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Eiji Tsuburaya

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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)
Ito, Shizuoka, Japan[3]
Occupation Director, cinematographer,
director of special effects
First work The Hunchback of Enmeiin (1925)
Notable work Godzilla (1954)
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“
My heart and mind are as they were when I was a child. Then I loved to play with toys and to read stories of magic. I still do. My wish is only to make life happier and more beautiful for those who will go and see my films of fantasy.
„ 

— Eiji Tsuburaya in Caper Magazine, 1962[4]

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.[3] 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.[5]

Selected filmography

Director of special effects

Supervisor

Miscellaneous

Family tree

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



Gallery

Production

Merchandise

Toys

Miscellaneous

Videos

Eiji Tsuburaya in "The Father of Ultra Q,"
a documentary directed by Akio Jissoji

Trivia

External links

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.
  2. ↑ Special effects staff did not begin to be individually credited until The Mysterians; Tsuburaya was simply credited for "special technology" alongside Akira Watanabe, Hiroshi Mukoyama, and Kuichiro Kishida.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Credited for "special technology" alongside Akira Watanabe, Masao Shirota, and Hiroshi Mukoyama; see second note.

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. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ragone 2014, p. 175.
  4. ↑ Ryfle 1998, p. 47.
  5. ↑ Holland, Edward L. (19 February 2019). "Tribute to Legendary Director Eiji Tsuburaya Opens in Fukushima". SciFi Japan. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019.
  6. ↑ 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.

Bibliography

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