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Special Effects:

• 1970s
• 1960s
• 1950s
• 1940s
• 1930s

1. Urutoraman - Kaijû daikessen (1979) (special effects supervisor)
   ... aka Ultraman: Monster Big Battle (International: English title)
2. Urutoraman (1979) (special effects supervisor)
   ... aka Ultraman (International: English title)
   
   
3. Gojira-Minira-Gabara: Oru kaijû daishingeki (1969) (special effects)
   ... aka All Monsters on Parade (literal English title)
   ... aka All kaijû daishingeki
   ... aka Attack All Monsters
   ... aka Godzilla's Leverage
   ... aka Godzilla's Revenge (USA)
   ... aka Godzilla, Minilla, Gabara: All Monster's Attack (literal English title)
   ... aka Great Charge of All Monsters
   ... aka Minya: The Son of Godzilla (USA)
4. Nihonkai daikaisen (1969) (special effects director)
   ... aka Battle of the Japan Sea
   ... aka Great Battle of the Japan Sea (literal English title)
5. Ido zero daisakusen (1969) (director of special effects)
   ... aka Atragon II (International: English title)
   ... aka Kaitei Daisenso - Ido Zero Daisakusen
   ... aka Latitude Zero (USA)
   ... aka Latitude Zero Military Tactics
   ... aka Latitude Zero: Big Military Operation
6. Kureji no daibakuhatsu (1969) (special effects supervisor)
   ... aka The Crazy Cats' Big Explosion (informal literal English title)
7. Rengo kantai shirei chôkan: Yamamoto Isoroku (1968) (special effects director)
   ... aka Admiral Yamamoto
   ... aka Admiral of the Grand Fleet: Isoroku Yamamoto (literal English title)
   ... aka Combined Fleet Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (literal English title)
   ... aka Yamamoto Isokuro
   ... aka Yamamoto Isoroku
8. Kaijû sôshingeki (1968) (special effects supervisor)
   ... aka All Monsters Attack
   ... aka Attack of the Marching Monsters
   ... aka Destroy All Monsters (USA)
   ... aka Gojira dengeki daisakusen (Japan: reissue title)
   ... aka Monster Attack March
   ... aka Monster Invasion (literal English title)
   ... aka Operation Monsterland (UK)
   ... aka The March of the Monsters
9. Kaijûtô no kessen: Gojira no musuko (1967) (director of special effects)
   ... aka Monster Island's Decisive Battle: Godzilla's Son
   ... aka Son of Godzilla (USA)
10. Kingu Kongu no gyakushû (1967) (director of special effects)
    ... aka King Kong Escapes (UK) (USA)
    ... aka King Kong Strikes Again (International: English title: literal title)
    ... aka King Kong's Counterattack (International: English title: literal title)
    ... aka The Revenge of King Kong
11. Gojira, Ebirâ, Mosura: Nankai no daiketto (1966) (director of special effects)
    ... aka Big Duel in the North (International: English title)
    ... aka Big Duel in the North Sea (International: English title)
    ... aka Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (UK)
    ... aka Ebirah, Terror of the Deep
    ... aka Godzilla Versus the Sea Monster (USA)
    ... aka Godzilla, Mothra, and Ebira, Horror of the Deep (USA: subtitle)
    ... aka The Great South Seas Duel
12. Zero faita dai kûsen (1966) (special effects director)
    ... aka Zero Fighters: Great Air Battle (literal English title)
13. Furankenshutain no kaijû: Sanda tai Gaira (1966) (director of special effects)
    ... aka Adventure of Gargantuas
    ... aka Duel of the Gargantuas
    ... aka Frankenstein's Monsters: Sanda vs. Gailah
    ... aka Frankenstein's Monsters: Sanda vs. Gaira (literal English title)
    ... aka Sanda vs. Gailah
    ... aka The War of the Gargantuas (USA)
14. Hyappatsu hyakuchu (1965) (special effects)
    ... aka 100 Shot, 100 Killed (literal English title)
    ... aka Ironfinger (International: English title)
15. Kaijû daisenso (1965) (special effects director)
    ... aka Battle of the Astros
    ... aka Godzilla vs. Monster Zero (USA: video title)
    ... aka Invasion of Astro-Monster
    ... aka Invasion of Planet X
    ... aka Invasion of the Astro-Monsters
    ... aka Invasion of the Astros (USA: armed forces circuit title)
    ... aka Kaijû daisenso Kingughidorah tai Gojira (Japan: reissue title)
    ... aka Monster Zero (USA)
    ... aka The Great Monster War
    ... aka War of the Monsters (literal English title)
16. Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965) (director of special effects: footage taken from the Toho production "Godzilla Vs. the Thing") (uncredited)
    ... aka Dr. G and the Bikini Machine (UK)
17. Kureji no daiboken (1965) (special effects director)
    ... aka Crazy Adventure (International: English title)
    ... aka Daiboken
    ... aka Don't Cal Me a Crime Man (USA: reissue title)
    ... aka Don't Call Me a Con Man
    ... aka The Crazy Cat's Big Adventure
18. Furankenshutain tai chitei kaijû Baragon (1965) (director of special effects)
    ... aka Frankenstein Conquers the World (USA)
    ... aka Frankenstein Meets the Giant Devil Fish
    ... aka Frankenstein and the Giant Lizard
    ... aka Frankenstein vs. Baragon (International: English title)
    ... aka Frankenstein vs. the Giant Devil Fish
    ... aka Frankenstein vs. the Subterranean Monster
    ... aka Furankensuten to Baragon
19. Taiheiyo kiseki no sakusen: Kisuka (1965) (director of special effects)
    ... aka Kiska
