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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. Destoroyah.
- 1940–1997
- Film producer
Feb 23, 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. Not long after graduating ...
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· Tomoyuki Tanaka, who frightened and fascinated generations of children with his series of films featuring an outsize, outdated creature named Godzilla, died on Wednesday at a hospital here.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 86.
Tomoyuki Tanaka (1910-1997) was a Japanese film producer who created Godzilla and oversaw many other Toho sci-fi movies. He also worked with Akira Kurosawa and received a BAFTA nomination for Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior.
- Producer, Writer, Soundtrack
- April 26, 1910
- Tomoyuki Tanaka
- April 2, 1997
May 1, 2024 · Tanaka Tomoyuki was a 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 ending with
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
May 13, 2014 · Tomoyuki Tanaka (1910-1997) created Godzilla with the help of three other key people. He was joined in his efforts by film director Ishiro Honda, special effects expert Eiji Tsuburaya and composer ...
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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 ...
