:Eiji Tsuburaya filmography

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Eiji Tsuburaya (1901–1970) was a Japanese special effects director and filmmaker who worked on roughly 250 films throughout his five-decade career.{{Cite web|date=July 7, 2015|title=Godzilla creator Eiji Tsuburaya celebrated in Google Doodle|first=Doug|last=Bolton|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/eiji-tsuburaya-s-114th-birthday-monster-movie-pioneer-honoured-interactive-google-doodle-10370174.html|access-date=September 17, 2021|work=The Independent|language=en|url-status=live|archive-date=July 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714224107/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/eiji-tsuburaya-s-114th-birthday-monster-movie-pioneer-honoured-in-interactive-google-doodle-10370174.html}} Having pioneered and popularized the special effects sector of the Japanese film industry, he is popularly known as the {{nihongo foot|"Father of Tokusatsu".{{cite web|url=https://tsuburaya-prod.com/company/founder|title=The Founder – Eiji Tsuburaya|publisher=Tsuburaya Productions|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228002111/https://tsuburaya-prod.com/company/founder|archive-date=February 28, 2023|access-date=September 17, 2021}}|特撮の父|Tokusatsu no Chichi|{{literal translation|Father of special effects}}.{{Cite journal|date=August 17, 2021|title=《特撮の父》―その黎明から開花へ|trans-title="Father of Tokusatsu" – From Dawn to Bloom|url=https://www.nfaj.go.jp/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/07/tsuburaya120_release.pdf|journal=National Film Archive of Japan|language=Japanese |access-date=July 22, 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403235557/https://www.nfaj.go.jp/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/07/tsuburaya120_release.pdf |archive-date=April 3, 2023 }}|group=lower-alpha}} Tsuburaya started his career in the Japanese film industry as a cinematographer for several successful dramas and jidaigeki (Japanese historical drama) films in the early 1920s.{{sfn|Ragone|2014|pp=22–23}} His directorial debut was the propaganda documentary film Three Thousand Miles Across the Equator, which he filmed in the Pacific Ocean on the Asama for most of 1935. Following the completion of photography on this film, he worked as the cinematographer and had his debut as special effects director on Princess Kaguya (1935). It was one of Japan's first major productions to feature special effects.{{sfn|Ryfle|1998|p=45}}{{sfn|Ragone|2014|p=26}} The next year, Tsuburaya made his dramatic directorial debut with the release of Folk Song Collection: Oichi of Torioi Village and had substantial success staging the special effects for Arnold Fanck's The Daughter of the Samurai (released in 1937).{{sfn|Ragone|2014|p=27}}

Tsuburaya left his job in Kyoto and moved to Tokyo in order to form the newly established company Toho's special effects division in late 1937. The following year, he was assigned to create effects for The Abe Clan and directed and filmed the unreleased propaganda musical The Song of Major Nanjo; two years later, he directed and shot the documentary motion picture entitled The Imperial Way of Japan and shot the war film Navy Bomber Squadron.{{sfn|Matsuda|2001|pp=14–15}} In 1942, Tsuburaya supervised the effects for the Kajirō Yamamoto-directed war epic The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya, which became the highest-grossing Japanese film in history.{{sfn|Matsuda|2001|pp=20–21}} His efforts were regarded as a significant factor in its major critical and commercial success and earned him the Technical Research Award from the Japan Motion Picture Cinematographers Association.{{sfn|Ryfle|Godziszewski|2017|p=30}}{{sfn|Tanaka|1983|p=541}} Tsuburaya was purged from employment at Toho by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers in 1948.{{sfn|Iwabatake|1994|pp=52–53}}{{sfn|Matsuda|2001|pp=14–15}} He created his own independent effects company and worked on films by other major film companies, including Daiei Film's The Invisible Man Appears (1949), which was Japan's first science fiction film. Tsuburaya returned to Toho in 1950, and subsequently worked on their films Escape at Dawn (1950), The Lady of Musashino (1951), The Skin of the South, and The Man Who Came to Port (both 1952), Eagle of the Pacific (1953), and Farewell Rabaul (1954), with the latter four being his first collaborations with director Ishirō Honda.{{sfn|Yosensha|2010|pp=300–303}}

In 1954, Tsuburaya directed the special effects for Hiroshi Inagaki's jidaigeki epic Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto and Honda's kaiju film Godzilla. For the latter major critically and commercially successful film, he achieved his first Japan Technical Award for Special Skill and attained international recognition.{{Cite web |title=日本映画技術賞 受賞一覧 – 一般社団法人 日本映画テレビ技術協会 |trans-title=Japan Motion Picture Technology Award Winner List – Motion Picture and Television Engineering Association of Japan |url=http://mpte.jp/outline/kennsyou/technological_prize.html |access-date=March 22, 2023 |website=mpte.jp |publisher=Motion Picture And Television Engineering Society Of Japan Inc.|language=Japanese |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322215715/https://mpte.jp/outline/kennsyou/technological_prize.html|archive-date=March 22, 2023}}{{sfn|Ragone|2014|p=14}} Two years later, he directed the effects for Shirō Toyoda's The Legend of the White Serpent and Honda's Rodan,{{sfn|Ragone|2014|p=50}} with Rodan winning him his second Japan Technical Award. In response to recent popular alien invasion science fiction films, Toho assigned Tsuburaya to direct the effects for Honda's big-budget epic The Mysterians (1956) and he won another Japan Technical Award for his work.{{sfn|Ragone|2014|p=53}} Three years later, Tsuburaya earned another Japan Technical Award for his effects on Inagaki's {{USD|1 million|long=no}}{{sfn|Motion Picture Herald|1959|p=32}} epic The Three Treasures. Later, he worked on the tremendously successful tokusatsu films: Mothra, The Last War (both 1961), King Kong vs. Godzilla, and Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki (both 1962). In 1963, he earned the Japan Technical Award for his special effects work on The Lost World of Sinbad; the following year he made the effects for Honda's Mothra vs. Godzilla, often regarded as his best kaiju film.{{sfn|Ragone|2014|p=78}} Also that year, he began preproduction on his recently founded company's first series that aired on Japanese television in 1966, under the title Ultra Q, and created the special effects for Frank Sinatra's war epic None but the Brave.{{sfn|Ryfle|Godziszewski|2017|p=229}} His efforts on the 1965 war film {{Ill|Retreat from Kiska|ja|太平洋奇跡の作戦 キスカ}} won him another Japan Technical Award for Special Skill and he gained the same award the following year for the same position in Honda's Invasion of Astro-Monster (also 1965).

