Tomoyuki Tanaka

Producer

About

Birth Place

Japan

Born

April 26, 1910

Died

March 26, 1997

Cause of Death

Stroke

Filmography

Godzilla (1985)

From Story

Godzilla vs. Biollante (1992)

Princess from the Moon (1987)

Executive Producer

Ohan (1985)

Producer

Photos & Videos

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Terror Of Mechagodzilla (1975) -- (Movie Clip) So This Is Tokyo?

Terror Of Mechagodzilla (1975) -- (Movie Clip) We're From Black Hole Planet 3

Family & Companions

Chieko Tomoyuki

Wife

Survived him.

Notes

Received a Japanese imperial award called the Order of the Scared Treasure, Gold and Silver Star in 1981

Biography

Filmography

Life Events

1940

Joined Toho Co film production firm

1944

Debut as a producer

1954

Gained world-wide acclaim with "Godzilla"

1965

Produced "Akahige/Red Beard" with Akira Kurosawa

1995

Final production of Godzilla sequels "Godzilla versus Destroyer"

Videos

Terror Of Mechagodzilla (1975) -- (Movie Clip) So This Is Tokyo? Cutting from a scene with the Interpol good guys wondering what (…the new monster Titanosaurus) erased their submarine, incognito alien underboss Tsuda (Toru Ibuki) greets leader Mugal (Goro Mutsumi, visiting earth from expiring Black Hole Planet 3) and briefs him on the ostracized human scientist (Akihiko Hirata) they’re recruiting to rebuild their (title) monster, in Terror Of Mechagodzilla,1975.

Terror Of Mechagodzilla (1975) -- (Movie Clip) We're From Black Hole Planet 3 Evil disguised alien Tsuda (Toru Ibuki) leads vengeful human Dr. Mafune (Akihiko Hirata) who’s been in hiding for years, and his daughter (Tomoko Ai) to the underground lab where his cohorts, led by Commander Mugal (Goro Mutsu) have secretly re-built the title character, resuming their world-domination scheme, in Terror Of Mechagodzilla,1975.

Terror Of Mechagodzilla (1975) -- (Movie Clip) Approaching The Target Area We don’t know the pretty girl (Tomoko Ai) on the rocky shore but she’s darn sure connected, as the submarine commanded by Masaaki Daimon looks for what’s left of the title character, who was mostly sunk in the last movie, opening the 15th film in the Toho Ltd. Godzilla franchise, Terror Of Mechagodzilla,1975.

Godzilla Vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) -- (Movie Clip) It Doesn't Add Up! Godzilla, who’s been on good terms with humans lately, is inexplicably raging around Gotemba, as engineer Keisuke (Masaaki Daimon) rushes to get there, and stranger still, he fights with friendly Anguirus, but there’s this strange gleaming under his skin, in Godzilla Vs. Mechagodzilla, 1974.

Godzilla Vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) -- (Movie Clip) Two Monsters Will Join Forces Meeting by chance on a jet from Okinawa to Tokyo, archaeologist Saeko (Reiko Tajima) and engineer Keisuke (Masaaki Daimon) puzzle over a hieroglyph and the statue she found in his mine, meet a strange guy in shades (Shin Kishida), then professor Wagura (Hiroshi Koizumi), who happens to be a relation, in Godzilla Vs. Mechagodzilla, 1974.

Godzilla Vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) -- (Movie Clip) A Cyborg? Previously-friendly Godzilla’s mysterious rampage continues at a refinery, brothers Keisuke and Masahiko (Masaaki Daimon, Kazuya Aoyama), arriving with professor Miyajima (Akihiko Hiraka, with daughter Hiromi Matsushita) who figures it out when a second monster appears, but no explanation for a dude (Goro Mutsu Mutsumi) in some command center, in Godzilla Vs. Mechagodzilla, 1974.

Rodan (1957) -- (Movie Clip) There's Nothing We Can Do Roll call at the coal mine, engineer Shigeru (Kenji Sawara) worries as three of his colleagues go looking for his missing brother-in-law, still no creatures seen, in Inoshiro Honda's Rodan, 1957.

Rodan (1957) -- (Movie Clip) They're Going To Have Babies Recuperating from his scare with the big nuclear insects, shown two innocuous eggs by his doting girlfriend Kiyo (Yumi Shirakawa), Shigeru (Kenji Sawara) realizes what he really saw underground, in Inoshiro Honda's Rodan, 1957.

Rodan (1958) -- (Movie Clip) That Thing Is The Killer! Following the first on-screen appearance of the mostly-larval form of the title character, civilian miners and cops head for the slag heap where engineer Kawamura (Kenji Sahara) and the chief (Akio Kobori) reach the obvious conclusion, in Rodan, 1957.

Rodan (1957) -- (Movie Clip) A Strange Beast Inside Engineer Shigeru (Kenji Sawara) is taking a shot at reassuring his panicked girlfriend Kiyo (Yumi Shirakawa) when the worm that's been killing miners makes it's first on-screen appearance, in her apartment, in Inoshiro Honda's Rodan, 1957.

Godzilla Vs. Megalon (1973) -- (Movie Clip) On Faraway Monster Island Opening the 13th feature in the Toho Films Ltd. franchise, made on a tighter schedule and budget, with narration referring to the actual American Cannikin nuclear test, the hero is aroused, and trouble for his cohabitants Rodan and Anguirus who fall into some kind of crack, in Godzilla Vs. Megalon, 1973.

Godzilla Vs. Megalon (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Over Three Million Years Old Scientist Goro, with nephew Rokuro and buddy Hiroshi (Katsuhiko Sasaki, Hiroyuki Kawase, Yukata Hayashi) are puzzling over the burglars who escaped when they arrived at his extra-mod home, analyzing a button they grabbed, noting progress on the robot, and getting some Easter Island dates way wrong, in Godzilla Vs. Megalon, 1973.

Companions

Chieko Tomoyuki

Wife

Survived him.

Bibliography

Notes

Received a Japanese imperial award called the Order of the Scared Treasure, Gold and Silver Star in 1981

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1940

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1954

1965

1995

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