Tomoyuki Tanaka
Japanese film producer (1910-1997) · Japan · On the map · Directors · Died at 86
Tomoyuki "Yūkō" Tanaka was a Japanese film producer, best known as the creator of Godzilla. He produced most of the installments in the Godzilla series, beginning in 1954 with Godzilla and ending in 1995 with Godzilla vs. Destoroyah.
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Godzilla vs. DestoroyahFilm, Producer1993
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla IIFilm, Producer1991
Godzilla vs. King GhidorahFilm, Producer1985
Godzilla 1985Film, Writer, Producer1980
KagemushaFilm, Producer1975
Terror of MechagodzillaFilm, Producer1974
Submersion of JapanSeries, Producer1973
Zone FighterSeries, Creator, Producer
Godzilla vs. MegalonFilm, 1973Producer1969
All Monsters AttackFilm, Producer1967
King Kong EscapesFilm, Producer1965
Frankenstein Conquers the WorldFilm, Producer1963
High and LowFilm, Producer1961
MothraFilm, Producer1956
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!Film, Writer, Producer1954
GodzillaFilm, Writer, Producer1910Born26 April 1910People around Tomoyuki
Toshiro Mifune Tomoyuki produced Yojimbo and Red Beard
Momoko Kōchi Tomoyuki produced Godzilla (1954)
Akiko Wakabayashi Tomoyuki produced Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
Haruo Nakajima Tomoyuki produced Godzilla (1954)
Mie Hama Tomoyuki produced King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
Akira Takarada Tomoyuki produced Godzilla (1954)
Chishū Ryū Tomoyuki produced Red Beard (1968)
Tetsurō Tamba Tomoyuki produced Tidal Wave (1973)
Akihiko Hirata Tomoyuki produced Godzilla (1954)
Ken Uehara Tomoyuki produced Mothra and Atragon
Akira Kubo Tomoyuki produced Invasion of Astro-Monster (1971)- Kenpachirō Satsuma Tomoyuki produced The Return of Godzilla (1985)
Ryō Ikebe Tomoyuki produced Battle in Outer Space (1959)- Katsumi Tezuka Tomoyuki produced Godzilla, Mothra and The H-Man
Kenji Sahara Tomoyuki produced Godzilla (1954)
Seiji Miyaguchi Tomoyuki produced The Bad Sleep Well (1963)
Hiroshi Koizumi Tomoyuki produced Godzilla Raids Again (1959)
Jun Tazaki Tomoyuki produced King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
Susumu Fujita Tomoyuki produced Yojimbo and The Bad Sleep Well
Yumi Shirakawa Tomoyuki produced Rodan and The Mysterians
Eijirō Tōno Tomoyuki produced Yojimbo and Red Beard
Kumi Mizuno Tomoyuki produced Invasion of Astro-Monster (1971)- Shoichi Hirose Tomoyuki produced King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
Yoshifumi Tajima Tomoyuki produced Invasion of Astro-Monster (1971)
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High and Low 1963
Samurai Rebellion 1967
Red Beard 1965
Yojimbo 1961
Sanjuro 1962
Also in Deutsch
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He was one of the most prolific Japanese producers of all time, having worked on more than 200 films, including over 80 tokusatsu films and six of Akira Kurosawa's films, notably Yojimbo and Kagemusha.