Because Ultra Q was a tremendous success during its release, Tsuburaya moved on to develop and supervise a follow-up titled Ultraman.{{sfn|Ragone|2007|p=114}} Ultraman was broadcast from 1966 to 1967 and was even more successful than its predecessor. These programs spanned a franchise that is still majorly popular and ongoing today.{{sfn|Ryfle|Godziszewski|2017|p=229}} After working on Honda's influential kaiju film The War of the Gargantuas (1966),{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=231}} he began being credited as the "special effects supervisor" on the Godzilla films and continued receiving this credit until Destroy All Monsters (1968).{{sfn|Ryfle|Godziszewski|2017|p=245}} His final official theatrical film credit, the Seiji Maruyama-directed war epic Battle of the Japan Sea, was released in August 1969 and became the second-highest-grossing Japanese film of 1969;{{sfn|Nakamura|Shiraishi|Aita|Tomoi|2014|p=124}} he received a ceremonial title as effects director on Honda's All Monsters Attack later that year. In December of the same year, he completed work on {{Ill|Birth of the Japanese Islands|ja|三菱未来館#大阪万博}}, an audiovisual exhibit for the Expo '70.{{sfn|Ryfle|Godziszewski|2017|p=255}} Tsuburaya planned to work on Space Amoeba, Japan Airplane Guy, and Princess Kaguya, but died in Itō, Shizuoka on January 25, 1970, a day before his scheduled return to Tokyo to begin work on the projects.{{sfn|Ryfle|Godziszewski|2017|p=260}}

Film

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|+Film work by Eiji Tsuburaya

scope=col rowspan="2" | Year

!scope=col rowspan="2" | Title

!scope=colgroup colspan="4" | Credited as

!scope=col class=unsortable rowspan="2" | Notes

!scope=col class=unsortable rowspan="2" | {{Abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}

scope=col | Special effects
director

!scope=col | Cinematographer

!scope=col | Director

!scope=col | Special effects
supervisor

scope=row | 1919

|{{nihongo foot|A Tune of Pity|哀の曲|Awaremi no Kyoku|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{no}}

|{{partial|Assistant}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|rowspan=2|{{sfn|Ragone|2014|p=21}}

scope=row | 1920

|{{nihongo foot|Tombs of the Island|島の塚|Shima no Tsuka|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{no}}

|{{partial|Assistant}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

scope=row | 1925

|{{nihongo foot|The Hunchback of Enmei'in Temple|延命院の傴僂男|Enmei'in no Semushi Otoko|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{Cite web |title=延命院の傴僂男 |trans-title=The Hunchback of Enmei'in Temple |url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1925/av002210.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318041443/http://jmdb.ne.jp/1925/av002210.htm |archive-date=March 18, 2016 |access-date=July 14, 2022 |website=Japanese Movie Database |language=Japanese}}{{sfn|Ragone|2014|p=192}}

scope=row | 1926

|{{nihongo foot|A Page of Madness|狂った一頁|Kurutta Ichipēji|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{no}}

|{{partial|Assistant}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Ryfle|1998|p=44}}

scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" | 1927

|{{nihongo foot|Children's Swordplay|稚児の剱法|Chingo no Kenpō|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|rowspan=12|{{sfn|Ragone|2014|p=192}}

{{nihongo foot|The Bat Copybook|蝙蝠草紙|Komori Zoshi|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

{{nihongo foot|Mad Blade Under the Moon|月下の狂刃|Gekka no Kyōba|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

{{nihongo foot|Record of the Tragic Swords of the Tenpo Era|天保悲剣録|Tenpo Hiken-roku|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

scope=row | 1928

|{{nihongo foot|Sayamaro the Thief|怪盗沙弥麿|Kaitou Sayamaro|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

scope=rowgroup rowspan="2" |1929

|{{nihongo foot|Light and Shadow|明暗|Meian|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

{{nihongo foot|A Tale of the Occult|妖魔綺譚|Youma Kitan|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

scope=row | 1930

|{{nihongo foot|Sanji, the Wild Fox|野狐三次|Nogitsune Sanji|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

scope=row | 1931

|{{nihongo foot|A Wolf Howls in the Blizzard|吹雪に叫ぶ狼|Fubuki-ni Sakebu Okami|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

scope=rowgroup rowspan="2" | 1932

|{{nihongo foot|Fierce Attack at Takadanobaba|猛襲高田の馬場|Mōshū Takada nobaba|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

{{nihongo foot|Ghost Story: The Book of Evening Calm|怪談 ゆうなぎ草紙|Kaidan Yuunagi Zoshi|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

scope=row | 1933

|{{nihongo foot|Drizzle in Gion|祇園しぐれ|Gion Shigure|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

scope=rowgroup rowspan="2" | 1934

|{{nihongo foot|Astaro Descends Mt. Akagi|浅太郎赤城颪|Asataro Akagi Oroshi|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|rowspan=2|{{sfn|Ragone|2014|p=193}}

{{nihongo foot|Fusaemon Araki: Lord of Iga|荒木又右衛門 天下の伊賀越|Araki Fusaemon Tenka no Iga Goe|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

scope=rowgroup rowspan="2" | 1935

|{{nihongo foot|The Chorus of a Million|百万人の合唱|Hakku-Man'nin no Gassho|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=6}}{{sfn|Ragone|2014|p=193}}

