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{{Quote|What's most important is entertainment. If there's too much detail, the audience won't be interested. So my philosophy is [to] just add enough to tell the story and keep it moving along.|Shinichi Sekizawa<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ryfle|first1=Steve|author-link1=Steve Ryfle|last2=Godziszewski|first2=Ed|author-link2=Ed Godziszewski|title=[[Ishiro Honda: A Life in Film, from Godzilla to Kurosawa]]|date=3 October 2017|publisher=Wesleyan University Press|page=174|isbn=978-0819577412}}</ref>}} | |||
'''Shinichi Sekizawa''' {{Nihongo|関沢 新一|Sekizawa Shinichi}} was a [[Japan]]ese screenwriter noted for his immense contributions to [[Toho]]'s [[tokusatsu]] output in the [[Showa era]]. He also created the 1968 miniseries ''[[Agon: Atomic Dragon]]''. Sekizawa passed away on November 19, 1992, at the age of 72 from myocardial infarction. | '''Shinichi Sekizawa''' {{Nihongo|関沢 新一|Sekizawa Shinichi}} was a [[Japan]]ese screenwriter noted for his immense contributions to [[Toho]]'s [[tokusatsu]] output in the [[Showa era]]. He also created the 1968 miniseries ''[[Agon: Atomic Dragon]]''. Sekizawa passed away on November 19, 1992, at the age of 72 from myocardial infarction. | ||
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Shinichi Sekizawa with Tsuburaya.jpg|Shinichi Sekizawa and [[Eiji Tsuburaya]] discuss ''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]'' over lunch at Toho Salon | Shinichi Sekizawa with Tsuburaya.jpg|Shinichi Sekizawa and [[Eiji Tsuburaya]] discuss ''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]'' over lunch at Toho Salon | ||
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*Tanaka wrote the lyrics for ''[[Mothra (film)|Mothra]]''{{'}}s insert song, "[[Mothra's Song]]" with [[Ishiro Honda]] and [[Tomoyuki Tanaka]] under the joint pen name '''Koji Yuki''' {{Nihongo|由起こうじ|Yuki Kōji}}. | |||
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What's most important is entertainment. If there's too much detail, the audience won't be interested. So my philosophy is [to] just add enough to tell the story and keep it moving along.
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— Shinichi Sekizawa[1] |
Shinichi Sekizawa (関沢 新一 Sekizawa Shinichi) was a Japanese screenwriter noted for his immense contributions to Toho's tokusatsu output in the Showa era. He also created the 1968 miniseries Agon: Atomic Dragon. Sekizawa passed away on November 19, 1992, at the age of 72 from myocardial infarction.
Selected filmography
Screenwriter
- Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers (1956)
- Varan (1958)
- Battle in Outer Space (1959)
- The Secret of the Telegian (1960)
- Mothra (1961)
- King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
- Atragon (1963)
- Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
- Dogora (1964)
- Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
- Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)
- Ultraman (TV 1966-1967) [episode 1; with Tetsuo Kinjo]
- Monster Booska (TV 1966-1967) [episode 3]
- Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)
- Son of Godzilla (1967) [with Kazue Kiba]
- Agon: Atomic Dragon (TV 1968)
- Mighty Jack (TV 1968) [episode 1]
- Latitude Zero (1969) [with Ted Sherdeman][a]
- All Monsters Attack (1969)
- Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)
Unproduced works
- Continuation: King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963)
- Batman vs. Godzilla (1965)
Storywriter
- Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)
- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) [with Masami Fukushima]
Miscellaneous
- Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers (1956) - Director
- Mothra (1961) - Lyrics for "Mothra's Song" [with Ishiro Honda, Tomoyuki Tanaka; as Koji Yuki]
- All Monsters Attack (1969) - Lyrics for "Monster March"
- Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972) - Lyrics for "Godzilla March" [with Jun Fukuda]
- Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) - Lyrics for "Godzilla and Jet Jaguar: Punch! Punch! Punch!"
Gallery
Shinichi Sekizawa and Eiji Tsuburaya discuss King Kong vs. Godzilla over lunch at Toho Salon
Trivia
- Tanaka wrote the lyrics for Mothra's insert song, "Mothra's Song" with Ishiro Honda and Tomoyuki Tanaka under the joint pen name Koji Yuki (由起こうじ Yuki Kōji).
Notes
- ↑ Credited as "Screenplay Adviser" in the film's international export version.
References
This is a list of references for Shinichi Sekizawa. 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]
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