Godzilla team: Honda and Tsuburaya, and composer
Akira Ifukube ) such as "The Mysterians " (1957) and "Matango " (1963), Tanaka produced films directed by the acclaimedAkira Kurosawa . Their film "Kagemusha " (1980) was nominated for a Best Foreign Film Oscar and took thePalme d'Or at Cannes.He has a dedication to his death in the remake of "Godzilla".
References
Brennan, Sandra. [http://video.barnesandnoble.com/search/biography.asp?z=y&CTR=654119 "Tomoyuki Tanaka biography"] at
Barnes & Noble online.External links
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