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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 ...
Jun 13, 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.
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· Tomoyuki Tanaka, who frightened and fascinated generations of children with his series of films featuring an outsize, outdated creature named Godzilla, died on Wednesday at a hospital here.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...
May 1, 2024 · Tanaka Tomoyuki (born April 16, 1910, Ōsaka, Japan—died April 2, 1997, Tokyo) 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.
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. After four years with the company, he became a producer, with his first film production being Kita no san-nin (1945).
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...
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.