{{nihongo foot|Princess Kaguya|かぐや姫|Kaguya-hime|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=8}}{{sfn|Ragone|2014|p=193}}

scope=rowgroup rowspan="2" | 1936

|{{nihongo foot|Three Thousand Miles Across the Equator|赤道越えて|Sekidō Koete|extra2={{Lit.|Across the Equator}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|Documentary

|{{sfn|Ragone|2014|p=26, 193}}

{{nihongo foot|Folk Song Collection: Oichi of Torioi Village|小唄磯鳥追お市|Koutareki Torioi Oichi|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Ragone|2014|p=193}}

scope=row | 1937

|{{nihongo foot|The Daughter of the Samurai|新しき土|Atarashiki Tsuchi|extra2={{Lit.|The New Earth}}. {{langx|de|Die Tochter des Samurai}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Ryfle|1998|p=46}}{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=12}}

scope=rowgroup rowspan="2" | 1938

|{{nihongo foot|The Abe Clan|阿部一族|Abe Ichizoku|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|rowspan=4|{{sfn|Ragone|2014|p=193}}

{{nihongo foot|The Song of Major Nangō|嗚呼南郷少佐|Aa Nangō Shōsa|extra2={{Lit.|Ah, Major Nangō}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|Unreleased

scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" | 1940

|{{nihongo foot|The Imperial Way of Japan|皇道日本|Kodo Nippon|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|

{{nihongo foot|{{Ill|Navy Bomber Squadron|ja|海軍爆撃隊}}|海軍爆撃隊|Kaigun Bakugeki-tai|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

{{nihongo foot|The Burning Sky|燃ゆる大空|Moyuru ōzora|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=42}}

{{nihongo foot|{{Ill|Son Gokū (1940 film)|lt=Son Gokū|ja|孫悟空 (1940年の映画)}}|孫悟空extra2={{Lit.|Son Wukong}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{no}}

|{{partial|Special effects}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|Two-part film; with Bunshiro Okuno

|{{sfn|Takeuchi|Yamamoto|2001|p=345}}

scope=row | 1941

|{{nihongo foot|Moon Over Shanghai|上海の月|Shanghai no tsuki|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|rowspan=2|{{sfn|Ragone|2014|p=193}}

scope=rowgroup rowspan="5" | 1942

|{{nihongo foot|Bouquet for the South Pacific|南海の花束|Nankai no Hanabata|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

{{nihongo foot|Koharu's Play|小春狂言|Koharu kyōgen|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=52}}

{{nihongo foot|{{Ill|War Song of the Wings|ja|翼の凱歌}}|翼の凱歌|Tsubasa no Gaika|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Ragone|2014|p=193}}

{{nihongo foot|The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya|ハワイ・マレー沖海戦|Hawai Marē Oki Kaisen|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Ryfle|1998|p=46}}

{{nihongo foot|Ramayana|ラーマーヤナ|Rāmāyana|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

| Scripting supervisor

|{{cite web|last=Asano|first=Eiko|url=http://voiceofnara.jp/20200218-news644.html|title=太平洋戦争中の特撮人形劇映画、制作現場の写真見つかる 人形は浅野孟府作|trans-title=Special effects puppet movie during the Pacific War, photos of the production site can be found. Puppets made by Mōfu Asano|date=February 18, 2020|website=Voice of Nara|access-date=March 8, 2023|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207045812/http://voiceofnara.jp/20200218-news644.html|archive-date=February 7, 2023|language=Japanese}}

scope=rowgroup rowspan="12" | 1943

|{{nihongo foot|The Opium War|阿片戦争|Ahen sensō|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Ragone|2014|p=193}}

{{nihongo foot|World of Love: The Story of Windcat Tomi|愛の世界 山猫とみの話|Ai no Sekai Yamaneko Tomi no Hanashi|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=53}}

{{nihongo foot|Marching Music Force|音楽大進軍|Ongaku Daishingun|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|rowspan=4|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=54}}

{{nihongo foot|The Story of Heiroku's Dream|兵六夢物語|Heiroku Yume Monogatari|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

{{nihongo foot|Watchtower Suicide Squad|望楼の決死隊|Bōrō no Kesshi-tai|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

{{nihongo foot|Military Song of the Morning Mist|あさぎり軍歌|Asagiri gunka|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

{{nihongo foot|Man|男|Otoko|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=55}}

{{nihongo foot|{{Ill|Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky|ja|決戦の大空へ}}|決戦の大空へ|Kessen no ōzora he|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Ragone|2014|p=193}}

{{nihongo foot|Diary of a Drifting Boy|少年漂流記|Shōnen hyōryū-ki|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|rowspan=3|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=55}}

{{nihongo foot|Hot Wind|熱風|Nepū|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

{{nihongo foot|Forward with the Flag of Independence|進め独立旗|Susume dokuritsu hata|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

{{nihongo foot|Naniwabushi Recitation Chushingura|浪曲忠臣蔵|Rōkyoku Chūshingura|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=56}}

scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" | 1944

|{{nihongo foot|Fire on that Flag!|あの旗を撃て|Ano hata o ute|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=56}}

{{nihongo foot|Kato's Falcon Fighters Squadron|加藤隼戦闘隊|Katō Hayabusa sentōtai|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Ryfle|1998|p=46}}{{sfn|Ragone|2014|p=194}}

{{nihongo foot|Four Weddings|四つの結婚|Yottsu no kekkon|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|rowspan=2|{{sfn|Ragone|2014|p=194}}

{{nihongo foot|Bomber Squadron, Move Out|雷撃隊出動|Raigeki-tai Shutsudō|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" | 1945

|{{nihongo foot|{{Ill|Until the Day of Victory|ja|勝利の日まで (映画)}}|勝利の日まで|Shōri no Himade|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|rowspan=2|{{sfn|Matsuda|2001|p=22}}

{{nihongo foot|{{Ill|Three People of the North|ja|北の三人}}|北の三人|Kita no San'nin|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

{{nihongo foot|{{Ill|Five Men from Tokyo|ja|東京五人男}}|東京五人男|Tōkyō go-ri Otoko|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|rowspan=2|{{sfn|Ragone|2014|p=194}}

scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" | 1946

|{{nihongo foot|The Descendants of Taro Urashima|浦島太郎の後裔|Urashima Tarō no kōei|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

{{nihongo foot|An Enemy of the People|民衆の敵|Minshū no teki|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Matsuda|2001|p=22}}

