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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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  • 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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  • 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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    unintelligible. The most widely accepted report of its origin is that producer Tomoyuki Tanaka named the monster after sturdy Toho worker Shiro Amikura, the later...
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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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    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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  • series. After filming Ebirah, Horror of the Deep, Godzilla creator Tomoyuki Tanaka reportedly approached screenwriter Shinichi Sekizawa and suggested...
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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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • Matango (category Films produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka)
    being known for set designs that were "vanguard, experimental sets". Tomoyuki Tanaka produced the film, with music by Sadao Bekku and cinematography by...
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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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    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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    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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  • Dunn, Michael Lerner, and Harry Shearer. The film is dedicated to Tomoyuki Tanaka, the co-creator and producer of various Godzilla films, who died in...
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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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  • Son of Godzilla (category Films produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka)
    monster movies, and director Jun Fukuda heartily agreed. Producer Tomoyuki Tanaka then proposed the idea of introducing a son to Godzilla. The budget...
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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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  • 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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    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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  • High and Low (1963 film) (category Films produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka)
    Based on King's Ransom by Evan Hunter Produced by Ryūzō Kikushima Tomoyuki Tanaka Starring Toshiro Mifune Tatsuya Nakadai Kyōko Kagawa Tatsuya Mihashi...
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  • trilogy. It was the final kaiju film produced under the supervision of Tomoyuki Tanaka, who produced such films as the original Mothra, which was released...
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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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