Eiji Tsuburaya Biyografisi
Godzilla filmi dahil birçok bilim kurgu filmine özel efekt yönetmenliği yapmıştır.
Eiji Tsuburaya, Japon özel efektler direktörü olarak birçok Japon bilim-kurgu filmlerinin mesulü oldu.
Eiji Tsuburaya, 7 Temmuz 1901 tarihinde fukuşima, Japonya ’da doğmuştur. Isamu ve Sei Tsuburaya çiftinin ilk çocuğudur. Annesi genç yaşta can verdi, babası iş için Çin‘e gitti. Babaannesi ve amcasının yanında büyüdü. 1908 senesinde Sukagawa Choritsu Dai’ichi Jinjo Koutou Shogakko ilkokuluna başladı. 1915 senesinde gittiği havacılık mektebi kapatılınca ticaret lisesine devam ederek mezun oldu.
Liseden mezun olduktan sonra Utsumi oyuncak şirketinde çalışmaya başladı. 1919 senesinde araştırma ve geliştirme departmanından ona yapılan bir teklif ile kameraman kursuna gönderildi. Daha sonra film endüstrisinde Nihon Cinematograph şirketinde rejisör asistanı olarak çalışmaya başladı.
1921–1923 askeri yazışma ekibinin bir üyesi olarak vazife yaptı. Ardından Ogasaware Productions şirketine baş kameraman oldu.
1926 senesinde Shochiku Kyoto Studios şirketine kameraman olarak katıldı. Burada ilk kamera vinçi kullanımı da dahil yenilikçi film teknikleri, oluşturmaya başladı. 1938 senesinde Toho Tokyo Studios şirketinin özel görsel Teknikleri başkanı oldu. Eiji Tsuburaya, 1970 senesinde vefatına kadar Toho Studios ’da çalışmaya devam etti.
Eiji Tsuburaya, 1940’larda kendi evinde özel efektler laboratuarı kurdu. Daha sonra 1963 senesinde Tsuburaya Productions isminde görsel efektler için kendi stüdyosunu kurdu . 1954 senesinde yapılan, klasik filmler arasına girmiş olan Godzilla filminin kameramanlığını yaptı.
Eiji Tsuburaya, Japon özel efektler direktörü olarak birçok Japon bilim-kurgu filmlerinin mesulü oldu. 50 senelik kariyeri boyunca, o toplamda takribî 250 film üzerinde çalıştı.
İkinci Çin-Japon savaşı ve İkinci Dünya Savaşı sıralarında hükümetinin isteği ile bir dizi propaganda filmleri yaptı. Bu yaptığı filmler arasında KODO Nippon Japonya İmparatorluk Yolu 1938, Kaigun Bakugeki-tai 1940, The Burning Sky 1940, Hawai Mare oki Kaisen Malaya Hawaii Denizde Savaş 1942 , Kararlı Göklerdeki Savaşı Kessen-hayır Ōzara-e 1943 ve Kato hayabusa’ait Sento-tai 1944 filmleri gösterilebilir.
Eiji Tsuburaya,1930 senesinde Araki Masano ile evlendi. 3 oğlu oldu.
Eiji Tsuburaya, 25 Ocak 1970 tarihinde Ito ,Shizuoka , Japonya ’da 69 yaşında kalp krizi neticesinde can vermiştir.
