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(→Selected Filmography: Kimura/Mabuchi isn't credited in any version of either "Gigan" or "Megalon." It might be wiser to simply remove these credits and leave it as a mention elsewhere on the page, but I will leave that for an admin to decide.) |
(Kimura penned several drafts which would ultimately become both "Gigan" and "Megalon," and can therefore be partially credited for both films. Just as Kazue Kiba receives a writing credit on "Son of Godzilla" for writing "Two Godzillas: Japan S.O.S.!.") |
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*''[[Destroy All Monsters]]'' (1968) [as Kaoru Mabuchi; with Ishiro Honda] | *''[[Destroy All Monsters]]'' (1968) [as Kaoru Mabuchi; with Ishiro Honda] | ||
*''[[Godzilla vs. Hedorah]]'' (1971) [as Kaoru Mabuchi; with [[Yoshimitsu Banno]]] | *''[[Godzilla vs. Hedorah]]'' (1971) [as Kaoru Mabuchi; with [[Yoshimitsu Banno]]] | ||
*''[[Godzilla vs. Gigan]]'' (1972) [ | *''[[Godzilla vs. Gigan]]'' (1972) [as Kaoru Mabuchi; story, ''[[Godzilla vs. the Space Monsters: Earth Defense Directive]]''] | ||
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megalon]]'' (1973) [ | *''[[Godzilla vs. Megalon]]'' (1973) [as Kaoru Mabuchi; story, ''Godzilla vs. the Space Monsters: Earth Defense Directive''] | ||
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Revision as of 01:06, 25 December 2018
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Takeshi Kimura (木村 武 Kimura Takeshi) was a Japanese screenwriter who wrote many of Toho's non-Godzilla tokusatsu films during the Showa era. Unlike his contemporary Shinichi Sekizawa, whose screenplays were noted for their lighthearted and "fun" tone, Kimura's screenplays were comparatively more gloomy and contained more political themes. Kimura considered his screenplay for Ishiro Honda's Matango to be his best work, and was considerably less enthusiastic about his later work, for which he wrote under the pseudonym Kaoru Mabuchi (馬淵薫 Mabuchi Kaoru). Kimura passed away on May 3, 1987, due to a throat obstruction.
Selected Filmography
Screenwriter
- Rodan (1956) [with Takeo Murata]
- The Mysterians (1957)
- The H-Man (1958)
- The Human Vapor (1960)
- Gorath (1962)
- Matango (1963)
- Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965) [as Kaoru Mabuchi]
- Ultra Q (TV 1966) [draft for the unmade episode, "Ghost Car"]
- The War of the Gargantuas (1966) [as Kaoru Mabuchi; with Ishiro Honda]
- King Kong Escapes (1967) [as Kaoru Mabuchi]
- Destroy All Monsters (1968) [as Kaoru Mabuchi; with Ishiro Honda]
- Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) [as Kaoru Mabuchi; with Yoshimitsu Banno]
- Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972) [as Kaoru Mabuchi; story, Godzilla vs. the Space Monsters: Earth Defense Directive]
- Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) [as Kaoru Mabuchi; story, Godzilla vs. the Space Monsters: Earth Defense Directive]
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