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'''Ken Kuronuma''' (黒沼健 Kuronuma Ken?); (1 May 1902 - 5 July 1985) was the pen-name of a novelist, science fiction writer, and mystery writer in Showa period [[Japan]]. His real name was Soda Michio (左右田道雄). His father, Soda Kiichiro (左右田喜一郎), was an economist and a banker.
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Kuronuma was the writer of the [[Kaiju]] [[Rodan|classic Giant Monster of the Sky: Rodan]] (known in Japan as '''Sora no Daikaijū: Radon''' (空の大怪獣 ラドン Sora no Daikaijū Radon?)), a 1956 tokusatsu film produced by Tōhō Studios. The film followed in the footsteps of Godzilla and was also popular in the United States.
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He followed on the tremendous success of Rodan with [[Varan the Unbelievable]] in 1958. It proved to be one of the least popular of the Tōhō movies of all time, and nearly destroyed his career.
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Kuronuma turned his attention to television drama, writing the scripts for one of Japan's first science fiction series, Undersea Man 8823 (海底人8823 Kaiteijin 8823?), which ran for 26 episodes from 3 January 1960 to 28 June 1960. In addition to writing the scripts for the series, he also helped to compose the music.
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'''Ken Kuronuma''' {{Nihongo|黒沼健|Kuronuma Ken}}, real name '''Michio Soda''' {{Nihongo|左右田道雄|Sōda Michio}}, was a Japanese novelist, science fiction writer, and mystery writer.
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==Selected filmography==
*''[[Rodan (film)|Rodan]]'' (1956) - Writer
*''[[Varan (film)|Varan]]'' (1958) - Writer
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Latest revision as of 21:44, 16 February 2021

Ken Kuronuma
Ken Kuronuma
Born May 1, 1902
Yokohama, Japan
Died July 5, 1985 (aged 83)
Occupation Writer, novelist
First work Rodan (1956)
Notable work Varan (1958)
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Ken Kuronuma (黒沼健,   Kuronuma Ken), real name Michio Soda (左右田道雄,   Sōda Michio), was a Japanese novelist, science fiction writer, and mystery writer.

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