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Shinichi Sekizawa

{{Short description|Japanese screenwriter}}

{{more citations needed|date=May 2019}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Shinichi Sekizawa

| image = Shinichi-sekizawa.jpg

| native_name = 関沢新一

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|06|02}}

| birth_place = Kyoto, Japan

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1992|11|19|1920|06|02}}

| death_place = Nanpeidaichō, Shibuya, Japan

| occupation = Screenwriter, producer, director, assistant director

| years_active = 1949–1974

| spouse = Masako Sekizawa

| awards = Medal with Purple Ribbon

}}

{{nihongo|Shinichi Sekizawa|関沢新一|Sekizawa Shin'ichi|June 2, 1921 – November 19, 1992}} was a Japanese screenwriter noted for his immense contributions to several films by Ishirō Honda, including several classic Godzilla films. He also contributed material to the original Ultraman series and several Tōei Dōga films such as Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon and Jack and the Witch.

His first screenplay was for the independently produced film (though distributed by Shintoho Studios) Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers, which was also his sole directing credit.{{cite web|last1=Miyano|first1=Oki|last2=Aiken|first2=Keith|date=24 May 2007|title=TV Movie Details Actor Tadao Takashima's Battle with Depression|url=http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2007/05/24/tv-movie-details-actor-tadao-takashimas-battle-with-depression/|access-date=28 June 2019|website=SciFi Japan}}

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.

Partial filmography

:Note: The films listed as N/A are not necessarily chronological.

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! width="15%" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Title !! width="4%" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Year!! colspan="3" scope="col" | Credited as !! width="10%" rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable"| Notes !! width="1%" rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable" |{{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}

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scope="row"|Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers

|1956

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scope="row"|Varan the Unbelievable

|1958

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|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1996|p=425}}{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1996|p=426}}

scope="row"|Battle in Outer Space

|1959

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|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1996|p=113}}

scope="row"|{{sort|Last Gunfight|The Last Gunfight}}

|rowspan="3"|1960

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|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=165}}

scope="row"|Take Aim at the Police Van

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|style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=https://www.nikkatsu.com/movie/20415.html|publisher=Nikkatsu|title=「十三号待避線」より その護送車を狙え|access-date=December 12, 2019|language=Japanese|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830233824/https://www.nikkatsu.com/movie/20415.html|archive-date=August 30, 2017}}

scope="row"|{{sort|Secret of the Telegian|The Secret of the Telegian}}

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|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1996|p=349}}{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1996|p=350}}

scope="row"|Moriya Hirosho no sandogasa shirizu - Nakito gozansu

|rowspan="2"|1961

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|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=183}}

scope="row"|Mothra

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|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=183}}

scope="row"|King Kong vs. Godzilla

|1962

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|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=294}}

scope="row"|Warring Clans

|rowspan="3"|1963

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|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=200}}

scope="row"|{{sort|Lost World of Sinbad|The Lost World of Sinbad}}

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|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=205}}

scope="row"|Atragon

| {{yes}}

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|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1996|p=105}}{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1996|p=106}}

scope="row"|Mothra vs. Godzilla

|rowspan="4"|1964

| {{yes}}

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|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=210}}

scope="row"|Operation Lion Ant

| {{yes}}

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|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=210}}

scope="row"|{{sort|Keg of Powder|A Keg of Powder}}

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|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=210}}

scope="row"|Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

| {{yes}}

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|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=215}}

scope="row"|Invasion of Astro-Monster

| 1965

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|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1996|p=292}}{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1996|p=293}}

scope="row"|Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

| 1966

| {{yes}}

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|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=234}}

scope="row"|Son of Godzilla

| 1967

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|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=244}}{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=245}}

scope="row"|Latitude Zero

|rowspan="2"|1969

| {{yes}}

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|{{yes}}

| Screenwriter in Japanese version. Credited as "Screenplay advisor" in American prints.

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1996|p=261}}

scope="row"|All Monsters Attack

| {{yes}}

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|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Ryfle|1998|p=196}}{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1996|p=197}}

scope="row"|Godzilla vs. Gigan

| 1972

| {{yes}}

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|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Ryfle|1998|p=190}}{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1996|p=191}}

scope="row"|Godzilla vs. Megalon

| 1973

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| {{yes}}

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|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Ryfle|1998|p=360}}{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1996|p=193}}

scope="row"|Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla

| 1974

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| {{yes}}

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|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1994|p=352}}

References

;Citations

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=Bibliography=

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  • {{cite book |title=Japan's Favorite Mon-Star: The Unauthorized Biography of the Big G |last=Ryfle |first=Steve |year=1998 |publisher=ECW Press |isbn=978-1550223484 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/japansfavoritemo0000ryfl }}
  • {{cite book |last=Galbraith IV |first=Stuart |title=Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films |publisher=McFarland |date=1994 |isbn=0-89950-853-7 |authorlink=Stuart Galbraith IV}}
  • {{cite book |last=Galbraith IV |first=Stuart |title=The Japanese Filmography: 1900 through 1994 |publisher=McFarland |date=1996 |isbn=0-7864-0032-3 }}
  • {{cite book |last=Galbraith IV |first=Stuart |title=The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography |publisher=Scarecrow Press |date=2008 |isbn=978-1461673743 }}

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External links

  • {{IMDb name|id=0782883|name=Shinichi Sekizawa}}
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p0066260.htm|script-title=ja:関沢新一|access-date=2008-01-16|language=Japanese|publisher=Japanese Movie Database}}

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Category:1921 births

Category:1992 deaths

Category:Anime screenwriters

Category:Writers from Kyoto

Category:20th-century Japanese screenwriters

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