{{nihongo foot|Lord for a Night|或る夜の殿様|Aru yoru no Tonosama|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|rowspan=6|{{sfn|Ragone|2014|p=194}}

scope=row | 1947

|{{nihongo foot|A Thousand and One Nights with Toho|東宝千一夜|Toho senichi-ya|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" | 1948

|{{nihongo foot|A Moonflower in Heaven|天の夕顔|Ten no yūgao|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

{{nihongo foot|{{Ill|Gate of Flesh|ja|肉体の門 (1948年の映画)}}|肉体の門|Nikutai no mon|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

{{nihongo foot|A Woman in a Typhoon Area|颱風圏の女|Taifuunken no Onna|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

{{nihongo foot|The Bandit of Moonlight Castle|月光城の盗賊|Gekkō-jō no Tōzoku|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

scope=rowgroup rowspan="7" | 1949
{{nihongo foot|The White-Haired Fiend|白髪鬼|Shiraga oni|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|rowspan=2|{{sfn|Ragone|2014|p=194}}

{{nihongo foot|Flowers of Raccoon Palace|花くらべ狸御殿|Hana Kurabe Tanuki Goten|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

{{nihongo foot|{{Ill|The Rainbow Man (1949 film)|lt=The Rainbow Man|ja|虹男#映画版}}|虹男|Niji Otoko|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|Uncredited;
with Tatsuyuki Yokota

|{{sfn|Matsuda|2001|p=24}}

{{nihongo foot|The Ghost Train|幽霊列車|Yūrei Ressha|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Ragone|2014|p=194}}

{{nihongo foot|My Name is Mistress|わたしの名は情婦|Watashi no Na wa Jōfu|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Takeuchi|Yamamoto|2001|p=348}}

{{nihongo foot|The Invisible Man Appears|透明人間現わる|Tōmei Ningen Arawaru|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Ragone|2014|p=194}}

scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" | 1950

|{{nihongo foot|Escape at Dawn|暁の脱走|Akatsuki no Dassō|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Yosensha|2010|p=301}}

{{nihongo foot|Listen to the Voices of the Sea|日本戦歿学生の手記 きけ、わだつみの声|Nippon senbotsu gakusei no shuki: Kike wadatsumi no koe|extra2={{Lit.|Notes from Fallen Japanese Student Soldiers: Listen to the Voices from the Sea}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|rowspan=6|{{sfn|Ragone|2014|p=194}}

{{nihongo foot|{{Ill|Kojirō Sasaki: Part One|ja|佐々木小次郎#小次郎を主役とした映画}}|佐々木小次郎(第一部)|Sasaki Kojirō (Dai'ichibu)|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" | 1951

|{{nihongo foot|{{Ill|Beyond Love and Hate|ja|愛と憎しみの彼方へ}}|愛と憎しみの彼方へ|Ai to Nikushimi no Kanata-e|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

{{nihongo foot|{{Ill|Pirate Ship (1951 film)|lt=Pirate Ship|ja|海賊船 (1951年の映画)}}|海賊船|Kaizoku-sen|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

{{nihongo foot|The Lady of Musashino|武蔵野夫人|Musashino fujin|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" | 1952

|{{nihongo foot|The Skin of the South|南国の肌|Nangoku no hada|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

{{nihongo foot|{{Ill|Hakone Fuunroku|ja|箱根風雲録}}|箱根風雲録|Hakone Fūunroku|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{no}}

|{{partial|Special effects}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|rowspan=2|{{sfn|Takeuchi|Yamamoto|2001|p=348}}

{{nihongo foot|The Man Who Came to Port|港へ来た男|Minato e Kita Otoko|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

scope=rowgroup rowspan="7" | 1953

|{{nihongo foot|{{Ill|The Tower of Lilies|ja|ひめゆりの塔 (1953年の映画)}}|ひめゆりの塔|Himeyuri no Tō|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|rowspan=4|{{sfn|Ragone|2014|p=195}}

{{nihongo foot|{{Ill|The Sunday That Jumped Out|ja|飛び出した日曜日}}|飛び出した日曜日|Tobidashita Nichiyōbi|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|With Jun Yasumoto

{{nihongo foot|{{Ill|Beyond the Clouds (1953 film)|lt=Beyond the Clouds|ja|雲ながるる果てに}}|雲ながるる果てに|Kumo nagaruru hate-ni|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

{{nihongo foot|Anatahan|アナタハン|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

{{nihongo foot|{{Ill|What Is Your Name?|ja|君の名は#君の名は(第一部)}}|君の名は|Kimi no na wa|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Ryfle|Godziszewski|2017|p=135}}

{{nihongo foot|Eagle of the Pacific|太平洋の鷲|Taiheiyo no washi|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=96}}

{{nihongo foot|{{Ill|What Is Your Name? Part II|ja|君の名は#君の名は(第二部)}}|君の名は 第二部|Kimi no na wa Dainibu|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Ryfle|Godziszewski|2017|p=135}}

scope=rowgroup rowspan="6" | 1954

|{{nihongo foot|Farewell Rabaul|さらばラバウル|Saraba Rabauru|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=99}}

{{nihongo foot|{{Ill|What Is Your Name? Part III|ja|君の名は#君の名は(第三部)}}|君の名は 第三部|Kimi no na wa Daisanbu|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Ryfle|Godziszewski|2017|p=135}}

{{nihongo foot|And Thus the Liberty Bell Rang|かくて自由の鐘は鳴る|Kakute jiyū no kane wa naru|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Takeuchi|Yamamoto|2001|p=332}}

{{nihongo foot|Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto|宮本武蔵|Miyamoto Musashi|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Takeuchi|Yamamoto|2001|p=91}}{{sfn|Ragone|2014|p=195}}

{{nihongo foot|Godzilla|ゴジラ|Gojira|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{cite web|url=https://www.criterion.com/films/27755-godzilla|title=Godzilla|work=The Criterion Collection|access-date=April 14, 2022|url-status=live|archive-date=May 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527225144/https://www.criterion.com/films/27755-godzilla}}

