Eiji Tsuburaya

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Eiji Tsuburaya ranks alongside Willis H. O'Brien and Ray Harryhausen as one of the great visionary SFX masters of twentieth-century fantasy cinema. Best remembered as the amazing special effects genius behind the "Godzilla" series of monster films commencing in 1954, he also contributed effects to a host of other Japanese monster / fantasy / science fiction / drama / propaganda films for over four decades. Eiji Tsuburaya had a keen interest in the cinema from a young age, and legend has it that he acquired a second-hand movie projector when he was only ten years old, and pulled it apart and put it back together with relative ease. He began work as a cinematographer in Kyoto around 1919 and then enhanced his skills to include camera work throughout the 1920s, at which time his eye for detail was in high demand from many studios. Around 1938, he became head of Special Visual...

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UltrasevenSeries • 1967UltramanSeries • 1966Ultraman R/BSeries • 2018Ultraman TeoSeries • 2026GodzillaMovie • 1954Shin UltramanMovie • 2022Ultra QSeries • 1966Invasion of Astro-MonsterMovie • 1965Destroy All MonstersMovie • 1968The Hidden FortressMovie • 1958Throne of BloodMovie • 1957Mothra vs. GodzillaMovie • 1964Frankenstein Conquers the WorldMovie • 1965Godzilla Raids AgainMovie • 1955King Kong vs. GodzillaMovie • 1962Godzilla, King of the Monsters!Movie • 1956Ebirah, Horror of the DeepMovie • 1966All Monsters AttackMovie • 1969Son of GodzillaMovie • 1967King Kong EscapesMovie • 1967Ghidorah, the Three-Headed MonsterMovie • 1964King Kong vs. GodzillaMovie • 1963ChûshinguraMovie • 1962GodzillaMovie • 1977