Eiji Tsuburaya

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Eiji Tsuburaya
Eiji Tsuburaya with the DaisensoGoji suit on the set of "Invasion of Astro-Monster"
Born July 10, 1901
Sukagawa, Fukushima, Japan
Died January 25, 1970
Occupation Director, cinematographer,
director of special effects
First work A Page of Madness (1926)
Notable work Godzilla (1954)
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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.[1]

Selected filmography

Gallery

Production

Mothra

King Kong vs. Godzilla

Merchandise

Toys

Other

Videos

Eiji Tsuburaya in "Birth of Ultraman,"
a stage show which aired a week
before the premiere of Ultraman

Trivia

External links

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. Holland, Edward L. (19 February 2019). "Tribute to Legendary Director Eiji Tsuburaya Opens in Fukushima". SciFi Japan.
  2. 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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