{{nihongo foot|The Invisible Avenger|透明人間|Tomei Ningen|extra2={{Lit.|The Invisible Man}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=107}}

scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" | 1955

|{{nihongo foot|Godzilla Raids Again|ゴジラの逆襲|Gojira no Gyakushū|extra2={{lit.|Godzilla's Counterattack}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{cite web|url=https://www.criterion.com/films/29338-godzilla-raids-again|title=Godzilla Raids Again|first=|last=|work=The Criterion Collection|date=|access-date=July 14, 2022|url-status=live|archive-date=July 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714192425/https://www.criterion.com/films/29338-godzilla-raids-again}}

{{nihongo foot|Half Human|獣人雪男|Jūjin Yuki Otoko|extra2={{Lit.|Beast-Man Snow-Man}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=113}}

{{nihongo foot|Ginrin|銀輪|extra2={{Lit.|Silver Ring}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Takeuchi|Yamamoto|2001|p=91}}

scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" | 1956

|{{nihongo foot|The Maiden Courtesan|乱菊物語|Rangiku Monogatari|extra2={{lit.|A Tale of Rangiku}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Takeuchi|Yamamoto|2001|p=349}}

{{nihongo foot|The Legend of the White Serpent|白夫人の妖恋|Byaku fujin no yōren|extra2={{lit.|The Love of Madame White}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=122}}

{{nihongo foot|{{Ill|Jun'ai|ja|殉愛 (1956年の映画)}}|殉愛|Jun'ai|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Takeuchi|Yamamoto|2001|p=349}}

{{nihongo foot|Rodan|空の大怪獣 ラドン|Sora no Daikaijū Radon|extra2={{Lit.|Giant Monster of the Sky: Radon}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Kalat|2010|p=41}}

scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" | 1957

|{{nihongo foot|Throne of Blood|蜘蛛巣城|Kumonosu-jō|extra2={{Lit.|The Castle of Spider's Web}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|Uncredited

|{{sfn|Ragone|2014|p=196}}{{sfn|Watson|2020|p=93}}

{{nihongo foot|The Paradise Island Story|極楽島物語|Gokuraku-tō Monogatari|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Takeuchi|Yamamoto|2001|p=349}}

{{nihongo foot|The Mysterians|地球防衛軍|Chikyū Bōeigun|extra2={{Lit.|Earth Defense Force}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=140}}

scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" | 1958

|{{nihongo foot|The H-Man|美女と液体人間|Bijo to Ekitai-ningen|extra2={{Lit.|Beauty and the Liquid People}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=146}}

{{nihongo foot|Varan the Unbelievable|大怪獣バラン|Daikaijū Baran|extra2={{Lit.|Giant Monster Varan}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Kalat|2010|p=46}}

{{nihongo foot|The Hidden Fortress|隠し砦の三悪人|Kakushi Toride no San Akunin|extra2={{Lit.|The Three Villains of the Hidden Fortress}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

| Uncredited

|{{sfn|Ragone|2014|p=196}}

scope=rowgroup rowspan="5" | 1959

|{{nihongo foot|{{Ill|Inao: Story of an Iron Arm|ja|鉄腕投手 稲尾物語}}|鉄腕投手 稲尾物語|Tetsuwan Tōshu Inao Monogatari|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Ryfle|Godziszewski|2017|p=156}}

{{nihongo foot|Monkey Sun|孫悟空|Son Gokū|extra2={{Lit.|Sun Wukong}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|Remake of Son Gokū
(1940)

|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=155}}

{{nihongo foot|Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender|潜水艦イ-57降伏せず|Sensuikan I-57 kofuku sezu|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Matsuda|1997|p=96}}

{{nihongo foot|The Three Treasures|日本誕生|Nippon Tanjō|extra2={{Lit.|The Birth of Japan}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=161}}

{{nihongo foot|Battle in Outer Space|宇宙大戦争|Uchū Daisensō|extra2={{Lit.|The Great Space War}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=162}}

scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" | 1960

|{{nihongo foot|The Secret of the Telegian|電送人間|Densō Ningen|extra2={{Lit.|The Electrically Transmitted Man}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=168}}

{{nihongo foot|Storm Over the Pacific|ハワイ・ミッドウェイ大海空戦 太平洋の嵐|Hawai Middouei daikaikusen: Taiheiyo no arashi|extra2={{Lit.|Hawaii-Midway Battle of the Sea and Sky: Storm in the Pacific Ocean}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Ragone|2014|p=196}}

{{nihongo foot|The Human Vapor|ガス人間第1号|Gasu Ningen Daiichigō|extra2={{Lit.|Gas Man No. 1}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=176}}

scope=rowgroup rowspan="5" | 1961

|{{nihongo foot|The Story of Osaka Castle|大坂城物語|Ōsaka-jō Monogatari|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Ragone|2014|p=196}}

{{nihongo foot|Mothra|モスラ|Mosura|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Kalat|2010|p=51}}

{{nihongo foot|{{Ill|Blood on the Sea|ja|紅の海}}|紅の海|Kurenai no umi|extra2={{Lit.|The Crimson Sea}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=184}}

{{nihongo foot|{{Ill|The Youth and His Amulet|ja|ゲンと不動明王#映画版}}|ゲンと不動明王|Gen to Fudōmyōh|extra2={{Lit.|Gen and Fudōmyōh}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Ragone|2014|p=196}}

{{nihongo foot|The Last War|世界大戦争|Sekai Daisensō|{{Lit.|The Great World War}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=186}}

scope=rowgroup rowspan="6" | 1962

|{{nihongo foot|{{Ill|The Crimson Sky|ja|紅の空}}|紅の空|Kurenai no Sora|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Ragone|2014|p=197}}

{{nihongo foot|Gorath|妖星ゴラス|Yōsei Gorasu|extra2={{Lit.|Ominous Star Gorath}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/194648%7C45689/Eiji-Tsuburaya/#filmography|title=Eiji Tsuburaya|first=|last=|work=Turner Classic Movies|date=|access-date=July 14, 2022|url-status=live|archive-date=July 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714200416/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/194648%7C45689/Eiji-Tsuburaya/#filmography}}

