Shinichi Sekizawa

Shinichi Sekizawa Born June 2, 1920 Kyoto, Japan Died November 19, 1992 (aged 72) Nanpeidai, Shibuya, Japan Occupation Screenwriter First work Musume Jūhachi Usotsuki Jidai (1949) Notable work King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)

“	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

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]
• 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

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  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).

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