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Born in Sukagawa, Fukushima prefecture, He worked as a cinematographer in Kyoto from 1919, joining Shochiku Kyoto Studios in 1926 as a cameraman. He moved between a number of studios and was noted for his meticulous work.
In 1938 he became head of Special Visual Techniques at Toho Tokyo Studios. During the war he directed and produced the special effects for a number of propaganda films, including Kaigun Bakugeki-tai and Hawai-Marei Oki Kaisen. Post-war he went freelance with his own production company. In 1954 he worked with Ishiro HondaIshiro Honda ( Honda Ishiro May 7 1911 February 28, 1993) was a Japanese film director. He is very well known for SF and Kaiju films including the Godzilla series. Honda, Ishiro Honda, Ishiro Honda, Ishiro. and Tomoyuki Tanaka on the first Godzilla (Gojira) film, Tsuburaya won his first Film Technique Award for his efforts. In 1963Events January-March January 11 The Whisky A Go-Go night club in Los Angeles, the first disco in the USA, is opened. January 14 George Wallace becomes governor of Alabama. January 22 Elysee treaty between France and Germany January 28 Black student Harvey he founded Tsuburaya Productions, producing the first 'monster' series for television Ultra Q ( 1966Events January January 1 In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bedel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. January 2 Strike of public transportation workers in New York City ends January 13 January 3 First Acid Test at the Fil) and following that with the highly popular UltramanUltraman is the generic name for the television series, movies, animations and other such things concerning a 40+ m, several-thousand-ton giant from the Nebula M78 fighting monsters that harm the Earth (and saving the occasional innocent monster). The gia. He worked on around 250 films in total.