{{nihongo foot|The Big Wave|大津波|Daitsunami|extra2={{Lit.|The Giant Tsunami}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|Completed in 1961

|{{cite web|url=http://www.zakzak.co.jp/gei/2005_10/g2005102409.html|title=ゴジラの円谷監督が特撮担当、幻の映画を"初上映"|trans-title=Director Tsuburaya of Godzilla is in charge of special effects, "premiere" of the fantasy movie|first=|last=|work=ZAKZAK|date=October 24, 2005|access-date=March 25, 2023|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 28, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051028001859/http://www.zakzak.co.jp/gei/2005_10/g2005102409.html|language=Japanese}}

{{nihongo foot|King Kong vs. Godzilla|キングコング対ゴジラ|Kingu Kongu tai Gojira|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{cite web|url=https://www.criterion.com/films/30209-king-kong-vs-godzilla|title=King Kong vs. Godzilla|first=|last=|work=The Criterion Collection|date=|access-date=July 14, 2022|url-status=live|archive-date=July 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714200716/https://www.criterion.com/films/30209-king-kong-vs-godzilla}}

{{Ill|The Story of Shim Cheong|ko|대심청전}}{{efn|대심청전, Dae Sim Cheong-jeon}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Takeuchi|Yamamoto|2001|p=336}}

{{nihongo foot|Chūshingura:
Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki
|忠臣蔵 花の巻 雪の巻|extra2={{Lit.|Chushingura: Story of Flower, Story of Snow}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|Uncredited

|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=196}}

scope=rowgroup rowspan="7" | 1963

|{{nihongo foot|Attack Squadron!|太平洋の翼|Taiheiyō no Tsubasa|extra2={{Lit.|Wings of the Pacific}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=198}}

The Love Eterne{{efn|梁山伯與祝英台, {{Lit.|Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai}}}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Nishimoto|Yamada|Yamane|2004|p=136}}{{sfn|Qiū|2007|p=188}}

{{nihongo foot|Legacy of the 500,000|五十万人の遺産|Gojuman-nin no Isan|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|rowspan=2|{{sfn|Ragone|2014|p=197}}

{{nihongo foot|{{Ill|The Siege of Fort Bismarck|ja|青島要塞爆撃命令}}|青島要塞爆撃命令|Chintao yōsai bakugeki meirei|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

{{nihongo foot|Matango|マタンゴ|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=203}}

{{nihongo foot|The Lost World of Sinbad|大盗賊|Daitōzoku|extra2={{Lit.|The Great Thief}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=205}}

{{nihongo foot|Atragon|海底軍艦|Kaitei Gunkan|extra2={{Lit.|The Undersea Warship}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=206}}

scope=rowgroup rowspan="5" | 1964

|{{nihongo foot|Whirlwind|士魂魔道 大竜巻|Shikonmado Daitatsumaki|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=207}}

{{nihongo foot|Mothra vs. Godzilla|モスラ対ゴジラ|Mosura tai Gojira|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{cite web|url=https://www.criterion.com/films/29341-mothra-vs-godzilla|title=Mothra vs. Godzilla|first=|last=|work=The Criterion Collection|date=|access-date=July 14, 2022|url-status=live|archive-date=April 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402082738/https://www.criterion.com/films/29341-mothra-vs-godzilla}}

{{nihongo foot|The Rabble|がらくた|Garakuta|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Ragone|2014|p=197}}

{{nihongo foot|Dogora|宇宙大怪獣ドゴラ|Uchū Daikaijū Dogora|extra2={{Lit.|Giant Space Monster Dogora}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=212}}

{{nihongo foot|Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster|三大怪獣 地球最大の決戦|San Daikaijū: Chikyū Saidai no Kessen|extra2={{Lit.|Three Giant Monsters: Earth's Greatest Battle}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{cite web|url=https://www.criterion.com/films/29340-ghidorah-the-three-headed-monster|title=Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster|first=|last=|work=The Criterion Collection|date=|access-date=July 14, 2022|url-status=live|archive-date=April 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200419033106/https://www.criterion.com/films/29340-ghidorah-the-three-headed-monster}}

scope=rowgroup rowspan="5" | 1965

|{{nihongo foot|None but the Brave|勇者のみ|Yūsha Nomi|extra2={{Lit.|Only the Brave}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Ryfle|1998|p=46}}

{{nihongo foot|{{Ill|Retreat from Kiska|ja|太平洋奇跡の作戦 キスカ}}|太平洋奇跡の作戦 キスカ|Taiheiyō kiseki no sakusen Kisuka|extra2={{Lit.|Miraculous Pacific Operation: Kisuka}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Ryfle|1998|p=47}}

{{nihongo foot|Frankenstein vs. Baragon|フランケンシュタイン対{{ruby-ja|地底怪獣|バラゴン}}|Furankenshutain tai Chitei Kaijū Baragon|{{Lit.|Frankenstein vs. Subterranean Monster Baragon}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=221}}

{{nihongo foot|The Crazy Adventure|大冒険|Daibōken|extra2={{Lit.|Great Adventure}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=224}}

{{nihongo foot|Invasion of Astro-Monster|怪獣大戦争|Kaijū Dai-sensō|extra2={{Lit.|The Giant Monster War}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{cite web|url=https://www.criterion.com/films/29344-invasion-of-astro-monster#:~:text=Aliens%20from%20Planet%20X%20make,for%20all%20known%20human%20disease.|title=Invasion of Astro-Monster|first=|last=|work=The Criterion Collection|date=|access-date=July 14, 2022|url-status=live|archive-date=April 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200419190427/https://www.criterion.com/films/29344-invasion-of-astro-monster}}

scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" | 1966

|{{nihongo foot|{{Ill|The Adventure in Taklamakan|ja|奇巌城の冒険}}|奇巌城の冒険|Kiganjō no bōken|extra2={{Lit.|Strange Rock Castle Adventure}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|Uncredited

|rowspan=2|{{sfn|Ragone|2014|p=198}}

{{nihongo foot|{{Ill|Zero Fighter (film)|lt=Zero Fighter|ja|ゼロ・ファイター 大空}}|ゼロ・ファイター 大空|Zero faita dai kūsen|extra2={{Lit.|Zero Fighter Great Air Battle}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

