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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.
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.
Jan 4, 1998 · Mark Jacobson tribute to producer Tomoyuki Tanaka, who invented film monster Godzilla and made 22 Godzilla films; Tanaka died in 1997; photo (M)
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...
Tomoyuki Tanaka. Producer: Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior. 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.
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.
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).
