Eiji Tsuburaya

Eiji Tsuburaya (円谷 英二,   *Tsuburaya Eiji*?, (born Eiichi Tsumuraya (圓谷 英一, Tsumuraya Eiichi); July 7, 1901 – January 25, 1970, in Sukagawa, Fukushima) was a Japanese special effects director responsible for many Japanese science-fiction films and television series.

## Films

### Special Effects

During his 50-year career, Tsuburaya worked on approximately 250 films in total. His special effects work includes:

* *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
* *Ramayana* (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 hata 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
* *The Transparent Man* (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* (*The Invisible Avenger*) (1954) – Director of Special Effects
* *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) – Director of Special Effects
* *Rodan* (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) – Director of Special Effects
* *Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender* (1959) – Director of Special Effects
* *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) – Director of Special Effects
* *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) – Director of Special Effects
* *Gen To Fudomyo-O* (1961) – Director of Special Effects
* *The Last War* (1961) – Director of Special Effects
* *Gorath* (1962) – Director of Special Effects
* *Kurenai No Sora* (1962) – Director of Special Effects
* *King Kong vs. Godzilla* (1962) – Director of Special Effects
* *Chushingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki* (1962) – Director of Special Effects
* *Varan the Unbelievable* (re-edited American version) (1962) – Director of Special Effects
* *Attack Squadron!* (1963) – Director of Special Effects
* *Chintao Yosai Bakugeki Meirei* (1963) – Director of Special Effects
* *Matango* (1963) – Director of Special Effects
* *The Lost World of Sinbad* (1963) – Director of Special Effects
* *Atragon* (1963) – Director of Special Effects
* *Shikonmado – Dai Tatsumaki* (1964) – Director of Special Effects
* *Kyomo Ware Ozorani 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) – Director of Special Effects
* *None but the Brave* (1965) – Director of Special Effects: 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) – Director of Special Effects
* *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) – Director of Special Effects
* *Ironfinger* (1965) – Special Effects
* *The War of the Gargantuas* (1966) – Director of Special Effects
* *Zero Faita Dai Kuusen* (1966) – Director of Special Effects
* *Ebirah, Horror of the Deep* (1966) – Visual Effects Supervisor
* *King Kong Escapes* (1967) – Director of Special Effects
* *Son of Godzilla* (1967) – Visual Effects Supervisor
* *Destroy All Monsters* (1968) – Visual Effects Supervisor
* *Rengō Kantai Shirei Chōkan: Yamamoto Isoroku* (1968) – Director of Special Effects
* *Kureji No Daibakuhatsu* (1969) – Special Effects Supervisor
* *Latitude Zero* (1969) – Director of Special Effects
* *The Battle of the Japan Sea* (1969) – Director of Special Effects
* *All Monsters Attack* (1969) – Special Effects
* *Ultraman* (1979) – Special Effects Supervisor (archive material)
* *Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle* (1979) – Special Effects Supervisor (archive material)

### Cinematography

* *Giketsu* (1925)
* *Kaito Samimaro* (1928) (credited as Eiichi Tsuburaya)
* *Kagaribi* (1928) (credited as Eiichi Tsuburaya)
* *Castle Of Wind And Clouds* (1928) (credited as Eiichi Tsuburaya)
* *Nogitsune Sanji* (1930) (credited as Eiichi Tsuburaya)
* *Shintei Shiobara Tasuke* (1930)
* *Fubuki Ni Sakebu Okami* (1931) (credited as Eiichi Tsuburaya)
* *Beni-Komori – Dai Ippen* (1931)
* *Beni-Komori – Dai Nihen: Yuyaku Kessen No Maki* (1931)
* *Beni-Komori – Dai Sampen: Ketsurui Tonami Chohachiro No Maki* (1931)
* *Hyakuman-nin No Gassho* (1935)
* *Kaguya Hime* (1935)
* *Sekido Koete* (1936)
* *Major Nango* (1938)
* *Kodo Nippon* (1940)
* *Tomei Ningen* (1954)

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