{{nihongo foot|The War of the Gargantuas|フランケンシュタインの怪獣 サンダ対ガイラ|Furankenshutain no Kaijū: Sanda tai Gaira|extra2={{Lit.|Frankenstein's Monsters: Sanda vs. Gaira}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=231}}

{{nihongo foot|Ebirah, Horror of the Deep|ゴジラ・エビラ・モスラ 南海の大決闘|Gojira Ebira Mosura Nankai no Dai-kettō|extra2={{Lit.|Godzilla, Ebirah, Mothra: Big Duel in the South Seas}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Takeuchi|Yamamoto|2001|p=352}}

scope=rowgroup rowspan="3" | 1967

|{{nihongo foot|King Kong Escapes|キングコングの逆襲|Kingu Kongu no Gyakushū|extra2={{Lit.|King Kong's Counterattack}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|

{{nihongo foot|Ultraman: Monster Movie Feature|長篇怪獣映画 ウルトラマン|Chōhen Kaijū Eiga Urutoraman|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|Supervisor

|{{sfn|Takeuchi|Yamamoto|2001|p=352}}

{{nihongo foot|Son of Godzilla|怪獣島の決戦 ゴジラの息子|Kaijū-tō no Kessen: Gojira no Musuko|extra2={{Lit.|Monster Island's Decisive Battle: Godzilla's Son}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|

|{{cite web|url=https://www.criterion.com/films/29346-son-of-godzilla|title=Son of Godzilla|first=|last=|work=The Criterion Collection|date=|access-date=July 14, 2022|url-status=live|archive-date=July 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714220229/https://www.criterion.com/films/29346-son-of-godzilla}}

scope=rowgroup rowspan="2" | 1968

|{{nihongo foot|Destroy All Monsters|怪獣総進撃|Kaijū Sō-shingeki|extra2={{Lit.|Monster All-out Attack}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|

|{{cite web|url=https://www.criterion.com/films/29347-destroy-all-monsters|title=Destroy All Monsters|first=|last=|work=The Criterion Collection|date=|access-date=July 14, 2022|url-status=live|archive-date=July 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714221410/https://www.criterion.com/films/29347-destroy-all-monsters}}

{{nihongo foot|Admiral Yamamoto|連合艦隊司令長官 山本五十六|Rengō Kantai Shirei Chōkan Yamamoto Isoroku|{{Lit.|Isoroku Yamamoto: Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|{{sfn|Ragone|2014|p=198}}

scope=rowgroup rowspan="4" | 1969

|{{nihongo foot|{{Ill|The Crazy Cats' Big Explosion|ja|クレージーの大爆発}}|クレージーの大爆発|Kureji no daibakuhatsu|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

| Uncredited

|{{sfn|Ragone|2014|p=198}}

{{nihongo foot|Latitude Zero|緯度0大作戦|Ido Zero Daisakusen|{{Lit.|The Great Latitude 0 Operation}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

|rowspan=2|{{sfn|Ryfle|1998|p=47}}

{{nihongo foot|Battle of the Japan Sea|日本海大海戦|Nihonkai Daikaisen|extra2={{Lit.|The Great Battle in the Japan Sea}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

{{nihongo foot|All Monsters Attack|ゴジラ・ミニラ・ガバラ オール怪獣大進撃|Gojira Minira Gabara Ōru Kaijū Dai-shingeki|extra2={{Lit.|Godzilla, Minilla, and Gabara: All Monsters Attack}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|Also participated
in editing

|{{sfn|Ryfle|1998|p=157}}{{sfn|Ryfle|Godziszewski|2017|p=258}}

scope=rowgroup | 1970

|{{nihongo foot|{{Ill|Birth of the Japanese Islands|ja|三菱未来館#大阪万博}}|日本の自然と日本人の夢|Nihon no Shizen to Nihonjin no Yume|extra2={{Lit.|The Nature of Japan and the Dreams of Japanese}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|Produced in 1969

|{{sfn|Ryfle|Godziszewski|2017|p=255}}

Television

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;"

|+Television work by Eiji Tsuburaya

scope=col rowspan="2" | Year

!scope=col rowspan="2" | Title

! scope="colgroup" | Credited as

!scope=col class=unsortable rowspan="2" | Notes

!scope=col class=unsortable rowspan="2" | {{Abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}

scope=col | Supervisor
scope=row | 1957

|{{nihongo foot|Ninja Arts of Sanada Castle|忍術真田城|Ninjutsu Sanada-jō|group=lower-alpha}}

| {{partial|Special
effects}}

|

| {{sfn|Ragone|2014|p=52}}

scope=row | 1959–1960

|{{nihongo foot|Mighty Atom|鉄腕アトム|Tetsuwan Atomu|group=lower-alpha}}

| {{partial|Special
effects}}

| Uncredited

| {{sfn|Kodansha|2009|p=30}}

scope=row | 1960

|{{nihongo foot|Everyone's Occupation|みんなの職業|Min na no Shokugyō|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{no}}

|Himself; episode {{nihongo foot|"Video Magician: Special Skills Director"|映像の魔術師 特技監督|Eizō no Majutsu-shi Tokugi Kantoku|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{Cite web |title=biography |url=http://www.ishirohonda.com/biography/biography.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141130085519/http://ishirohonda.com/biography/biography.shtml |archive-date=November 30, 2014 |access-date=July 11, 2023 |website=IshiroHonda.com}}

scope=row | 1962

|{{nihongo foot|Japanese Standards|日本の水準|Nihon no suijun|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{no}}

|Himself; May 15 episode

|{{sfn|Takeuchi|Yamamoto|2001|p=336}}

scope=rowgroup rowspan="2" |1966

|{{nihongo foot|Ultra Q|ウルトラQ|Urutora Kyū|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|Also producer

|{{sfn|Asahi Sonorama|1985|p=255}}

{{nihongo foot|Modern Leaders|現代の主役|Gendai no shuyaku|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{no}}

|Himself; episode, {{nihongo foot|"The Father of Ultra Q"|ウルトラQのおやじ|Urutora Kyū no Oyaji|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{sfn|Ragone|2007|p=113}}

scope=row | 1966–1967

|{{nihongo foot|Ultraman|ウルトラマン|Urutoraman|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|Also developer

|{{sfn|Ragone|2007|p=114}}

scope=row | 1967–1968

|{{nihongo foot|Ultraseven|ウルトラセブン|Urutora Sebun|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|

|rowspan=2|{{sfn|Takeuchi|Yamamoto|2001|p=339}}

scope=rowgroup rowspan=3 | 1968

|{{nihongo foot|Mighty Jack|マイティジャック|Maiti Jakku|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|

