Kaoru Mabuchi

Kaoru Mabuchi Kaoru Mabuchi Born February 4, 1911 Osaka, Japan Died May 3, 1987 (aged 76) Occupation Screenwriter First work Red-Light Bases (1953) Notable work Matango (1963)

Kaoru Mabuchi (馬淵 薫,   Mabuchi Kaoru), known by the pen name 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, Mabuchi's screenplays were comparatively more gloomy and contained more political themes. Mabuchi considered his screenplay for Ishiro Honda's Matango to be his best work, and was considerably less enthusiastic about his later work. Kimura passed away on May 3, 1987, due to a throat obstruction.

Selected filmography

• Rodan (1956) - Screenwriter [as Takeshi Kimura; with Takeo Murata]
• The Mysterians (1957) - Screenwriter [as Takeshi Kimura]
• The H-Man (1958) - Adaptation [as Takeshi Kimura]
• The Human Vapor (1960) - Screenwriter [as Takeshi Kimura]
• The Last War (1961) - Screenwriter [as Takeshi Kimura]
• Gorath (1962) - Screenwriter [as Takeshi Kimura]
• Matango (1963) - Screenwriter [as Takeshi Kimura]
• Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965) - Screenwriter
• Ultra Q (TV 1966) - Screenwriter ["Ghost Car"; unmade]
• The War of the Gargantuas (1966) - Screenwriter [with Ishiro Honda]
• King Kong Escapes (1967) - Screenwriter
• Destroy All Monsters (1968) - Screenwriter [with Ishiro Honda]
• Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) - Screenwriter [with Yoshimitsu Banno]
• Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972) - Original story [Godzilla vs. the Space Monsters: Earth Defense Directive; uncredited]
• Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) - Original story [Godzilla vs. the Space Monsters: Earth Defense Directive; uncredited]

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