
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Highest Rated: 100% The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
Lowest Rated: 25% Godzilla's Revenge (1969)
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.
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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No Score Yet | 38% | Rebirth of Mothra II | Creator | - | 1997 |
100% | 93% | Godzilla vs. Destoroyah | Executive Producer | - | 1995 |
57% | 80% | Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla | Executive Producer | - | 1994 |
83% | 71% | Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II | Executive Producer | - | 1993 |
78% | 60% | Godzilla vs. Mothra | Executive Producer | - | 1992 |
56% | 64% | Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah | Executive Producer | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | 24% | Gunhed | Executive Producer | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | 71% | Princess From the Moon | Executive Producer | - | 1987 |
27% | 66% | Godzilla 1985 | Producer | $4.1M | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Godzilla 1985 | Producer | - | 1984 |
88% | 92% | Kagemusha | Executive Producer | - | 1980 |
38% | 34% | Godzilla vs. Megalon | Producer | - | 1976 |
43% | 60% | Terror of Mechagodzilla | Executive 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 |
67% | 48% | Godzilla on Monster Island | Producer | - | 1972 |
62% | 49% | Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster | Producer | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Vampire Doll | Producer | - | 1970 |
25% | 17% | Godzilla's Revenge | Producer | - | 1969 |
75% | 67% | Destroy All Monsters! | Producer | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | 91% | Kiru | Producer | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | 77% | Japan's Longest Day | Producer | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | 73% | 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 |
60% | 30% | Son of Godzilla | Producer | - | 1967 |
No Score Yet | 67% | War of the Gargantuas | Producer | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet | 54% | Frankenstein Conquers the World | Producer | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 10,000 Miles of Stormy Seas | Producer | - | 1966 |
57% | 38% | Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster | Producer | - | 1966 |
75% | 59% | Ghidrah, the Three-Headed Monster | Producer | - | 1965 |
57% | 63% | Monster Zero | Producer | - | 1965 |
73% | 95% | Red Beard | Executive Producer | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Samurai Assassin | Producer | - | 1965 |
92% | 68% | Godzilla vs. the Thing | Producer | - | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Oh! Bomb | Producer | - | 1964 |
No Score Yet | 66% | Attack of the Mushroom People | Producer | - | 1963 |
No Score Yet | 44% | Atragon | Producer | - | 1963 |
52% | 56% | King Kong vs. Godzilla | Producer | - | 1963 |
95% | 96% | High and Low | Producer | - | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Attack Squadron | Writer | - | 1963 |
100% | 95% | Sanjuro | Associate Producer | - | 1962 |
No Score Yet | 50% | Gorath | Producer | - | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Last War | Producer | - | 1962 |
80% | 62% | Mothra | Producer | - | 1961 |
95% | 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 | 37% | Battle in Outer Space | Producer | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Last Gunfight | Producer | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Mysterians | Producer | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Samurai Saga | Producer | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet | 38% | The H-Man | Producer | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rickshaw Man | Producer | - | 1958 |
73% | 57% | Rodan | Producer | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Yagyu Secret Scrolls | Producer | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | 36% | Gigantis, the Fire Monster | Producer | - | 1955 |
93% | 89% | Godzilla | Producer | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Snow Trail | Producer | - | 1947 |