    ... aka Miraculous Military Operation in the Pacific Ocean, Kiska (literal English title)
    ... aka Retreat from Kiska
20. The City Under the Sea (1965) (director of special effects: footage taken from the Toho production "Atragon") (uncredited)
    ... aka City in the Sea (USA)
    ... aka War-Gods of the Deep (USA)
21. None But the Brave (1965) (special effects director)
    ... aka Yusha nomi (Japan)
22. San daikaijû: Chikyû saidai no kessen (1964) (special effects director)
    ... aka Earth's Greatest Battle (literal English title)
    ... aka Ghidora, the Three-Headed Monster
    ... aka Ghidrah
    ... aka Ghidrah, the Three-Headed Monster (USA)
    ... aka Gojira Mosura Kingu Gidora: Chikyu saidai no kessen (Japan: reissue title)
    ... aka Monster of Monsters: Ghidorah (International: English title)
    ... aka The Biggest Battle on Earth
    ... aka The Biggest Fight on Earth
    ... aka The Greatest Battle on Earth
    ... aka The Greatest Fight on Earth
    ... aka Three Giant Monsters: The Greatest Battle on Earth (International: English title: literal title)
23. Uchu daikaijû Dogora (1964) (director of special effects)
    ... aka Dagora, the Space Monster (USA)
    ... aka Space Monster Dogora
24. Mosura tai Gojira (1964) (director of special effects)
    ... aka Godzilla Against Mothra (Japan: English title)
    ... aka Godzilla Fights the Giant Moth
    ... aka Godzilla vs. Mothra
    ... aka Godzilla vs. the Giant Moth
    ... aka Godzilla vs. the Thing (USA)
    ... aka Mothra vs. Godzilla (International: English title: literal title)
25. Kyomo ware ozorami ari (1964) (special effects supervisor)
    ... aka Tiger Flight
26. Shikonmado - Dai tatsumaki (1964) (special effects director)
    ... aka Shikonmado: Big Tornado (literal English title)
    ... aka Whirlwind
27. Kaitei gunkan (1963) (director of special effects)
    ... aka Atoragon: Flying Supersub
    ... aka Atragon (USA)
    ... aka Flying Supersub Atoragon
    ... aka Undersea Battleship (International: English title: literal title)
28. Dai tozoku (1963) (special effects director)
    ... aka The Adventures of Sinbad
    ... aka The Great Thief
    ... aka The Lost World of Sinbad (USA)
    ... aka The Samurai Pirate
29. Matango (1963) (director of special effects)
    ... aka Attack of the Mushroom People (USA: TV title)
    ... aka Curse of the Mushroom People
    ... aka Fungus of Terror
    ... aka Matango the Fungus of Terror
    ... aka Matango: Attack of the Mushroom People (USA: DVD box title)
    ... aka Matango: Fungus of Terror
30. Chintao yosai bakugeki meir ei (1963) (special effects director)
    ... aka Siege of Fort Bismarck
31. Taiheiyo no tsubasa (1963) (special effects director)
    ... aka Attack Squadron! (USA)
    ... aka Kamikaze (USA: video title)
    ... aka Wings Over the Pacific (literal English title)
    ... aka Wings of the Pacific (literal English title)
32. Varan the Unbelievable (1962) (director of special effects)
    ... aka The Monster Varan (USA: informal title)
33. Chushingura - Hana no maki yuki no maki (1962) (special effects director)
    ... aka 47 Ronin
    ... aka 47 Samurai (USA)
    ... aka Chushingura: 47 Samurai (USA: reissue title)
    ... aka The 47 Ronin (Australia)
    ... aka The Loyal 47 Ronin
34. Kingu Kongu tai Gojira (1962) (director of special effects)
    ... aka King Kong vs. Godzilla
35. Kurenai no sora (1962) (special effects director)
    ... aka Scarlet Sky
    ... aka The Crimson Sky
36. Yôsei Gorasu (1962) (special effects director)
    ... aka Astronaut 1980
    ... aka Gorath (USA)
    ... aka Gorath, the Mysterious Star
    ... aka Suspicous Star Gorath
    ... aka Yosei Gorath
37. Gen to fudômyô-ô (1961) (director of special effects)
    ... aka Gen and Acala
    ... aka Gen and Fudo-Myo (literal English title)
    ... aka Gen and Prince Fudomyo (literal English title)
    ... aka Gen and the Immovable Bright King
    ... aka The Youth and His Amulet
38. Kurenai no umi (1961) (special effects director)
    ... aka Blood on the Sea (USA)
    ... aka The Crimson Sea
39. Sekai daisenso (1961) (special effects director)
    ... aka The Great World War (literal English title)
    ... aka The Last War
40. Mosura (1961) (director of special effects)
    ... aka Daikaijû Masura
    ... aka Mothra (USA)
41. Osaka jo monogatari (1961) (director of special effects)
    ... aka Daredevil in the Castle
    ... aka Devil in the Castle
    ... aka Osaka Castle Story
    ... aka The Tale of Osaka Castle (UK)
42. Gasu ningen dai ichigo (1960) (director of special effects)
    ... aka The First Gas Human (International: English title)
    ... aka The Human Vapor (USA)
43. Hawai Middouei daikaikusen: Taiheiyo no arashi (1960) (special effects director)
    ... aka Hawaii-Midway Battle of the Sea and Sky: Storm in the Pacific Ocean (literal English title)
    ... aka I Bombed Pearl Harbor (USA: dubbed version)
    ... aka Storm Over the Pacific (USA: original subtitled version)
    ... aka Taiheiyo no arashi (Japan: alternative title)
    ... aka The Storm of the Pacific
44. Denso Ningen (1960) (director of special effects)
    ... aka The Electrical Facsimile Transmission Human
    ... aka The Secret of the Telegian
    ... aka The Telegian
    ... aka The Telegraphed Man
    
