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Tanaka passed away in Tokyo on April 2, 1997 at the age of 86. Born April 26, 1910. Died April 2, 1997 (86) Add photos, demo reels. Add to list. Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award. 1 win & 1 nomination total. Known for. Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior. 7.9. Producer. 1980. Godzilla. 7.5. Producer. 1954.
Apr 12, 2024 · Tanaka Tomoyuki (born April 16, 1910, Ōsaka, Japan—died April 2, 1997, Tokyo) Japanese film producer. Tanaka was associated for nearly 60 years with Japan’s Toho Studios, for which he produced more than 200 films. Of these, his best known are the 22 films in the Godzilla series, beginning with Godzilla, King of the Monsters in 1954 and ...
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...
Jan 4, 1998 · Tomoyuki Tanaka said he was flying over the Bikini Islands, site of American nuclear-bomb testing, when the idea for Godzilla came to him. If this is true, Tanaka's vision certainly ranks as a...
Apr 2, 1997 · Born in Osaka Prefecture, Tomoyuki Tanaka was head man at Toho Studios and one of its most prolific producers. Throughout his career he would produce the films of notable filmmakers such as Akira Kurosawa, Senkichi Taniguchi, Kon Ichikawa, and Mikio Naruse. However, he is probably best remembered as the creator of Godzilla.
Producer: Kagemusha. Tomoyuki Tanaka was born on April 26, 1910 in Kashiwara, Osaka, Japan. He graduated from Kansai University in 1940 and joined Toho Studios the same year. After four years with the company, he became a producer, with his first film production being Kita no san-nin (1945).
The head man at Toho Studios for some time, Tomoyuki Tanaka produced every Toho monster movie, Godzilla or otherwise, from the start of the first Godzilla film in 1954 up until 1995's Godzilla vs. Destoroyah. He also produced several of Akira Kurosawa 's best pictures, and in total was involved in the production of more than 200 movies in his ...
