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==Selected filmography== | ==Selected filmography== | ||
===Screenwriter=== | ===Screenwriter=== | ||
*''[[Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers]]'' (1956) | *''[[wikipedia:Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers|Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers]]'' (1956) | ||
*''[[Varan (film)|Varan]]'' (1958) | *''[[Varan (film)|Varan]]'' (1958) | ||
*''[[Battle in Outer Space]]'' (1959) | *''[[Battle in Outer Space]]'' (1959) | ||
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*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Kaiju Booska|Monster Booska]]'' (TV 1966-1967) [episode 3] | *''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Kaiju Booska|Monster Booska]]'' (TV 1966-1967) [episode 3] | ||
*''[[Ebirah, Horror of the Deep]]'' (1966) | *''[[Ebirah, Horror of the Deep]]'' (1966) | ||
*''[[The Killing Bottle]]'' (1967) | |||
*''[[Son of Godzilla]]'' (1967) [with Kazue Kiba] | *''[[Son of Godzilla]]'' (1967) [with Kazue Kiba] | ||
*''[[Agon: Atomic Dragon]]'' (TV 1968) | *''[[Agon: Atomic Dragon]]'' (TV 1968) | ||
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===Storywriter=== | ===Storywriter=== | ||
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megalon]]'' (1973) | *''[[Godzilla vs. Megalon]]'' (1973) | ||
*''[[wikia:w:c:tokusatsu:Jungle Prince|Jungle Prince]]'' (TV 1970) | *''[[wikia:w:c:tokusatsu:Jungle Prince|Jungle Prince]]'' (TV 1970) | ||
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla]]'' (1974) [with Masami Fukushima] | *''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla]]'' (1974) [with Masami Fukushima] | ||
===Miscellaneous=== | ===Miscellaneous=== | ||
*''[[Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers]]'' (1956) - Director | *''[[wikipedia:Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers|Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers]]'' (1956) - Director | ||
*''[[Mothra (film)|Mothra]]'' (1961) - Lyrics for "[[Mothra's Song]]" [with [[Ishiro Honda]], [[Tomoyuki Tanaka]]; as Koji Yuki] | *''[[Mothra (film)|Mothra]]'' (1961) - Lyrics for "[[Mothra's Song]]" [with [[Ishiro Honda]], [[Tomoyuki Tanaka]]; as Koji Yuki] | ||
*''[[All Monsters Attack]]'' (1969) - Lyrics for "[[Monster March]]" | *''[[All Monsters Attack]]'' (1969) - Lyrics for "[[Monster March]]" | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Sekizawa 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}}. | *Sekizawa 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}}. | ||
*Sekizawa wrote and directed a science fiction film for Kokumotsu Films in 1956 entitled ''Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers'', in which aliens from the M87 Nebula launch an attack on Earth using flying saucers. It was his sole stint as a director, having only previously served as an assistant director on [[wikipedia:Hiroshi Shimizu (director)|Hiroshi Shimizu]]'s ''Children of the Great Buddha''. The film was considered lost until a 16mm print of it sold online for ¥2.1 million in 2010, after which plans were made for a DVD release that has yet to manifest.<ref name="THiho">{{cite magazine|last=Nekoyama|first=Reme|title=A Lost Special Effects Movie Has Finally Appeared! ''Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers'' Magazine Roadshow!!|magazine=[[Tokusatsu Hiho]]|volume=2|date=13 October 2015|publisher=[[Yosensha]]|pages=8-15|isbn=978-4-8003-0766-8}}</ref> | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
{{Notelist|lower-alpha}} | {{Notelist|lower-alpha}} | ||
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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 Shin'ichi) 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)
- The Killing Bottle (1967)
- 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)
- Jungle Prince (TV 1970)
- 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
- Sekizawa 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).
- Sekizawa wrote and directed a science fiction film for Kokumotsu Films in 1956 entitled Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers, in which aliens from the M87 Nebula launch an attack on Earth using flying saucers. It was his sole stint as a director, having only previously served as an assistant director on Hiroshi Shimizu's Children of the Great Buddha. The film was considered lost until a 16mm print of it sold online for ¥2.1 million in 2010, after which plans were made for a DVD release that has yet to manifest.[2]
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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