    
45. Uchu daisenso (1959) (special effects)
    ... aka Battle in Outer Space (USA)
    ... aka The Great Space War
46. Nippon tanjo (1959) (director of special effects)
    ... aka Age of the Gods
    ... aka Japan Birth
    ... aka Japan Is Born
    ... aka Nihon tanjô (Japan: alternative transliteration)
    ... aka The Birth of Japan
    ... aka The Three Treasures
47. Sensuikan I-57 kofuku sezu (1959) (special effects director)
    ... aka Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender (International: English title)
48. Son go kû (1959) (special effects director)
    ... aka Descendants Enlightened on Air (literal English title)
    ... aka Magic Monkey Sky (literal English title)
    ... aka Monkey Magic
    ... aka Monkey Sun (Japan: English title)
    ... aka Songoku: The Road to the West (USA)
    ... aka The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung (USA)
49. Daikaijû Baran (1958) (director of special effects)
    ... aka Baran: Monster from the East
    ... aka The Great Monster Baran (informal English title)
    ... aka Varan the Unbelievable (USA: DVD box title)
50. Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman (1958) (director of special effects)
    ... aka Abominable Snowman
    ... aka Half Human (USA)
51. Bijo to Ekitainingen (1958) (director of special effects)
    ... aka Beauty and the Liquidman (International: English title: literal title)
    ... aka The H-Man (USA)
52. Hanayome sanjuso (1958) (special effects)
    ... aka Song for a Bride (International: English title)
53. Chikyû Bôeigun (1957) (director of special effects)
    ... aka Defence Force of the Earth
    ... aka Earth Defense Force
    ... aka The Mysterians (USA)
54. Kumonosu-jou (1957) (special effects) (uncredited)
    ... aka Throne of Blood (UK) (USA: original subtitled version)
    ... aka Cobweb Castle
    ... aka Macbeth (USA)
    ... aka Spider Web Castle
    ... aka The Castle of the Spider's Web
55. Sora no daikaijû Radon (1956) (director of special effects)
    ... aka Radon
    ... aka Radon, Monster from the Sky (literal English title)
    ... aka Rodan
    ... aka Rodan! The Flying Monster (USA)
56. Byaku fujin no yoren (1956) (special effects director)
    ... aka Bewitched Love of the White Wife (literal English title)
    ... aka Madame White Snake (USA)
    ... aka Pai-she chuan (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
    ... aka The Bewitched Love of Madame Pai
    ... aka The Bewitching Love of Madame Pai
    ... aka The Legend of the White Serpent (International: English title)
57. Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956) (special effects)
    ... aka Godzilla (USA)
    ... aka Kaijû-ô Gojira (Japan)
58. Meoto zenzai (1955) (special effects supervisor) (uncredited)
59. Jû jin yuki otoko (1955) (director of special effects)
    ... aka Beast Man Snow Man
    ... aka S
60. Gojira no gyakushû (1955) (director of special effects)
    ... aka Counterattack of the Monsters (USA: promotional title)
    ... aka Fire Monster
    ... aka Gigantis
    ... aka Gigantis the Fire Monster (USA)
    ... aka Godzilla Raids Again (USA: video title)
    ... aka Godzilla's Counter Attack (International: English title: literal title)
    ... aka Gojira Strikes Again
    ... aka Gojira's Counterattack
    ... aka The Return of Godzilla
    ... aka The Volcano Monster
61. Ginrin (1955) (special effects)
    ... aka Bicycle in Dream (International: English title)
62. Tomei ningen (1954) (special effects director)
    ... aka Invisible Avenger
    ... aka The Invisible Man
    ... aka Transparent Human
63. Gojira (1954) (special effects director)
    ... aka Godzilla (International: English title) (USA)
64. Miyamoto Musashi (1954/I) (special effects) (uncredited)
    ... aka Master Swordsman
    ... aka Musashi Miyamoto (USA: video title)
    ... aka Samurai
    ... aka Samurai 1: Musashi Miyamoto
    ... aka The Legend of Musashi
65. Saraba Rabauru (1954) (director of special effects)
    ... aka Farewell Rabaul
66. Yama no oto (1954) (special effects) (uncredited)
    ... aka Sound of the Mountain
    ... aka The Sounds from the Mountains (USA: review title)
    ... aka The Thunder of the Mountain (International: English title)
67. Aijin (1953) (special effects supervisor) (uncredited)
    ... aka The Lovers
68. Taiheiyo no washi (1953) (director of special effects)
    ... aka Eagle of the Pacific
    ... aka Operation Kamikaze (USA)
69. Seishun Zenigata Heiji (1953) (special effects) (uncredited)
    ... aka Youth of Heiji Senigata
70. Anatahan (1953) (specialist) (as Tsuburaya)
    ... aka Ana-ta-han (USA)
    ... aka The Saga of Anatahan
71. Minato e kita otoko (1952) (special effects supervisor)
    ... aka The Man Who Came to Port
    ... aka The Man Who Went to Sea
72. Ashi ni sawatta onna (1952) (special effects supervisor) (uncredited)
    ... aka The Woman Who Touched the Legs
73. Nangoku no hada (1952) (special effects supervisor)
    ... aka The Skin of the South (International: English title)
74. Musashino fujin (1951) (special effects supervisor) (uncredited)
    ... aka Lady Musashino
    ... aka The Lady from Musashino (UK)
    ... aka The Lady of Musashino (UK: DVD title)
    
