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*''[[Terror of Mechagodzilla]]'' (1975) - Screenwriter | *''[[Terror of Mechagodzilla]]'' (1975) - Screenwriter | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* | *She is the second woman to write a Godzilla screenplay, after Kazue Shiba, who collaborated with [[Shinichi Sekizawa]] on ''[[Son of Godzilla]]''. | ||
*In [[Terror of Mechagodzilla (First draft)|Takayama's original scenario]] for ''[[Terror of Mechagodzilla]]'', the role of [[Titanosaurus]] was filled by two dinosaurs called [[Terror of Mechagodzilla (First draft)|Titans]], who became violent only when their necks were entangled.<ref name="G-FAN">[http://www.g-fan.com/html/gfan_index/index_91.php Words from the Heart: Yukiko Takayama Remembers ''Terror of Mechagodzilla'']</ref> Her script also called for the total annihilation of [[Tokyo]] by Titanosaurus and [[Mechagodzilla/Showa|Mechagodzilla]], who would enter the city through [[Tokyo Bay]] and target Shinagawa ward first. Budget constraints forced [[Toho]] to scale back the destruction. | *In [[Terror of Mechagodzilla (First draft)|Takayama's original scenario]] for ''[[Terror of Mechagodzilla]]'', the role of [[Titanosaurus]] was filled by two dinosaurs called [[Terror of Mechagodzilla (First draft)|Titans]], who became violent only when their necks were entangled.<ref name="G-FAN">[http://www.g-fan.com/html/gfan_index/index_91.php Words from the Heart: Yukiko Takayama Remembers ''Terror of Mechagodzilla'']</ref> Her script also called for the total annihilation of [[Tokyo]] by Titanosaurus and [[Mechagodzilla/Showa|Mechagodzilla]], who would enter the city through [[Tokyo Bay]] and target Shinagawa ward first. Budget constraints forced [[Toho]] to scale back the destruction. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*[http://www.davmil.org/www.kaijuconversations.com/takaya.htm July 1994 interview by David Milner] | *[http://www.davmil.org/www.kaijuconversations.com/takaya.htm July 1994 interview by David Milner] | ||
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Yukiko Takayama (高山由紀子 Takayama Yukiko) is a Japanese film and television writer and director. She wrote the screenplay for the 1975 Godzilla film, Terror of Mechagodzilla.
Selected Filmography
- Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975) - Screenwriter
Trivia
- She is the second woman to write a Godzilla screenplay, after Kazue Shiba, who collaborated with Shinichi Sekizawa on Son of Godzilla.
- In Takayama's original scenario for Terror of Mechagodzilla, the role of Titanosaurus was filled by two dinosaurs called Titans, who became violent only when their necks were entangled.[1] Her script also called for the total annihilation of Tokyo by Titanosaurus and Mechagodzilla, who would enter the city through Tokyo Bay and target Shinagawa ward first. Budget constraints forced Toho to scale back the destruction.
External Links
References
This is a list of references for Yukiko Takayama. 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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