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  1. Tomoyuki "Yūkō" Tanaka (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 ...

  2. Apr 3, 1997 · Tomoyuki Tanaka, a prolific movie producer who shaped Japan's post-Hiroshima nightmare into a fearsome giant lizard that the world came to know as Godzilla, died on Wednesday.

  3. Jan 4, 1998 · The 1954 film, shot in brooding black and white, presents the bulbous, spiny-backed Big G not just as another mutant lizard bent on world destruction, but also as a...

  4. Jun 13, 2024 · Tomoyuki Tanaka (田中 友幸 (ともゆき), Tanaka Tomoyuki), nicknamed Yuko Tanaka (田中 友幸 (ゆうこう), Tanaka Yūkō), was a Japanese film producer most famous for creating Godzilla. He was born in Osaka, Japan on April 26, 1910, and died in Tokyo on April 2, 1997, at the age of 86 from cerebral infarction.

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  5. May 13, 2014 · Tomoyuki Tanaka, the producer of the "Godzilla" movie series and a former chairman of movie house Toho Co., seen in this April 1981 photo, died of a stroke Wednesday, April 2, 1997 at a Tokyo...

  6. Apr 2, 1997 · Tanaka would champion Godzilla's return in 1984 and be heavily involved in the series until his death in 1997. In his near 60 year career Tanaka would go on to produce over 200 films. Born in Osaka Prefecture, Tomoyuki Tanaka was head man at Toho Studios and one of its most prolific producers.

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  8. 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.