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|name            =Eiji Tsuburaya
|name            =Eiji Tsuburaya
|occupation      =Director, cinematographer,<br>director of special effects
|occupation      =Director, cinematographer,<br>director of special effects
|birthday        =July 7, 1901{{#tag:ref|Sources have variously described Tsuburaya's birthday as July 5, July 7, and July 10. Tsuburaya's family understands that he was born on July 7,<ref>{{Cite web|title=すかがわ市M78光の町|url=http://m78-sukagawa.jp/person/|accessdate=23 August 2021}}</ref> which is the high day of the Japanese star festival ''[[wikipedia:Tanabata|Tanabata]]''. Tsuburaya Productions has acknowledged this fact in official press releases.<ref name="Birthday">{{cite web|url=https://en.tsuburaya-prod.co.jp/company/founder|title=The Founder - Eiji Tsuburaya|work=Tsuburaya Productions|accessdate=4 May 2021}}</ref>|name="Birth"|group="lower-alpha"}}
|birthday        =July 7, 1901{{#tag:ref|While Eiji Tsuburaya's family registry says that he was born on July 10,<ref>{{Cite web|title=すかがわ市M78光の町|url=http://m78-sukagawa.jp/person/|accessdate=23 August 2021}}</ref> he, his family, and Tsuburaya Productions give his birthdate as July 7.<ref name="Birthday">{{cite web|url=https://en.tsuburaya-prod.co.jp/company/founder|title=The Founder - Eiji Tsuburaya|work=Tsuburaya Productions|accessdate=4 May 2021}}</ref> The latter date has special significance, as it is the high day of the Japanese star festival [[wikipedia:Tanabata|Tanabata]]. Still other sources give a birthdate of July 5.|name="Birth"|group="lower-alpha"}}
|death          =January 25, 1970 (aged 68)<br>[[wikipedia:Itō, Shizuoka|Itō, Shizuoka]], [[Japan]]
|death          =January 25, 1970 (aged 68)<br>[[wikipedia:Itō, Shizuoka|Itō, Shizuoka]], [[Japan]]
|birthplace      =[[wikipedia:Sukagawa, Fukushima|Sukagawa, Fukushima]], [[Japan]]
|birthplace      =[[wikipedia:Sukagawa, Fukushima|Sukagawa, Fukushima]], [[Japan]]

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Eiji Tsuburaya
Eiji Tsuburaya on the set of The Three Treasures
Born July 7, 1901[a]
Sukagawa, Fukushima, Japan
Died January 25, 1970 (aged 68)
Itō, Shizuoka, Japan
Occupation Director, cinematographer,
director of special effects
First work Enmeiin no Semushi Otoko (1925)
Notable work Godzilla (1954)
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“
Tsuburaya always said to give your child a dream.
„ 

— Bin Furuya[3]

Eiji Tsuburaya (円谷 英二,   Tsuburaya Eiji), born Eiichi Tsumuraya (圓谷 英一,   Tsumuraya Eiichi) and occasionally credited as Eiji Tsumuraya (圓谷 英二,   Tsumuraya Eiji), was a Japanese special effects director, cameraman and producer. Tsuburaya rose to fame primarily due to his work as a cinematographer and special effects director on Toho's kaiju films during the 1950's and 1960's, when he pioneered the techniques of tokusatsu and suitmation. Tsuburaya was one of the creators of Godzilla, who would go on to become Toho's most famous creation and an international icon.

In 1963, Tsuburaya founded his own special effects studio, Tsuburaya Productions, which would become known for producing the Ultra series. Tsuburaya himself served as supervisor for several of the studio's early tokusatsu television series, including Ultra Q, Ultraman and Ultraseven. Toward the end of his life, Tsuburaya continued to receive honorary credit for supervising and directing the special effects in Toho's kaiju films, even though his responsibilities with his own company and eventually his declining health prevented him from actually working on the films. Tsuburaya's understudy Teruyoshi Nakano would take over as Toho's primary special effects director following Tsuburaya's death of a heart attack on January 25, 1970. Tsuburaya's company, Tsuburaya Productions, continued operating under his family until 2007, when it was acquired by TYO Inc. On January 11, 2019, the Eiji Tsuburaya Museum opened in his hometown of Sukagawa, commemorating his life and films.[4]

Selected filmography

Family tree

Sei TsumurayaIsamu Tsumuraya
Shuzaburo ArakiMasano TsuburayaEiji Tsuburaya
Noboru TsuburayaHajime TsuburayaAkira Tsuburaya
Kazuo TsuburayaMasahiro TsuburayaHideaki TsuburayaYuko Tsuburaya
Hiroshi TsuburayaHitomi Tsuburaya



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Notes

  1. ↑ While Eiji Tsuburaya's family registry says that he was born on July 10,[1] he, his family, and Tsuburaya Productions give his birthdate as July 7.[2] The latter date has special significance, as it is the high day of the Japanese star festival Tanabata. Still other sources give a birthdate of July 5.

References

This is a list of references for Eiji Tsuburaya. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]

  1. ↑ "すかがわ市M78光の町". Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "The Founder - Eiji Tsuburaya". Tsuburaya Productions. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "古谷敏インタビュー". 映画『ネズラ1964』公式サイト (in 日本語). Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  4. ↑ Holland, Edward L. (19 February 2019). "Tribute to Legendary Director Eiji Tsuburaya Opens in Fukushima". SciFi Japan.
  5. ↑ Legendary (9 April 2020). "The costume for @Watanabe in this scene is based on Eiji Tsuburaya's outfits (the special effects director on the early Godzilla films). #MonsterverseWatchalong". Twitter.

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