Eiji Tsuburaya
Visual Effects
Born July 7, 1901 in 日本,京都府
Eiji Tsuburaya ranks alongside Willis H. O'Brien and Ray Harryhausen as one of the great visionary SFX masters of twentieth-century fantasy cinema. Best remembered as the amazing special effects genius behind the "Godzilla" series of monster films commencing in 1954, he also contributed effects to a host of other Japanese monster / fantasy / science fiction / drama / propaganda films for over four decades. Eiji Tsuburaya had a keen interest in the cinema from a young age, and legend has it that he acquired a second-hand movie projector when he was only ten years old, and pulled it apart and put it back together with relative ease. He began work as a cinematographer in Kyoto around 1919 and then enhanced his skills to include camera work throughout the 1920s, at which time his eye for detail was in high demand from many studios. Around 1938, he became head of Special Visual Techniques at Toho Studios, and during the Second World War, he was involved in the production of several Japanese propaganda films. He went freelance after the war, and in 1954 he collaborated with director Ishirô Honda on the monster epic Gojira (1954) (aka "Godzilla"). The film was an enormous hit in Japan, and additional scenes were filmed with US actor Raymond Burr and then inserted strategically to give the movie western appeal. "Godzilla, King Of The Monsters" was then released in the USA to strong box office takings, and Godzilla has since appeared in over two dozen films spanning over fifty years, becoming a key cult icon of Japanese culture!!
Filmography
Ultraman Teo
Shin Ultraman
Monster SeaFood Wars
Dragon Force: Rise of Ultraman
Ultraman R/B
Dragon Force: So Long Ultraman
Neo Ultra Q
Ultraman - The Alien Invasion
Ultraman: Terror on Route 87
Akio Jissoji's Ultraman
Bloodthirsty Hawk
Godzilla
Daigoro vs. Goliath
Space Amoeba
All Monsters Attack
Latitude Zero
Crazy Big Explosion
Ultraman, Ultraseven: Great Violent Monster Fight
The Last War
Operation: Mystery
Destroy All Monsters
Mighty Jack
Son of Godzilla
Ultraseven
King Kong Escapes
Ultraman: Monster Movie Feature
Do Your Best! Godzilla
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
The War of the Gargantuas
Ultraman
Zero Fighter
The Birth of Ultraman
The Father of Ultra Q
The Sword of Doom
Ultra Q
Invasion of Astro-Monster
The Crazy Adventure
Frankenstein Conquers the World
The Retreat from Kiska
Sinbad, Alibaba and Aladdin
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Dogora
The Human Vapor
Mothra vs. Godzilla
Tiger Flight
Whirlwind
Atragon
Matango
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Siege of Fort Bismarck
Varan the Unbelievable
Chûshingura
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Gorath
Valley of the Dragons
The Last War
Blood on the Sea
Mothra
Daredevil in the Castle
The Human Vapor
The Storm of the Pacific
The Secret of the Telegian
Battle in Outer Space
The Three Treasures
Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender
Gigantis, the Fire Monster
The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung
The Hidden Fortress
Varan
The Tale of the White Serpent
The H-Man
Song for a Bride
The Mysterians
Tokyo 1960
Rodan! The Flying Monster
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
The Paradise Island Story
Throne of Blood
Rodan
Pure Love
The Legend of the White Serpent
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
Marital Relations
Beast Man Snow Man
Godzilla Raids Again
Silver Wheel
Invisible Man
Godzilla
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Farewell Rabaul
Sound of the Mountain
The Lovers
The Eagle of the Pacific
Youth of Heiji Senigata
Anatahan
The Man Who Came to Port
The Skin of the South
The Lady of Musashino
Escape at Dawn
The Invisible Man Appears
Hanakurabe tanuki-den
White-haired Demon
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
Lord for a Night
A Descendant of Urashima Taro
Five Tokyo Men
Until Victory Day
Colonel Kato's Falcon Squadron
Searing Wind
World of Love
Hyoroku's Dream Tale
音楽大進軍
The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya
Wings of Victory
Bouquet of the South Seas
Ramayana
The Burning Sky
Kaguya Hime
Chorus of a Million People
Reimei izen
Castle of Wind and Clouds
A Page of Madness