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Eiji Tsuburaya (円谷 英二 Tsuburaya Eiji?, (born Eiichi Tsumuraya (圓谷 英一, Tsumuraya Eiichi); July 7, 1901 – January 25, 1970, in Sukagawa, Fukushima) was a Japanese special effects director responsible for many Japanese science-fiction films and television series.
Films[]
Special Effects[]
During his 50-year career, Tsuburaya worked on approximately 250 films in total. His special effects work includes:
- Atarashiki Tsuchi (1937) – Director of Special Effects
- Kaigun Bakugeki-tai (1940) – Special Effects
- Moyuru ōzora (1940) – Special Effects
- Enoken no songokū: songokū zenko-hen (1940) – Special Effects Supervisor
- Shiroi Hekiga (1942) – Special Effects
- Nankai No Hanataba (1942) – Special Photographic Effect
- Tsubasa No Gaika (1942) – Special Effects
- Hawai Mare oki kaisen (1942) – Director of Special Effects
- Ahen senso (1943) – Special Effects
- Ramayana (1943) – Special Effects
- Ai No Sekai: Yamaneko Tomi No Hanashi (1943) – Special Effects
- Ongaku Dai-Shingun (1943) – Special Effects
- Hyoroku Yume-Monogatari (1943) – Special Effects
- Otoko (1943) – Special Effects Supervisor
- Ano hata o ute (1944) – Special Effects
- Kato hayabusa sento-tai (1944) – Special Effects Supervisor
- Tokyo Gonin Otoko (1945) – Special Effects Supervisor (credited as Eiichi Tsuburaya)
- Urashima Taro No Koei (1946) – Special Photographic Effects
- A Thousand and One Nights with Toho (1947) – Special Effects Supervisor
- Hana Kurabe Tanuki Goten (1949) – Special Effects
- The Transparent Man (1949) – Special Effects Supervisor
- The Lady of Musashino (1951) – Special Effects Supervisor
- The Skin of the South (1952) – Special Effects Supervisor
- Ashi Ni Sawatta Onna (1952) – Special Effects Supervisor
- The Man Who Came to Port (1952) – Special Effects Supervisor
- Anatahan (1953) – Specialist (credited as Tsuburaya)
- Seishun Zenigata Heiji (1953) – Special Effects
- The Eagle of the Pacific (1953) – Director of Special Effects
- Aijin (1953) – Special Effects Supervisor
- Sound of the Mountain (1954) – Special Effects
- Farewell Rabaul (1954) – Director of Special Effects
- Samurai 1: Musashi Miyamoto (1954) – Special Effects
- Godzilla (1954) – Special Effects
- Tomei Ningen (The Invisible Avenger) (1954) – Director of Special Effects
- Ginrin (1955) – Special Effects
- Godzilla Raids Again (1955) – Director of Special Effects
- Half Human (1955) – Director of Special Effects
- Meoto zenzai (1955) – Special Effects Supervisor
- Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956) – Special Effects
- Legend of the White Snake (1956) – Director of Special Effects
- Rodan (1956) – Director of Special Effects
- Throne of Blood (1957) – Special Effects
- The Mysterians (1957) – Director of Special Effects
- Song for a Bride (1958) – Special Effects
- The H-Man (1958) – Director of Special Effects
- Varan the Unbelievable (1958) – Director of Special Effects
- The Hidden Fortress (1958)
- Songoku: The Road To The West (1959) – Director of Special Effects
- Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender (1959) – Director of Special Effects
- The Birth of Japan (1959) – Director of Special Effects
- Battle in Outer Space (1959) – Special Effects
- The Secret of the Telegian (1960) – Special Effects
- Storm Over the Pacific (1960) – Director of Special Effects
- The Human Vapor (1960) – Director of Special Effects
- Osaka Jo Monogatari (1961) – Director of Special Effects
- Mothra (1961) – Director of Special Effects
- Blood On The Sea (1961) – Director of Special Effects
- Gen To Fudomyo-O (1961) – Director of Special Effects
- The Last War (1961) – Director of Special Effects
- Gorath (1962) – Director of Special Effects
- Kurenai No Sora (1962) – Director of Special Effects
- King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) – Director of Special Effects
- Chushingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki (1962) – Director of Special Effects
- Varan the Unbelievable (re-edited American version) (1962) – Director of Special Effects
- Attack Squadron! (1963) – Director of Special Effects
- Chintao Yosai Bakugeki Meirei (1963) – Director of Special Effects
- Matango (1963) – Director of Special Effects
- The Lost World of Sinbad (1963) – Director of Special Effects
- Atragon (1963) – Director of Special Effects
- Shikonmado – Dai Tatsumaki (1964) – Director of Special Effects
- Kyomo Ware Ozorani Ari (1964) – Special Effects Supervisor
- Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) – Director of Special Effects
- Dogora, the Space Monster (1964) – Director of Special Effects
- Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) – Director of Special Effects
- None but the Brave (1965) – Director of Special Effects: Toho Special Effects Group
- War-Gods of the Deep (1965) – Director of Special Effects: footage taken from the Toho production Atragon
- Taiheiyo Kiseki No Sakusen: Kisuka (1965) – Director of Special Effects
- Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965) – Director of Special Effects
- Crazy Adventure (1965) – Director of Special Effects
- Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965) – Director of Special Effects: footage taken from the Toho production Godzilla vs. the Thing
- Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965) – Director of Special Effects
- Ironfinger (1965) – Special Effects
- The War of the Gargantuas (1966) – Director of Special Effects
- Zero Faita Dai Kuusen (1966) – Director of Special Effects
- Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) – Visual Effects Supervisor
- King Kong Escapes (1967) – Director of Special Effects
- Son of Godzilla (1967) – Visual Effects Supervisor
- Destroy All Monsters (1968) – Visual Effects Supervisor
- Rengō Kantai Shirei Chōkan: Yamamoto Isoroku (1968) – Director of Special Effects
- Kureji No Daibakuhatsu (1969) – Special Effects Supervisor
- Latitude Zero (1969) – Director of Special Effects
- The Battle of the Japan Sea (1969) – Director of Special Effects
- All Monsters Attack (1969) – Special Effects
- Ultraman (1979) – Special Effects Supervisor (archive material)
- Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle (1979) – Special Effects Supervisor (archive material)
Cinematography[]
- Giketsu (1925)
- Kaito Samimaro (1928) (credited as Eiichi Tsuburaya)
- Kagaribi (1928) (credited as Eiichi Tsuburaya)
- Castle Of Wind And Clouds (1928) (credited as Eiichi Tsuburaya)
- Nogitsune Sanji (1930) (credited as Eiichi Tsuburaya)
- Shintei Shiobara Tasuke (1930)
- Fubuki Ni Sakebu Okami (1931) (credited as Eiichi Tsuburaya)
- Beni-Komori – Dai Ippen (1931)
- Beni-Komori – Dai Nihen: Yuyaku Kessen No Maki (1931)
- Beni-Komori – Dai Sampen: Ketsurui Tonami Chohachiro No Maki (1931)
- Hyakuman-nin No Gassho (1935)
- Kaguya Hime (1935)
- Sekido Koete (1936)
- Major Nango (1938)
- Kodo Nippon (1940)
- Tomei Ningen (1954)
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