Talk:Eiji Tsuburaya

Quotes

It's difficult to find direct quotes by Tsuburaya, does Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters feature any? - K14 (talk) 9:15, 16 September 2021 (UTC)

There is this quote on Twitter: "My wish is only to make life happier and more beautiful for those who will go and see my films."

Apparently, the quote I found on Twitter is from Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters. Can someone tell me what page it is on since I don't own the book yet, and getting my hands on it is nearly impossible at this time. - K14 (talk) 9:44, 17 September 2021 (UTC)

These were all of the quotes I could find while flipping through:

• "In my third year of primary school, I became interested in airplanes. Back in those days, my biggest dream was to build my own airplane and fly around the world. Every morning, I would wake up around 5:00 a.m., light my lamp, and work on my model plane until I had to leave for school. And as soon as school let out, I would rush home, throw down my school bag, and pick up where I left off, until it was time for dinner." (p. 18)
• "When I wasn't busy building model airplanes, I bought a toy movie viewer, and I made my own film strips by carefully cutting rolled paper, then making sprocket holes, and drawing stick figures [on the paper], frame by frame. I really got a kick out of that." (p. 18)
• "One morning, while allegedly setting out to buy some rice, Tsuburaya left a note: 'I will not return until I succeed in the motion picture business, even if I die trying.'" (p. 22)
• "King Kong was a tremendous hit all over the world, including Japan, and turned RKO Radio Pictures from a second-rate film company to a first-rate one. I tried to persuade the studio I was working for to import this technical know-how, but they had little interest in it, because at the time, I was merely a cameraman who worked on Kazuo Hasegawa's historical dramas." (p. 23)
• "My movie company came up with a very interesting script that combines King Kong and Godzilla, so I couldn't help working on this production instead of my new fantasy films. This script is very special to me; it struck a deep emotional chord because it was seeing King Kong back in 1933 that sparked my interest in the world of special visual effects." (p. 66)
• "During the production of Ultra Q, [Tsuburaya] was quoted as saying to his staff, 'Remember, children will be watching, don't show anything too cruel,' and 'Don't destroy the dreams of children.' (p. 90)
• "Koichi Takano, who would later direct special effects for many of Tsuburaya Productions' programs, said that when Tsuburaya was asked why he didn't use a composite of a real horse or use a rear-screen process [in Frankenstein vs. Baragon] to create something more realistic, he had replied, 'Because using a model horse was more fun!' (p. 94)

Les (main | talk) 01:06, 17 September 2021 (UTC)

Thanks. - K14 (talk) 2:06, 17 September 2021 (UTC)

Cause of death

Neither "asthma" nor "heart attack" is technically incorrect, but the heart attack is what did him in. The cause of death Japanese Wikipedia gives with the citation to the TV Magazine book is "heart attack brought about by bronchial asthma attack." Les (main | talk) 03:23, 18 September 2021 (UTC)