    
75. Tomei ningen arawaru (1949) (special effects supervisor)
    ... aka Invisible Man Appears (International: English title)
    ... aka The Transparent Man (International: English title)
76. Hana kurabe tanuki-goten (1949) (special effects)
77. Toho senichi-ya (1947) (special effects supervisor)
    ... aka A Thousand and One Nights with Toho (International: English title)
78. Urashima Taro no koei (1946) (special photographic effects)
    ... aka The Descendents of Taro Urashima
79. Tokyo gonin otoko (1945) (special effects supervisor) (as Eiichi Tsuburaya)
    ... aka Five Tokyo Men (literal English title)
80. Kato hayabusa sento-tai (1944) (special effects supervisor)
    ... aka Colonel Kato's Falcon Squadron
    ... aka Colonel Kato's Flying Squadron
81. Ano hata o ute (1944) (special effects)
82. Otoko (1943) (special effects supervisor)
    ... aka A Man (literal English title)
83. Hyoroku yume-monogatari (1943) (special effects)
84. Ongaku dai-shingun (1943) (special effects)
85. Ai no sekai: Yamaneko Tomi no hanashi (1943) (special effects)
    ... aka World of Love (Japan: English title)
86. Ahen senso (1943) (special effects)
    ... aka The Opium War
87. Hawai Mare oki kaisen (1942) (director of special effects)
    ... aka Battle of Pearl Harbor and the Malay Coast (informal literal English title)
    ... aka The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malay (literal English title)
88. Tsubasa no gaika (1942) (special effects)
    ... aka A Triumph of Wings
89. Nankai no hanataba (1942) (special photographic effects)
    ... aka Bouquet in the Southern Seas (Malaysia: English title)
90. Shiroi hekiga (1942) (special effects)
91. Enoken no songokû: songokû zenko-hen (1940) (special effects supervisor)
    ... aka Monkey Sun
    ... aka Songokû (Japan: short title)
    ... aka Songoku (Volume 1) (first part title)
    ... aka Songoku (Volume 2) (second part title)
92. Kaigun bakugekitai (1940) (special effects)
    
