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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...
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  • the stage name of Tomoyuki Tanaka (田中知之, Tanaka Tomoyuki, born 6 July 1966), a Japanese musician and DJ born in Kyoto, Japan. Tanaka was considered to...
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    unclear. The most widely accepted report of its origin is that producer Tomoyuki Tanaka named the monster after sturdy Toho worker Shirō Amikura, the later...
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  • Godzilla vs. Hedorah (category Films produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka)
    released in the United States as Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster. Producer Tomoyuki Tanaka offered Banno the opportunity to direct a Godzilla film shortly after...
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    Godzilla (1954 film) (category Films produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka)
    culturally identified as a strong metaphor for nuclear weapons. Producer Tomoyuki Tanaka stated, "The theme of the film, from the beginning, was the terror...
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    King Kong vs. Godzilla (category Films produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka)
    Tanaka, Tomoyuki (1983). The Complete History of Toho Special Effects Movies (in Japanese). Toho Publishing. ISBN 4-924609-00-5. Tanaka, Tomoyuki (1984)...
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  • Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster. The creature was initially created by Tomoyuki Tanaka, Eiji Tsuburaya, and Shinichi Sekizawa as an homage to the eight-headed...
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  • collectors' item. The album also inspired Japanese recording artist Tomoyuki Tanaka to take the stage name Fantastic Plastic Machine. "Theme from 'The...
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  • The Return of Godzilla (category Films produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka)
    Godzilla vs. Gargantua, also never materialized. Godzilla series creator Tomoyuki Tanaka took charge of reviving the franchise in 1979, Godzilla's 25th anniversary...
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    Godzilla Raids Again (category Films produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka)
    ancient foe Anguirus. Executive producer Iwao Mori instructed producer Tomoyuki Tanaka to immediately commence production on a second Godzilla film, fearing...
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  • fpmnet.com. Retrieved December 11, 2020. Shih, Andy (March 27, 1999). "Tomoyuki Tanaka Revels In Plastic 'Luxury'". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 13. p. 46. Retrieved...
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  • series. After filming Ebirah, Horror of the Deep, Godzilla creator Tomoyuki Tanaka reportedly approached screenwriter Shinichi Sekizawa and suggested...
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  • Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (category Films produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka)
    Godzilla (1967).[citation needed] Director Jun Fukuda notes that producer Tomoyuki Tanaka was not particularly active on this production, with the exception...
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  • Godzilla vs. Biollante (category Films produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka)
    [that] was created by biotechnology was born. —Shinichiro Kobayashi Tomoyuki Tanaka announced a sequel to The Return of Godzilla in 1985, but was skeptical...
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    The Mysterians (category Films produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka)
    became keen on producing a science fiction epic of their own. Producer Tomoyuki Tanaka recruited science fiction writer Jōjirō Okami to develop the story...
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  • attempt to renegotiate with the Indonesian government, film producer Tomoyuki Tanaka conceived an idea for a giant monster film inspired by The Beast from...
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  • directed by Ishirō Honda, written by Yukiko Takayama, and produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka and Henry G. Saperstein, with special effects by Teruyoshi Nakano....
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    Yojimbo (category Films produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka)
    Kikushima Akira Kurosawa Hideo Oguni Story by Akira Kurosawa Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka Ryūzō Kikushima Akira Kurosawa Starring Toshiro Mifune Tatsuya Nakadai...
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  • Fantastic Plastic Machine (musician), the stage name of Japanese musician Tomoyuki Tanaka The Fantastic Plastic Machine (album), the 1997 debut album of the...
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  • Godzilla vs. Megalon (category Films produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka)
    Jun Fukuda, written by Fukuda and Shinichi Sekizawa, and produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka, with special effects by Teruyoshi Nakano. Distributed by Toho and...
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    Hama was working as a bus conductor when she was spotted by producer Tomoyuki Tanaka. She went on to become one of the most in-demand actresses in Japan...
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    Mothra (film) (category Films produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka)
    ancient deity, known as Mothra, arises in retaliation. In 1960, producer Tomoyuki Tanaka hired Shin'ichirō Nakamura to write an original story for a new kaiju...
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    Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (category Films produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka)
    Red Beard, also produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka, for the New Year's holiday. However, the film fell behind schedule and Tanaka rushed Ghidorah, the Three-Headed...
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    Invasion of Astro-Monster (category Films produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka)
    image galleries, poster slideshows, original trailers, a biography on Tomoyuki Tanaka, and an audio commentary by historian Stuart Galbraith IV. In 2014...
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    footballer Tomoyuki Tanaka (田中 友幸, 1910–1997), Japanese film producer Tomoyuki Yamashita (山下 奉文, 1885–1946), Japanese Imperial Army general Tomoyuki Yoshino...
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    Rodan (film) (category Films produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka)
    Critics, but Horror Films Get Coin". Variety. April 15, 1959. p. 46. Tanaka, Tomoyuki (1983). The Complete History of Toho Special Effects Movies (in Japanese)...
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  • dancer Tomomi Tanaka (田中 智美, born 1988), Japanese long-distance runner Tomoyuki Tanaka (田中 友幸), Japanese film producer Torahiko Tanaka (田中 寅彦, born 1957)...
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  • The War of the Gargantuas (category Films produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka)
    renewed and Iwao Mori told him that he would need to speak with producer Tomoyuki Tanaka about each assignment. Seiji Tani, Honda's new chief assistant, spoke...
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  • All Monsters Attack (category Films produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka)
    directed by Ishirō Honda, written by Shinichi Sekizawa, and produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka. The film, which was produced and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd, is...
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  • Godzilla vs. Mothra (category Films produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka)
    King Ghidorah, producer Shōgo Tomiyama and Godzilla series creator Tomoyuki Tanaka proposed resurrecting King Ghidorah in a film entitled Ghidorah's Counterattack...
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