
April 26, 1910 · 116 years old
Born in Osaka Prefecture, Tomoyuki Tanaka was head man at Toho Studios and one of its most prolific producers. Throughout his career he would produce the films of notable filmmakers such as Akira Kurosawa, Senkichi Taniguchi, Kon Ichikawa, and Mikio Naruse. However, he is probably best remembered as…

A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.

An executive of a Yokohama shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by mistake and held for ransom.

After a dinosaur-like beast - awoken from undersea hibernation by atom bomb testing - ravages Tokyo, a scientist must decide if his similarly dangerous weapon should be used to destroy it.

A crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen trying to save his uncle, who has been framed and imprisoned by a corrupt superintendent.

A petty thief with an utter resemblance to a samurai warlord is hired as the lord's double. When the warlord later dies the thief is forced to take up arms in his place.

A schoolgirl and six of her classmates travel to her aunt's country home, which turns out to be haunted.

In 19th-century Japan, a rough-tempered yet charitable town doctor trains a young intern.

The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to get her back.

A vengeful young man marries the daughter of a corrupt industrialist in order to seek justice for his father's suicide.

When greedy tycoons refuse to return Mothra's egg to the people of Infant Island, they must decide if they are willing to answer Japan's own pleas for help when Godzilla arises near Nagoya.

Woody Allen re-dubs the Japanese spy film Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Kagi no kagi (1965), turning it into a comedy about an agent pursuing the world's greatest egg salad recipe.

Scout pilots for a fishing company are startled to discover a second Godzilla, whose battle with rival monster Anguirus threatens to destroy Osaka.

An American reporter visiting Tokyo becomes a witness to the city's destruction by a dinosaur-like beast awoken from undersea hibernation by atom bomb testing.

In 1999, a race of she-aliens, the Kilaaks, brainwash Earth's monsters into attacking major cities, prompting a team of astronauts to stop the invaders while the monsters battle Ghidorah.

An Okinawan prophecy appears to foretell Earth's destruction at the hands of Godzilla, only for the true Godzilla to reveal his doppelganger as a mechanical alien weapon.

A detective protects a princess who prophecies Earth's destruction by a powerful space monster; the world's only hope being if Mothra can persuade Godzilla and Rodan to unite and save the planet.

Time travelers use Godzilla in their scheme to destroy Japan to prevent the country's future economic reign.

The aftermath of the Oxygen Destroyer brings forth Destoroyah, a beast intent on killing Godzilla, who is on the verge of a nuclear meltdown.

Desolate by the loss of his daughter, a geneticist creates a monstrous new mutation.

Astronauts encounter the Xiliens, who ask Earth's people to help save them from "Monster Zero", but when one of the astronaut romances a mysterious woman, he uncovers the Xilien's true intentions.

An inventor creates a robot that is seized by an undersea kingdom to guide their monster god in attacking the surface as retaliation for the nuclear tests that have devastated their society.

A toxic, ever-evolving alien life-form from the Dark Gaseous Nebula arrives to consume rampant pollution, and neither humanity nor Godzilla may be able to stop it.

Four men searching for one's brother are shipwrecked on Letchi Island, where a terrorist organization developing nuclear weapons have enslaved the natives of Infant Island and command monstrous crustacean named Ebirah.

The United Nations assembles the ultimate weapon to defeat Godzilla, while scientists discover a fresh pteranodon egg on a remote Japanese island.

Godzilla is threatened by two new forces: Mogera - another UN built machine; and Space Godzilla - a beast spawned from Godzilla's particles in space.

In a Japanese slum, various residents play out their lives, dreaming of better things or settling for their lot. Among them is a man who pines for a young woman but is stymied by her deceptive family.

A reporter stumbles upon weather experiments on a tropical island, discovering giant mantises, a castaway woman, and an infant monster that Godzilla must adopt as his own.

A mining engineer investigates the deaths of his colleagues, discovering prehistoric nymphs and a creature capable of flying - and wreaking havoc - at supersonic speeds.

After a manga artist and his friends uncover a plot by his employers at an amusement park to lure Ghidorah and Gigan to Earth, Godzilla and Anguirus set out to aid in defeating the alien invaders.

Japan is caught in the middle of a three way battle between Godzilla, the divine Mothra, and her dark counterpart Battra.

A latchkey child living in the industrial city of Kawasaki confronts his loneliness through his escapist dreams of Monster Island and friendship with Minilla.

An expedition to Infant Island uncovers a native tribe and twin tiny fairy priestesses of a mythical deity, who sets out to rescue the pair after they are kidnapped by a greedy businessman.

A giant, cannibalistic humanoid's rampage through Tokyo is halted by his more docile twin, but neither their reunion nor their scientist caretakers can prevent their eventual duel.

The evil Dr. Who captures King Kong to dig for Element X when his robot duplicate, Mechani-Kong, is unable to do the job, but Kong soon escapes and battles his doppelganger.

The Japanese government suppresses news of Godzilla's resurrection as political tensions increase between the US and USSR, both of whom willing to bomb Japan to stop the monster.