{{nihongo foot|Fight! Mighty Jack|戦え!マイティジャック|Tatakae! Maiti Jakku|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|

|rowspan=2|{{sfn|Takeuchi|Yamamoto|2001|p=340}}

{{nihongo foot|{{Ill|Operation: Mystery!|ja|怪奇大作戦}}|怪奇大作戦|Kaiki Daisakusen|extra2={{Lit.|Mysterious Strategy}}|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|

scope=row | 1973

|{{nihongo foot|Horror Theater Unbalance|恐怖劇場アンバランス|Kyōfu Gekijō Anbaransu|group=lower-alpha}}

|{{yes}}

|Produced in 1969

|{{sfn|Asahi Sonorama|1985|p=269}}

Notes

{{Notelist}}

References

=Citations=

{{Reflist}}

=Bibliography=

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  • {{cite book |last=Galbraith IV |first=Stuart |author-link=Stuart Galbraith IV|title=The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography|year=2008 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-1-4616-7374-3 }}
  • {{cite book|title=テレビマガジン特別編集 誕生40周年記念 ゴジラ大全集|trans-title=TV Magazine Special Edition: 40th Anniversary of the Birth of Godzilla Complete Works|last=Iwabatake|first=Toshiaki |date=September 1, 1994 |publisher=Kodansha|isbn=978-4-06-178417-8|language=Japanese}}
  • {{cite book |last=Kalat|first=David|year=2010|title=A Critical History and Filmography of Toho's Godzilla Series|edition=Second|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=978-0-7864-4749-7}}
  • {{cite book|title=ぼくらが大好きだった 特撮ヒーローBESTマガジン |trans-title=Beloved Favorite Tokusatsu Hero BEST Magazine |date=April 22, 2009 |publisher=Kodansha |chapter=手塚治虫と特撮テレビ |trans-chapter=Osamu Tezuka and Tokusatsu TV |isbn=978-4-06-375707-1 |language=Japanese |ref={{harvid|Kodansha|2009}}}}
  • {{cite book|editor-last=Matsuda|editor-first=Takehisa|title=日本特撮・幻想映画全集|trans-title=Complete Collection of Japanese Special Effects and Fantasy Movies|year=1997|publisher=Keibunsha|language=Japanese|isbn=978-4-7669-2706-1}}
  • {{cite book|editor-last=Matsuda|editor-first=Takehisa|title=円谷英二特撮世界|trans-title=Eiji Tsuburaya's World of Tokusatsu|date=August 10, 2001|publisher=Keibunsha|language=Japanese|isbn=978-4-7669-3848-7}}
  • {{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kcxBAQAAIAAJ|title=Motion Picture Herald|magazine=Motion Picture Herald|publisher=|date=August 1959|via=Google Books|ref={{harvid|Motion Picture Herald|1959}}|access-date=2023-03-23|archive-date=2023-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404183051/https://books.google.com/books?id=kcxBAQAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}
  • {{cite book |last1=Nakamura |first1=Tetsu |last2=Shiraishi |first2=Masahiko |last3=Aita |first3=Tetsuo |last4=Tomoi |first4=Taketo |last5=Shimazaki |first5=Jun |last6=Maruyama |first6=Takeshi |last7=Shimizu |first7=Toshifumi |last8=Hayakawa |first8=Masaru |title=ゴジラ東宝チャンピオンまつりパーフェクション |trans-title=Godzilla Toho Champion Festival Perfection |year=2014 |publisher=ASCII Media Works |isbn=978-4-04-866999-3 |language=Japanese}}
  • {{cite book|last1=Nishimoto|first1=Tadashi|last2=Yamada|first2=Kōichi|last3=Yamane|first3=Sadao|title=香港への道 中川信夫からブルース・リーへ|trans-title=Road to Hong Kong: From Nobuo Nakagawa to Bruce Lee|publisher=Chikuma Shobō|date=October 2004|isbn=978-4-480-87316-3|language=Japanese}}
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  • {{cite book|last=Ragone|first=August|title=Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters|edition=paperback|year=2014|publisher=Chronicle Books|isbn=978-1-4521-3539-7}}
  • {{cite book|last=Ryfle|first=Steve|url=https://archive.org/details/japansfavoritemo0000ryfl|title=Japan's Favorite Mon-Star: The Unauthorized Biography of the Big G|url-access=registration|publisher=ECW Press|year=1998|isbn=978-1-55022-348-4}}
  • {{cite book|last1=Ryfle|first1=Steve|last2=Godziszewski|first2=Ed|url=https://archive.org/details/ishiro-honda-a-life-in-film-from-godzilla-to-kurosawa|title=Ishiro Honda: A Life in Film, from Godzilla to Kurosawa|url-access=registration|publisher=Wesleyan University Press|year=2017|isbn=978-0-8195-7087-1}}
  • {{cite book|editor-last1=Takeuchi|editor-first1=Hiroshi|editor-last2=Yamamoto|editor-first2=Shingo |title=円谷英二の映像世界|trans-title=Eiji Tsuburaya's Visual World|edition=2nd|publisher=Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha|date=May 7, 2001|publication-date=July 11, 2001|isbn=978-4-408-39474-9|language=Japanese}}
  • {{cite book|last=Tanaka|first=Tomoyuki|author-link=Tomoyuki Tanaka|title=東宝特撮映画全史|trans-title=The Complete History of Toho Special Effects Movies|publisher=Toho|year=1983|isbn=978-4-924609-00-6|language=Japanese}}
  • {{cite book|last=Watson|first=Robert N.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dQ37DwAAQBAJ|title=Throne of Blood|year=2020|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-1-83902-188-6|access-date=2023-03-21|archive-date=2023-04-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412121951/https://books.google.com/books?id=dQ37DwAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}
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