円谷英二
Visual Effects
111
Movies
7
TV Shows
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 Techniques at Toho Studios, and during the Second World War, he was involved in the production of several Japanese propaganda films. He went freelance after the war, and in 1954 he collaborated with director Ishirô Honda on the monster epic Gojira (1954) (aka "Godzilla"). The film was an enormous hit in Japan, and additional scenes were filmed with US actor Raymond Burr and then inserted strategically to give the movie western appeal. "Godzilla, King Of The Monsters" was then released in the USA to strong box office takings, and Godzilla has since appeared in over two dozen films spanning over fifty years, becoming a key cult icon of Japanese culture!!
The incredibly talented Tsuburaya went on to be the SFX director behind dozens of Japanese monster & science fiction classics including Sora no daikiju Radon (1956) (aka "Rodan"), Bijo to ekitai ningen (1958) (aka "The H-Man"), Densô ningen (1960) (aka "The Telegian"), Mosura (1961) (aka "Mothra"), Kingu Kongu tai Gojira (1962) (aka "King Kong versus Godzilla"), Varan the Unbelievable (1962), Matango (1963), Furankenshutain tai chitei kaiju Baragon (1965) (aka "Frankenstein Conquers the World"), and Kaiju soshingeki (1968) (aka "Destroy All Monsters" ). Tsuburaya had also established his own production company in 1963 (Tsuburaya Productions), creators of the highly popular "Ultraman" character, and subsequent TV shows and films.
On January 25, 1970, while vacationing in Shizuoka Prefecture, Tsuburaya suffered a sudden, fatal heart attack. His incredible film & SFX production company is still active today under the guidance of his grandson, Kazuo Tsuburaya.
Behind the Camera
ウルトラマン
Production Supervisor, Productor
Ultra Siete
Production Supervisor, Productor
ウルトラQ
Production Supervisor, Productor
ウルトラマンR/B
Creator
Godzilla
Historia, Visual Effects Director, Visual Effects, Special Effects
Shin Ultraman
Original Story
Trono de sangre
Visual Effects
ネオ・ウルトラQ
Creator
La fortaleza escondida
Visual Effects
Ghidrah, el monstruo de tres cabezas
Special Effects, Visual Effects, Visual Effects Director
La invasión de los astromonstruos
Special Effects, Visual Effects, Visual Effects Director
King Kong contra Godzilla
Special Effects, Visual Effects Director, Visual Effects
Godzilla 2
Visual Effects Director, Special Effects, Visual Effects
Godzilla contra el terror de los mares
Special Effects, Special Effects Supervisor, Visual Effects
Rodan
Visual Effects, Visual Effects Director, Special Effects
Godzilla: Rey de los monstruos
Historia, Visual Effects Director, Special Effects, Visual Effects
El hijo de Godzilla
Special Effects, Special Effects Supervisor, Supervisor de VFX
La Guerra De Los Monstruos
Special Effects Supervisor
Mothra: La indestructible
Visual Effects, Visual Effects Director, Special Effects
La venganza de Godzilla
Special Effects Supervisor, Special Effects, Editorial Consultant
Godzilla contra Mothra
Special Effects, Visual Effects Director, Visual Effects
Godzilla
Visual Effects Director, Special Effects, Historia, Visual Effects
Los Magníficos Justicieros
Creator
Samurái
Visual Effects
大阪城物語
Special Effects Supervisor
海底軍艦
Special Effects Coordinator
ウルトラマンテオ
Original Concept
白蛇伝
Visual Effects
Frankenstein conquista el mundo
Special Effects, Visual Effects Director
狂った一頁
Assistant Camera