Eiji Tsuburaya

special_effects • cinematographer • producer

Eiji Tsuburaya ranks alongside Willis H. O'Brien and Ray Harryhausen as one of the great visionary SFX masters of twentieth-century fantasy cinema. Best remembered as the amazing special effects genius behind the "Godzilla" series of monster films commencing in 1954, he also contributed effects to ...

Born: July 7, 1901 in 日本,京都府

Died: January 25, 1970 (age 68)

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Known For

7.5

King Kong vs. Godzilla

Movies & TV Credits

140 total credits across film and television

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
Shin Ultraman Movie	6.6	Writing	Original Story	2022
Ultraman Decker TV Show	6.8	Creator	Creator	2022
Monster SeaFood Wars Movie	5.0	Writing	Original Story	2020
Ultraman Z TV Show	7.8	Creator	Creator	2020
Ultraman Chronicle: ZERO & GEED TV Show	—	Creator	Creator	2020
Dragon Force: Rise of Ultraman Movie	5.2	Writing	Original Concept	2019
Ultraman Taiga TV Show	6.7	Creator	Creator	2019
Ultraman R/B TV Show	7.2	Creator	Creator	2018
Dragon Force: So Long Ultraman Movie	4.7	Writing	Original Concept	2017
Ultraman Geed TV Show	7.7	Creator	Creator	2017
The Kaijû Club Limited Series	—	Creator	Creator	2017
Ultraman Orb TV Show	8.0	Creator	Creator	2016
Ultraman Orb: The Origin Saga Limited Series	7.1	Creator	Creator	2016
Ultraman X TV Show	7.5	Creator	Creator	2015
New Ultraman Retsuden TV Show	—	Creator	Creator	2013
Neo Ultra Q Limited Series	—	Creator	Creator	2013
Bio Planet WoO TV Show	—	Creator	Creator	2006
Ultraman Nexus TV Show	8.2	Creator	Creator	2004
Ultraman Neos TV Show	7.5	Creator	Creator	2000
Ultraman Nice TV Show	6.7	Creator	Creator	1999
Ultraman Dyna TV Show	7.6	Creator	Creator	1997
Ultraman: Tiga TV Show	8.1	Creator	Creator	1996
Ultraman - The Alien Invasion Movie	—	Writing	Original Story	1993
Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero TV Show	5.8	Creator	Creator	1993
Ultraman vs. Kamen Rider Movie	8.3	Writing	Original Series Creator	1993
Ultraman: Towards the Future TV Show	6.3	Creator	Creator	1990
Ultraman 80 TV Show	6.9	Creator	Creator	1980
Akio Jissoji's Ultraman Movie	7.1	Production	Executive Producer	1979
The Ultraman TV Show	7.0	Creator	Creator	1979
Godzilla Movie	5.4	Visual Effects	Visual Effects	1977
Ultraman Leo TV Show	7.0	Creator	Creator	1974
Ultraman Taro TV Show	6.9	Creator	Creator	1973
Daigoro vs. Goliath Movie	4.8	Production	Producer	1972
Ultraman Ace TV Show	7.3	Creator	Creator	1972
Return of Ultraman TV Show	7.9	Creator	Creator	1971
Space Amoeba Movie	5.6	Crew	Special Effects	1970
All Monsters Attack Movie	4.1	Crew	Special Effects	1969
Latitude Zero Movie	6.0	Production	Production Manager	1969
Crazy Big Explosion Movie	5.5	Crew	Special Effects	1969
Destroy All Monsters Movie	6.6	Visual Effects	Special Effects Supervisor	1968
Mighty Jack TV Show	4.8	Creator	Creator	1968
King Kong Escapes Movie	5.7	Visual Effects	Visual Effects	1967
Son of Godzilla Movie	5.1	Visual Effects	Visual Effects	1967
Ultraman: Monster Movie Feature Movie	7.1	Production	Production Supervisor	1967
Ultraseven TV Show	8.0	Creator	Creator	1967
ウルトラマン前夜祭ウルトラマン誕生 Movie	7.3	Actor	—	1966
Ultra Q no oyaji Movie	6.6	Actor	—	1966
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep Movie	5.7	Crew	Special Effects	1966
The War of the Gargantuas Movie	6.3	Visual Effects	Visual Effects	1966
Zero Fighter Movie	—	Crew	Special Effects	1966
The Birth of Ultraman Movie	—	Crew	Creator	1966
Ultraman: A Special Effects Fantasy Series TV Show	7.8	Production	Production Supervisor(39 Episodes)	1966
Frankenstein Conquers the World Movie	5.7	Crew	Special Effects	1965
Invasion of Astro-Monster Movie	6.4	Crew	Special Effects	1965
The Retreat from Kiska Movie	7.2	Crew	Special Effects	1965
The Crazy Adventure Movie	7.3	Crew	Special Effects	1965
Ultra Q TV Show	7.4	Production	Production Supervisor(28 Episodes)	1965
Dogora Movie	5.8	Crew	Special Effects	1964
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster Movie	6.7	Crew	Special Effects	1964
Mothra vs. Godzilla Movie	6.7	Crew	Special Effects	1964
Whirlwind Movie	6.3	Visual Effects	Special Effects Supervisor	1964
Tiger Flight Movie	—	Crew	Special Effects	1964
Atragon Movie	6.0	Crew	Special Effects Coordinator	1963
Matango Movie	6.6	Visual Effects	Special Effects Supervisor	1963
Siege of Fort Bismarck Movie	7.8	Crew	Special Effects	1963
King Kong vs. Godzilla Movie	5.9	Crew	Special Effects	1963
Chûshingura Movie	7.5	Crew	Special Effects	1962
Gorath Movie	5.5	Crew	Special Effects	1962
King Kong vs. Godzilla Movie	6.1	Visual Effects	Visual Effects	1962
