Shinichi Sekizawa (関沢新一, Sekizawa Shin'ichi, June 2, 1921 – November 19, 1992) was a Japanese screenwriter noted for his immense contributions to several...

outline of a future film. The character was further developed by Shinichi Sekizawa, whose experiences of starving in the South Pacific islands during...

creature was initially created by Tomoyuki Tanaka, Eiji Tsuburaya, and Shinichi Sekizawa as an homage to the eight-headed mythological Japanese dragon Yamata...

attention of Toei. The screenplay was written by Shinichi Sekizawa, the writer of the first Mothra (1961). Sekizawa also contributed screenplays to some of the...

" Honda would work with screenwriter Shinichi Sekizawa on developing the story stating that "Back then Sekizawa was working on pop songs and TV shows...

Japanese kaiju film directed by Jun Fukuda, written by Fukuda and Shinichi Sekizawa, and produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka, with special effects by Teruyoshi...

developed the initial story outline, which was then scripted by Shinichi Sekizawa. Sekizawa wrote many scenes that did not make it into the final film; one...

Yamata no Orochi. Film historian David Kalat noted that screenwriter Shinichi Sekizawa introduced aliens, like Ghidorah and the eponymous Dogora, because...

Outer Space. Shinichi Sekizawa submitted his first draft on August 10, 1963, following revisions and storyboards by Komatsuzaki. Sekizawa thought up the...

Godzilla creator Tomoyuki Tanaka reportedly approached screenwriter Shinichi Sekizawa and suggested the idea of giving Godzilla a son to commemorate the...

Mothra was serialized in a magazine in January 1961. Screenwriter Shinichi Sekizawa later adapted the story into a screenplay, patterning his version...

co-productions he made with Toho. Saperstein felt that the screenplays by Shinichi Sekizawa were formulaic, noting that these films too often "opened up with...

fictional country Rolisica, re-cast as the villains. The screenwriter Shinichi Sekizawa's earlier drafts have several key difference from the final version:...

themes. His scripts are frequently contrasted with those written by Shinichi Sekizawa, whose scripts for kaiju films typically had a more lightweight, "fun"...

 1962 (1962-08-11) Ishirō Honda (Japan) Thomas Montgomery (U.S.) Shinichi Sekizawa (Japan) Paul Mason and Bruce Howard (U.S.) Tomoyuki Tanaka (Japan)...

release of a new King Kong movie. The concept was first pitched by Shinichi Sekizawa on July 13, 1966. However, Rankin-Bass was displeased that Toho was...

Japanese shogi player Shinichi Sekizawa (新一, 1921–1992), Japanese screenwriter Shinichi Shinohara (信一, born 1973), Japanese judoka Shinichi Suzuki (violinist)...

the first Godzilla film since Godzilla Raids Again not written by Shinichi Sekizawa. Takeshi Kimura is credited by his pen name Kaoru Mabuchi in the film's...

crew, the story treatment was set to be turned into a full script by Shinichi Sekizawa while Ishiro Honda would direct and Eiji Tsuburaya would handle the...

Godzilla and his son throughout the course of Son of Godzilla. At the time, Sekizawa was already tired of writing the series and likely complained that he had...

Human Vapor and tasked Ishirō Honda to direct and Shinichi Sekizawa to write the script. Sekizawa failed to finish the story treatment, citing lack of...

is a 1972 Japanese kaiju film directed by Jun Fukuda, written by Shinichi Sekizawa, and produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka, with special effects by Teruyoshi...

episode has been preserved somewhere. The Japanese version credits Shinichi Sekizawa as the screenplay adviser, a role described by Stuart Galbraith IV...

is a 1969 Japanese kaiju film directed by Ishirō Honda, written by Shinichi Sekizawa, and produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka. The film, which was produced and...

Taniguchi from a screenplay by Mothra and King Kong vs. Godzilla writer Shinichi Sekizawa, included an acclaimed choreographed chase sequence between a wizard...

 1962 (1962-08-11) Ishirō Honda (Japan) Thomas Montgomery (U.S.) Shinichi Sekizawa (Japan) Paul Mason and Bruce Howard (U.S.) Tomoyuki Tanaka (Japan)...

by Kihachi Okamoto with a screenplay by Okamoto, Takeshi Sano and Shinichi Sekizawa. The film is about a disenchanted samurai who resorts to smuggling...

clearly have been much less shambling than it is." Rayns noted that Shinichi Sekizawa's story was "for once, quite ambitious" while noting that the film's...

Last appearance Godzilla vs. Megalon (2023) Created by Jun Fukuda Shinichi Sekizawa Portrayed by Hideto Odachi In-universe information Species Giant beetle-like...

in 1957 by Jojiro Okami, the film underwent four script drafts by Shinichi Sekizawa. Though the characters of Dr. Adachi, Dr. Immerman, and Etsuko (the...