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Tomoyuki Tanaka

Highest Rated: 100% The Bad Sleep Well (1960)

Lowest Rated: 20% Godzilla 1985 (1984)

Birthday: Apr 26, 1910

Birthplace: Osaka, Japan

One of the most prolific of all Japanese feature film producers, Tomoyuki Tanaka enjoyed a career spanning six decades and virtually every genre. All told, he produced over 200 titles, ranging from a gaggle of "Godzilla" movies to a number of Kurosawa epics. In 1998, he was finally honored by the Japanese Academy for his voluminous body of work. In '62, Tanaka's Kurosawa drama "Yojimbo" garnered an Oscar nomination but not in the usual category. Rather than Foreign Language Feature, it was honored in the costume category, despite the fact that the film was in black and white. Even though Tanaka made his name as the creator of the famous Godzilla film monster, he always liked to cite a '23 silent, "The Covered Wagon," as his personal favorite film. Fittingly, his final six credits in the '90s (before his 1997 death) were another half-dozen scare-fests starring the giant lizard.

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Highest rated movies

100% 92% The Bad Sleep Well
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100% 92% Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
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100% 95% Sanjuro
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100% 93% Rebellion
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96% 95% High and Low
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96% 96% Yojimbo
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94% 89% Godzilla Watchlist
92% 68% Mothra vs. Godzilla
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89% 92% Kagemusha
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86% 63% Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 38% Rebirth of Mothra II Creator - 1997
100% 92% Godzilla vs. Destoroyah Executive Producer - 1995
57% 79% Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla Executive Producer - 1994
83% 71% Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II Executive Producer - 1993
78% 61% Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth Executive Producer - 1992
56% 64% Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah Executive Producer - 1991
No Score Yet 28% Gunhed Executive Producer - 1989
No Score Yet 73% Princess From the Moon Executive Producer - 1987
20% 67% Godzilla 1985 Producer $4.1M 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bye Bye Jupiter Producer - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Godzilla 1985 Producer - 1984
89% 92% Kagemusha Executive Producer - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet Zero Pilot Producer - 1976
43% 60% Terror of Mechagodzilla Executive Producer - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Conflagration Producer - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Last Days of Planet Earth Producer - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tidal Wave Producer - 1975
86% 63% Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla Producer - 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Espy Producer - 1974
38% 35% Godzilla vs. Megalon Producer - 1973
67% 49% Godzilla vs. Gigan Producer - 1972
71% 49% Godzilla vs. Hedorah Producer,
Executive Producer
- 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Vampire Doll Producer - 1970
29% 18% All Monsters Attack Producer - 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet Battle of the Japan Sea Producer - 1969
82% 66% Destroy All Monsters! Producer - 1968
No Score Yet 91% Kiru Producer - 1968
No Score Yet 79% Japan's Longest Day Producer - 1968
No Score Yet 71% Admiral Yamamoto Producer - 1968
63% 42% King Kong Escapes Producer - 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet Adventure in Kigan Castle Executive Producer - 1968
100% 93% Rebellion Producer - 1967
63% 31% Son of Godzilla Producer - 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Age of Assassins Producer - 1967
No Score Yet 66% War of the Gargantuas Producer - 1966
63% 38% Ebirah, Horror of the Deep Executive Producer - 1966
No Score Yet 53% Frankenstein Conquers the World Producer - 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet 10,000 Miles of Stormy Seas Producer - 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Zero Fighter Producer - 1966
77% 59% Ghidrah, the Three-Headed Monster Producer,
Executive Producer
- 1965
50% 62% Invasion of Astro-Monster Producer - 1965
73% 95% Red Beard Executive Producer - 1965
No Score Yet 83% Samurai Assassin Producer - 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fort Graveyard Producer - 1965
92% 68% Mothra vs. Godzilla Producer - 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Oh! Bomb Producer - 1964
No Score Yet 65% Attack of the Mushroom People Producer - 1963
No Score Yet 38% Atragon Producer - 1963
96% 95% High and Low Producer - 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Attack Squadron Writer - 1963
52% 56% King Kong vs. Godzilla Producer - 1962
100% 95% Sanjuro Associate Producer - 1962
No Score Yet 38% Gorath Producer - 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Last War Producer - 1962
80% 64% Mothra Producer - 1961
96% 96% Yojimbo Executive Producer - 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet I Bombed Pearl Harbor Producer - 1961
100% 92% The Bad Sleep Well Producer - 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Secret of the Telegian Producer - 1960
No Score Yet 38% Battle in Outer Space Producer - 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Last Gunfight Producer - 1960
No Score Yet 44% The Mysterians Producer - 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Samurai Saga Producer - 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Three Treasures Producer - 1959
No Score Yet 37% The H-Man Producer - 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rickshaw Man Producer - 1958
75% 56% Rodan Producer - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Man in the Storm Producer - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Yagyu Secret Scrolls Producer - 1957
85% 73% Godzilla, King of the Monsters! Producer $148.9K 1956
No Score Yet 35% Gigantis, the Fire Monster Producer - 1955
94% 89% Godzilla Producer - 1954
No Score Yet No Score Yet Farewell Rabaul Producer - 1954
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Last Embrace Producer - 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet Snow Trail Producer - 1947