Varan the Unbelievable Movie	4.3	Visual Effects	Visual Effects	1962
Daredevil in the Castle Movie	6.1	Visual Effects	Special Effects Supervisor	1961
Mothra Movie	6.7	Visual Effects	Visual Effects	1961
The Last War Movie	6.1	Crew	Special Effects Coordinator	1961
Valley of the Dragons Movie	4.7	Crew	Special Effects	1961
Blood on the Sea Movie	5.1	Crew	Special Effects	1961
The Secret of the Telegian Movie	5.9	Visual Effects	Visual Effects	1960
The Storm of the Pacific Movie	6.1	Crew	Special Effects	1960
The Human Vapor Movie	6.1	Crew	Special Effects	1960
Battle in Outer Space Movie	5.7	Visual Effects	Visual Effects	1959
The Three Treasures Movie	6.2	Crew	Special Effects	1959
Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender Movie	8.3	Visual Effects	Special Effects Supervisor	1959
The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung Movie	7.8	Visual Effects	Special Effects Supervisor	1959
Gigantis, the Fire Monster Movie	4.4	Crew	Special Effects	1959
Varan Movie	5.4	Visual Effects	Visual Effects	1958
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman Movie	3.6	Visual Effects	Visual Effects	1958
The Tale of the White Serpent Movie	6.3	Visual Effects	Visual Effects	1958
The H-Man Movie	5.9	Visual Effects	Visual Effects	1958
The Hidden Fortress Movie	8.2	Visual Effects	Visual Effects	1958
Song for a Bride Movie	7.1	Crew	Special Effects	1958
The Mysterians Movie	6.1	Crew	Special Effects	1957
Throne of Blood Movie	8.1	Visual Effects	Visual Effects	1957
Tokyo 1960 Movie	7.8	Writing	Story	1957
The Paradise Island Story Movie	—	Visual Effects	Visual Effects	1957
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean Movie	6.9	Visual Effects	Visual Effects	1957
Rodan! The Flying Monster! Movie	—	Crew	Special Effects	1957
Godzilla, King of the Monsters! Movie	6.5	Crew	Special Effects	1956
Rodan Movie	6.1	Visual Effects	Visual Effects	1956
The Legend of the White Serpent Movie	6.2	Visual Effects	Special Effects Supervisor	1956
Godzilla Raids Again Movie	5.5	Visual Effects	Visual Effects	1955
Half Human Movie	5.2	Crew	Special Effects	1955
Marital Relations Movie	6.9	Visual Effects	Visual Effects	1955
Godzilla Movie	7.5	Crew	Special Effects	1954
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto Movie	7.6	Visual Effects	Visual Effects	1954
Invisible Man Movie	5.7	Visual Effects	Visual Effects	1954
Sound of the Mountain Movie	7.5	Crew	Special Effects	1954
Farewell Rabaul Movie	—	Crew	Special Effects	1954
Anatahan Movie	6.8	Crew	Special Effects	1953
The Eagle of the Pacific Movie	6.7	Crew	Special Effects	1953
The Lovers Movie	7.6	Crew	Special Effects	1953
Youth of Heiji Senigata Movie	7.4	Visual Effects	Visual Effects	1953
The Skin of the South Movie	7.5	Crew	Special Effects	1952
The Man Who Came to Port Movie	8.4	Crew	Special Effects	1952
The Lady of Musashino Movie	7.0	Visual Effects	Visual Effects	1951
The Invisible Man Appears Movie	5.7	Visual Effects	Visual Effects	1949
White-haired Demon Movie	—	Crew	Special Effects	1949
Hanakurabe tanuki-den Movie	4.3	Crew	Special Effects	1949
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho Movie	6.0	Visual Effects	Special Effects Supervisor	1947
A Descendant of Urashima Taro Movie	5.7	Crew	Special Effects	1946
Lord for a Night Movie	7.8	Crew	Special Effects	1946
Five Tokyo Men Movie	6.0	Crew	Special Effects	1945
Colonel Kato's Falcon Squadron Movie	—	Crew	Special Effects	1944
音楽大進軍 Movie	—	Crew	Special Effects	1943
The Opium War Movie	7.0	Crew	Special Effects	1943
World of Love Movie	6.4	Crew	Special Effects	1943
Hyoroku's Dream Tale Movie	5.5	Crew	Special Effects	1943
Hot Wind Movie	—	Crew	Special Effects	1943
Military Song of the Morning Mist Movie	—	Crew	Special Effects	1943
The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya Movie	5.8	Crew	Special Effects	1942
Wings of Victory Movie	7.0	Crew	Special Effects	1942
Bouquet of the South Seas Movie	4.3	Visual Effects	VFX Director of Photography	1942
Ramayana Short Film	7.3	Crew	Special Effects	1942
The Burning Sky Movie	5.9	Visual Effects	Visual Effects	1940
Navy Bomb Squadron Movie	—	Visual Effects	Visual Effects	1940
Accross the Equator Movie	—	Directing	Director	1936
Chorus of a Million People Movie	4.4	Camera	Director of Photography	1935
Kaguya Hime Movie	7.4	Camera	Director of Photography	1935
Reimei izen Movie	—	Crew	Cinematography	1931
Yôma kitan Movie	—	Crew	Cinematography	1929
Castle of Wind and Clouds Movie	6.5	Camera	Director of Photography	1928
A Page of Madness Movie	7.1	Camera	Assistant Camera	1926

Eiji Tsuburaya

Known For

Godzilla

The Hidden Fortress

Throne of Blood

King Kong vs. Godzilla

Movies & TV Credits