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Eiji Tsuburaya

1901 - 1970

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Eiji Tsuburaya (Japanese: 円谷 英二, Hepburn: Tsuburaya Eiji; July 7, 1901 – January 25, 1970) was a Japanese special effects director, filmmaker, and cinematographer. A co-creator of the Godzilla and Ultraman franchises, he is considered one of the most important and influential figures in the history of cinema. Tsuburaya is known as the "Father of Tokusatsu", having pioneered Japan's special effects industry and introduced several technological developments in film productions. In a career spanning five decades, Tsuburaya worked on approximately 250 films—including globally renowned features directed by Ishirō Honda, Hiroshi Inagaki, and Akira Kurosawa—and earned six Japan Technical Awards. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eiji Tsuburaya is the 1,979th most popular writer (down from 1,911th in 2019), the 671st most popular biography from Japan (down from 581st in 2019) and the 39th most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Eiji Tsuburaya ranks 1,979 out of 7,302. Before him are Éric Zemmour, Juan Goytisolo, Christy Brown, Jean Bruller, Watchman Nee, and Mina Witkojc. After him are Savitri Devi, Robert Southey, Erinna, George Meredith, Augustin Barruel, and Jean-Baptiste Rousseau.

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Among people born in 1901, Eiji Tsuburaya ranks 103. Before him are Margarete Buber-Neumann, Franciszek Gajowniczek, Hellmuth Stieff, René Pleven, Gino Cervi, and Syama Prasad Mukherjee. After him are Sid Atkinson, Cassandre, Henry Eyring, Carlo Biotti, George Gallup, and Chen Yi. Among people deceased in 1970, Eiji Tsuburaya ranks 87. Before him are Leonarda Cianciulli, Richard Neutra, Erle Stanley Gardner, Michał Kalecki, Polina Zhemchuzhina, and Théo Sarapo. After him are Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Albert Lamorisse, Mikhail Mil, Franz Schlegelberger, Nikolay Shvernik, and George Szell.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Eiji Tsuburaya ranks 671 out of 6,245. Before him are Tanaka Giichi (1864), Tadao Onishi (1943), Hibari Misora (1937), Kazuhisa Kono (1950), Minamoto no Yoshitomo (1123), and Uesugi Kagekatsu (1556). After him are Hakuin Ekaku (1686), Emperor Go-Sanjō (1032), Akemi Iwata (1954), Teizo Takeuchi (1908), Ii Naomasa (1561), and Kinji Fukasaku (1930).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Eiji Tsuburaya ranks 39. Before him are Shūsaku Endō (1923), Junji Ito (1963), Katsu Kaishū (1823), Minamoto no Sanetomo (1192), Masaoka Shiki (1867), and Chūya Nakahara (1907). After him are Hirokazu Kanazawa (1931), Yoshida Kenkō (1283), Izumi Shikibu (976), Seichō Matsumoto (1909), Fujiwara no Teika (1162), and Keigo Higashino (1958).

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