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Giant Horde Beast Nezura
is a 2020 Japanese Film finance, crowdfunded ''kaiju'' Biographical film, biopic film directed by Hiroto Yokokawa (:ja:横川寛人, jp). The film was based on Daiei Film's unfinished 1964 ''Gamera'' precursor ''#Giant Horde Beast Nezura, Giant Horde Beast Nezura'' (:ja:大群獣ネズラ, jp) and stars Yukijirō Hotaru as a character based on Masaichi Nagata, the president of Daiei, Mai Saito (:ja:斉藤麻衣, jp), Mach Fumiake (:ja:マッハ文朱, jp), and Shirō Sano. Yokokawa later reused its props for a 2021 short film , which was based on , a scrapped Daiei film before ''Giant Horde Beast Nezura''. Plot On July 25, 1963, assistant director Kazuaki Yukawa introduces a documentary about an upcoming Daiei film. At the company's first meeting, producer Shigeo Nagano, stresses the need to come up with a fresh idea to complement their existing franchises. Special effects director Yonejiro Tsukaji suggests a lavish ''kaiju'' movie. CEO Yuichi Nagano is impressed and approves ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toho
is a Japanese entertainment company that primarily engages in producing and distributing films and exhibiting stage plays. It is headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, and is one of the core companies of the Osaka-based Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group. Toho is best known for producing and distributing many of Ishirō Honda and Eiji Tsuburaya's ''kaiju'' and ''tokusatsu'' films as well as the films of Akira Kurosawa and the anime of Studio Ghibli, Shin-Ei Animation, TMS Entertainment, CoMix Wave Films, and OLM, Inc. The company has released the majority of the highest-grossing Japanese films, and through its subsidiaries, is the largest film importer in Japan. The Doraemon film series, distributed by Toho since 1980, is the highest-grossing film series and anime film series in Japan. It is also one of the highest-grossing non-English language film series. Toho Company Limited logo with full name in native language Toho's most famous creation is Godzilla, featured in 33 of the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yonesaburo Tsukiji
was a Japanese special effects director who worked on eleven films in a career spanning twenty-one years. Tsukiji co-designed Gamera with Masao Yagi, Noriaki Yuasa, and Akira Inoue (film director), Akira Inoue. Biography Early life Tsukiji was born on September 5, 1923, in Shinagawa, Ōimachi, Shinagawa, Tokyo. Tsukiji's family lived across the street from the Oikan movie theater, he went to the movies nearly every day from the age of 5 to 6. Early career and war propaganda Daiei years Filmography Special effects * ''Warning from Space'' (1956) [with Tōru Matoba] * ''Panther's Eye'' (1956) * ''Nichiren to Mōko Daishūrai, Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion'' (1958) * ''The Precipice (film), The Precipice'' (1958) * ''Hanran'' (1959) * ''Ten Dark Women'' (1961) * ''The Great Wall'' (1962) * ''Giant Horde Beast Nezura'' (1964) * ''Money Talks (1964 film), Money Talks'' (1964) * ''Gamera, the Giant Monster, Gamera the Giant Monster'' (1965) * ''Gamera: Super ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SciFi Japan TV
was a streaming television series of documentaries revolving around Japanese kaiju and tokusatsu movies. The show was shot on location in Japan and generally featured interviews with filmmakers and movie-related events. Every episode was released bilingually for both Japanese- and English-speaking audiences. The main series began in August 2012 and ended in December 2014, followed by the occasional special episode. It was produced by ACTV Japan (formerly under the "Gaijin Channel" brand until episode 13) in Tokyo, Japan, for the American website SciFi JAPAN. List of episodes See also *Tokusatsu *Kaiju is a Japanese term that is commonly associated with media involving giant monsters. Its widespread contemporary use is credited to ''tokusatsu'' (special effects) director Eiji Tsuburaya and filmmaker Ishirō Honda, who popularized the ''kaiju'' ... References External links * * SciFi Japan* {{Kamen Rider 2012 web series debuts YouTube original programming Godzi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hidemasa Nagata
(1925 – October 3, 2017) was a Japanese film producer and served as vice-president of Daiei Film. Filmography * '' Brooba'' (1955) * '' Punishment Room'' (1956) * '' The Crowded Streetcar'' (1957) * ''Kisses'' (1957) * '' The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly'' (1957) * '' Giants and Toys'' (1958) * '' Kyohan sha'' (1958) * '' Being Two Isn't Easy'' (1962) * '' Giant Horde Beast Nezura'' (unfinished 1964) * ''Gamera, the Giant Monster'' (1965) * '' Gamera vs. Gyaos'' (1967) * '' Gamera vs. Viras'' (1968) * '' Gamera vs. Guiron'' (1969) * '' Gamera vs. Jiger'' (1970) * ''Gamera vs. Zigra'' (1971) See also * Nezura 1964 References Sources * * External links *Hidemasa Nagataat the Japanese Movie Database The , more commonly known as simply JMDb, is an online database of information about Japanese movies, actors, and production crew personnel. It is similar to the Internet Movie Database but lists only those films initially released in Japan. Y. ... (in Japanese) {{DE ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noriaki Yuasa
(28 September 1933 – 14 June 2004) was a Japanese director. Yuasa was the main director of the Japanese film series ''Gamera'', about a giant flying turtle that befriends small boys and battles giant monsters; he directed seven of the first eight films in the series while also providing special effects for one of them. The series was created by Daiei Film Studios after the box office success of the Toho ''Godzilla'' series. Yuasa's career for television dramas marks him as one of the best hitmakers for domestic television industries during the 1970s. Shunichi Karasawa, April 14, 2006, '' Gamera Genesis: Movie Director Noriaki Yuasa'', p.20, pp.26-29, p.59, p.63, p.66, pp.71-73, p. 201, p.209, p.220, pp.223, Enterbrain Biography Noriaki Yuasa was born 28 September 1933 in Tokyo, Japan. Yuasa was the son of a stage actor Hikaru Hoshi ( jp). Additionally. his paternal grandmother was a shinpa actress Hideko Azuma, and his uncle Koji Shima was a movie director. Yuasa began wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
