Hiroshi Komura
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Hiroshi Komura (小村 完 Komura Hiroshi),[1] also erroneously called Kan Komura[2] and Kan Kobayashi,[3] is a Japanese production designer.
After graduating from Musashino Art University, Komura joined Toho part-time in 1961. Turning down an opportunity to work for NHK through a connection of his father's, Komura moved to Tokyo to continue his work at Toho, becoming a full-time employee within a year. As an art assistant in the Special Art division, Komura worked on various tasks including storyboarding and conceptual drawings, even refining the design of the monster Gabara based on Teizo Toshimitsu's initial sketches. Komura stayed with Toho through its reorganization in 1971, being transferred to Toho's subsidiary company, Toho Bijutsu (presently Toho Eizo Bijutsu).[1] He was given the opportunity to work as a head art director for the 1973 series, Zone Fighter and the 1974 and 1975 films, Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla and Terror of Mechagodzilla, but returned to an assistant role for the remainder of his tenure at Toho. Komura seemingly retired sometime after 1987, with Daiei's Tokyo Blackout and Toho's Princess from the Moon being his last films.
Selected filmography
Assistant special effects art director
- Mothra (1961)[1] [with Yasuyuki Inoue, Toshiro Aoki, Jiro Shirasaki]
- The War of the Gargantuas (1966) [with Yoshio Irie, Shun Suganuma, Takeharu Ikebuchi, Toshiro Aoki, Mutsumi Toshima, Hiromasa Shirai, Jiro Shirasaki]
- Destroy All Monsters (1968) [with Toshiro Aoki, Hiromasa Shirai, Mutsumi Toshima, Jiro Shirasaki]
- Latitude Zero (1969) [with Toshiro Aoki, Mutsumi Toshima, Hiromasa Shirai, Jiro Shirasaki]
- Space Amoeba (1970) [with Toshiro Aoki, Mutsumi Toshima, Hiromasa Shirai, Jiro Shirasaki]
- Submersion of Japan (1973) [with Toshiro Aoki, Akihiko Iguchi]
- Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974) [with Toshiro Aoki]
- Conflagration (1975) [with Naoyuki Yoshimura]
- The War in Space (1977) [with Naoyuki Yoshimura]
- Magnitude 7.9 (1980) [with Naoyuki Yoshimura, Tsuneo Kansaku]
- Bye-Bye Jupiter (1984)
- The Return of Godzilla (1984) [with Naoyuki Yoshimura, Isao Takahashi, Kazuhisa Hayashi, Yuji Terai, Toshio Tagawa, Akira Hagiwara, Takashi Naganuma]
- Tokyo Blackout (1987) [with Naoyuki Yoshimura, Takashi Naganuma, Yuji Terai, Takeshi Shimizu, Isao Takahashi, Toshio Miike, Yuji Tsuzuki]
- Princess from the Moon (1987) [with Naoyuki Yoshimura, Takashi Naganuma, Yuji Terai, Isao Takakhashi, Hiroshi Butsuda]
Assistant art director
- Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) [with Tsuneo Shimura, Hisaya Otake, Kazuyuki Numata]
Art director
- Zone Fighter (1973)[1] [with Kazuo Takisagi, Kinya Uchida[4]]
Special effects art director
- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) [with Toshiro Aoki]
- Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975) [with Toshiro Aoki]
Designed monsters
- Gabara (All Monsters Attack) [with Teizo Toshimitsu][1]
References
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