Shinichi Sekizawa
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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
Notes
- ↑ Credited as "Screenplay Adviser" in the film's international export version.
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).
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