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| Shin'ichi Sekizawa | |
| Birth name: | 関沢新 |
| Aliases: | Shinichi Sekizawa |
| Gender: | Male |
| Medium(s): | Film |
| Roles: | Writer |
| Born: | June 2nd, 1921 |
| Birthplace: | Kyoto, Japan |
| Notable works: | Godzilla |
| 1st Sci-Fi: | Baran (1958) |
Shin'ichi Sekizawa was a Japanese film screenwriter. He was born in Kyoto, Japan on June 2nd, 1921. His very first screenplay was for the Shintoho Studios film Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers, which is now considered to be lost. He went on to script several films by Ishirô Honda, including several classic Godzilla films. He also contributed material to the original Ultraman series and several Tōei Dōga films such as Jack and the Witch.
His scripts for kaiju films have been noted for their inventiveness and for having a more lightweight, "fun" tone than those written by Takeshi Kimura (aka Kaoru Mabuchi), another leading writer of kaiju films, whose scripts had a darker, more serious sensibility.
Before embarking on his screenwriting career, he briefly attended an animation school with famed manga artist and animator Osamu Tezuka.
Body of work[]
Film[]
| Film | Year | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Baran | 1958 | Writer |
| Battle in Outer Space | 1959 | Writer |
| Mothra | 1961 | Writer |
| King Kong vs. Godzilla | 1962 | Writer |
| Varan the Unbelievable | 1962 | Writer |
| Atragon | 1963 | Writer |
| Godzilla vs. Mothra | 1964 | Writer |
| Dogora | 1964 | Writer |
| Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monsters | 1964 | Writer |
| Invasion of the Astro-Monster | 1965 | Writer |
| Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster | 1966 | Writer |
| Son of Godzilla | 1967 | Writer |
| Godzilla's Revenge | 1969 | Writer |
| Godzilla vs. Gigan | 1972 | Writer |
| Godzilla vs. Megalon | 1973 | Writer |
| Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla | 1974 | Writer |
Television[]
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External Links[]
- Shin'ichi Sekizawa at AMG
- Shin'ichi Sekizawa at IMDB
- Shin'ichi Sekizawa at Wikipedia
- Shin'ichi Sekizawa at Themoviedb.org
- Shin'ichi Sekizawa at Horrormovies.org
- Shin'ichi Sekizawa at Rotten Tomatoes
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