    
93. Atarashiki tsuchi (1937) (director of special effects)
    ... aka Die Liebe der Mitsu (Germany: reissue title)
    ... aka Die Tochter des Samurai (Germany)
    ... aka The New Earth
    ... aka The New Soil
    

Cinematographer:

• 1950s
• 1940s
• 1930s
• 1920s

1. Tomei ningen (1954)
   ... aka Invisible Avenger
   ... aka The Invisible Man
   ... aka Transparent Human
   
   
2. Kodo Nippon (1940)
   
   
3. Aa, Nango shosa (1938)
   ... aka Major Nango (USA)
4. Sekido koete (1936)
5. Kaguya hime (1935)
6. Hyakuman-nin no gasshô (1935)
7. Beni-kômori - Dai sampen: Ketsurui Tonami Chôhachirô no maki (1931)
8. Beni-kômori - Dai nihen: Yûyaku kessen no maki (1931)
9. Beni-kômori - Dai ippen (1931/I)
10. Fubuki ni sakebu ôkami (1931) (as Eiichi Tsuburaya)
11. Shintei Shiobara Tasuke (1930)
12. Nogitsune Sanji (1930) (as Eiichi Tsuburaya)
    
    
13. Fuun joshi (1928) (as Eiichi Tsuburaya)
    ... aka Castle of Wind and Clouds (International: English title)
14. Kagaribi (1928) (as Eiichi Tsuburaya)
    ... aka Torches (International: English title)
15. Kaitô Samimaro (1928) (as Eiichi Tsuburaya)
16. Giketsu (1925)
    

Producer:

• 1970s
• 1960s

1. "Kyôfu gekijô umbalance" (producer) (1 episode, 1973)
       - Miira no koi (1973) TV episode (producer)
   
   
2. "Kaiki daisakusen" (1968) TV series (producer) (unknown episodes)
   ... aka Operation: Mystery! (International: English title) (USA)
3. Mighty Jack (1968) (TV) (producer)
4. "Urutora sebun" (1967) TV series (supervising producer) (unknown episodes)
   ... aka Ultra 7 (Canada: English title)
   ... aka Ultra Seven (literal English title)
   ... aka Ultraseven
5. Chôhen kaijû eiga: Urutoraman (1967) (producer)
   ... aka Full-Length Monster Movie: Ultraman (International: English title: literal title)
   ... aka The Ultra Man (International: English title)
   ... aka Ultraman (USA)
6. "Urutoraman: Kûsô tokusatsu shirîzu" (1966) TV series (supervising producer) (unknown episodes)
   ... aka Ultraman: A Special Effects Fantasy Series (International: English title)
   ... aka Urutoraman (Japan: short title)
7. "Urutora Q" (1965) TV series (producer) (unknown episodes)
   ... aka Ultra Q (literal English title)
   

Director:

1. Aa, Nango shosa (1938)
   ... aka Major Nango (USA)
2. Sekido koete (1936) (compilation)
   

Camera and Electrical Department:

1. Kurutta ippêji (1926) (assistant camera) (as Eiichi Tsuburaya)
   ... aka A Crazy Page
   ... aka A Page of Madness
   ... aka Kurutta ichipêji (Japan: alternative transliteration)
   ... aka Kurutta ichipeiji (Japan: alternative transliteration)
2. Enmeiin no semushi-otoko (1920) (camera operator) (as Eiichi Tsuburaya)
   

Animation Department:

1. Godzilla: Save the Earth (2004) (VG) (character designer: King Ghidorah) (uncredited)
   

Production Manager:

1. Ido zero daisakusen (1969) (production manager)
   ... aka Atragon II (International: English title)
   ... aka Kaitei Daisenso - Ido Zero Daisakusen
   ... aka Latitude Zero (USA)
   ... aka Latitude Zero Military Tactics
   ... aka Latitude Zero: Big Military Operation
   

Editor:

1. Kodo Nippon (1940)
   

Archive Footage:

1. "ETV tokushû"
       - 50 Year-History in Japanese Sci-Fi (2007) TV episode .... Himself