Özel Efektler :
– Atarashiki Tsuchi 1937 – Director Of Special Effects
– Kaigun Bakugeki-tai 1940 – Special Effects
– Moyuru ōzora 1940 – Special Effects
– Enoken no songokū: songokū zenko-hen 1940 – Special Effects Supervisor
– Shiroi Hekiga 1942 – Special Effects
– Nankai No Hanataba 1942 – Special Photographic Effect
– Tsubasa No Gaika 1942 – Special Effects
– Hawai Mare oki kaisen 1942 – Director Of Special Effects
– Ahen senso 1943 – Special Effects
– Ai No Sekai: Yamaneko Tomi No Hanashi 1943 – Special Effects
– Ongaku Dai-Shingun 1943 – Special Effects
– Hyoroku Yume-Monogatari 1943 – Special Effects
– Otoko 1943 – Special Effects Supervisor
– Ano yanılgı o ute 1944 – Special Effects
– Kato hayabusa sento-tai 1944 – Special Effects Supervisor
– Tokyo Gonin Otoko 1945 – Special Effects Supervisor Credited as Eiichi Tsuburaya
– Urashima Taro No Koei 1946 – Special Photographic Effects
– A Thousand and One Nights with Toho 1947 – Special Effects Supervisor
– Hana Kurabe Tanuki Goten 1949 – Special Effects
– Invisible Man Appears 1949 – Special Effects Supervisor
– The Lady of Musashino 1951 – Special Effects Supervisor
– The Skin of the South 1952 – Special Effects Supervisor
– Ashi Ni Sawatta Onna 1952 – Special Effects Supervisor
– The Man Who Came to Port 1952 – Special Effects Supervisor
– Anatahan 1953 – Specialist Credited As Tsuburaya
– Seishun Zenigata Heiji 1953 – Special Effects
– The Eagle of the Pacific 1953 – Director Of Special Effects
– Aijin 1953 – Special Effects Supervisor
– Sound of the Mountain 1954 – Special Effects
– Farewell Rabaul 1954 – Director Of Special Effects
– Samurai 1: Musashi Miyamoto 1954 – Special Effects
– Godzilla 1954 – Special Effects
– Tomei Ningen 1954 – Special Effects Director
– Ginrin 1955 – Special Effects
– Godzilla Raids Again 1955 – Director Of Special Effects
– Half Human 1955 – Director Of Special Effects
– Meoto zenzai 1955 – Special Effects Supervisor
– Godzilla, King of the Monsters! 1956 – Special Effects
– Legend of the White Snake 1956 – Special Effects Director
– Rodan! The Flying Monster 1956 – Director Of Special Effects
– Throne of Blood 1957 – Special Effects
– The Mysterians 1957 – Director Of Special Effects
– Song for a Bride 1958 – Special Effects
– The H-Man 1958 – Director Of Special Effects
– Varan the Unbelievable 1958 – Director Of Special Effects
– The Hidden Fortress 1958
– Songoku: The Road To The West 1959 – Special Effects Director
– Submarine I-57 Will Anekdot Surrender 1959 – Special Effects Director
– The Birth of Japan 1959 – Director Of Special Effects
– Battle in Outer Space 1959 – Special Effects
– The Secret of the Telegian 1960 – Special Effects
– Storm Over the Pacific 1960 – Special Effects Director
– The Human Vapor 1960 – Director Of Special Effects
– Osaka Jo Monogatari 1961 – Director Of Special Effects
– Mothra 1961 – Director Of Special Effects
– Blood On The Sea 1961 – Special Effects Director
– Gen To Fudomyo-O 1961 – Director Of Special Effects
– The Last War 1961 – Special Effects Director
– Gorath 1962 – Special Effects Director
– Kurenai No Sora 1962 – Special Effects Director
– King Kong vs. Godzilla 1962 – Director Of Special Effects
– Chushingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki 1962 – Special Effects Director
– Varan the Unbelievable 1962 – Director Of Special Effects
– Attack Squadron! 1963 – Special Effects Director
– Chintao Yosai Bakugeki Meir Ei 1963 – Special Effects Director
– Matango 1963 – Director Of Special Effects
– The Lost World of Sinbad 1963 – Special Effects Director
– Atragon 1963 – Director Of Special Effects
– Shikonmado – Dai Tatsumaki 1964 – Special Effects Director
– Kyomo Ware Ozorami Ari 1964 – Special Effects Supervisor
– Mothra vs. Godzilla 1964 – Director Of Special Effects
– Dogora, the Space Monster 1964 – Director Of Special Effects
– Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster 1964 – Special Effects Director
– None but the Brave 1965 – Special Effects Director: Toho Special Effects Group
– War-Gods of the Deep 1965 – Director Of Special Effects: Footage Taken From The Toho Production Atragon
– Taiheiyo Kiseki No Sakusen: Kisuka 1965 – Director Of Special Effects
– Frankenstein Conquers the World 1965 – Director Of Special Effects
– Crazy Adventure 1965 – Special Effects Director
– Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine 1965 – Director Of Special Effects: Footage Taken From The Toho Production Godzilla Vs. The Thing
– Invasion of Astro-Monster 1965 – Special Effects Director
– Ironfinger 1965 – Special Effects
– War of the Gargantuas 1966 – Director Of Special Effects
– Zero Faita Dai Kusen 1966 – Special Effects Director
– Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster 1966 – Visual Effects Supervisor [3]
– King Kong Escapes 1967 – Director Of Special Effects
– Son of Godzilla 1967 – Visual Effects Supervisor [4]
– Destroy All Monsters 1968 – Visual Effects Supervisor
– Rengō Kantai Shirei Chōkan: Yamamoto Isoroku 1968 – Special Effects Director
– Kureji No Daibakuhatsu 1969 – Special Effects Supervisor
– Latitude Zero 1969 – Director Of Special Effects
– The Battle of the Japan Sea 1969 – Special Effects Director
– All Monsters Attack 1969 – Special Effects
– Ultraman 1979 – Special Effects Supervisor archive material
– Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle 1979 – Special Effects Supervisor archive material
