Tomoyuki Tanaka

Tomoyuki Tanaka

Japanese film producer (1910–1997)

Tomoyuki "Yūkō" Tanaka was a Japanese film producer, best known as the creator of Godzilla. He produced most of the installments in the Godzilla series, beginning in 1954 with Godzilla and ending in 1995 with Godzilla vs. Destoroyah. He was one of the most prolific Japanese producers of all time, having worked on more than 200 films, including over 80 tokusatsu films and six of Akira Kurosawa's films, notably Yojimbo and Kagemusha.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 10 films (1957–1971) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 1 other record (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1957 Half Human. Distributors Corp. of America 70 min. 35mm B&W sound
1959 The Mysterians. RKO Teleradio Pictures Inc. 89 min. 35mm Color sound
1961 Mothra Ideal Pictures Inc 101 min 16mm Color sound
1962 Yojimbo See Guidance Associates 110 min 16mm B&W sound
1962 Yojimbo Festival Films: Publisher | Toho Kabushiki Kaisha 1:10 16mm B&W sound
1965 The Lost World Of Sinbad. American International Pictures 96 min 35mm Color sound
1966 Frankenstein Conquers The World. American International Pictures 94 min 35mm Color sound
1966 War of the gargantuas $h [motion pictures]/ Henry G. Saperstein Enterprises ; presenter, United Productions of America ; executive producer, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Henry G. Saperstein and Reuben Bercovitch ; writer, Kaoru Mabuchi and Inoshiro Honda ; direction, Inoshiro Honda. 89 16mm Color sound
1968 King Kong Escapes. Universal Pictures 104 min 35mm Color sound
1971 Godzilla's revenge a Toho Company, Ltd. Production ; produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka ; written by Shinichi Sekizawa ; directed by Ishirō Honda. 80 16mm Color sound