WRITER

Eiji Tsuburaya

1901 - 1970

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Eiji Tsuburaya (Japanese: 円谷 英二, Hepburn: Tsuburaya Eiji, July 7, 1901 – January 25, 1970) was a Japanese special effects director, filmmaker, and cinematographer. A co-creator of the Godzilla and Ultraman franchises, he is considered one of the most important and influential figures in the history of cinema. Known as the "Father of Tokusatsu", he pioneered Japan's special effects industry, introducing several technological developments in film productions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eiji Tsuburaya has received more than 1,288,599 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Eiji Tsuburaya is the 1,912th most popular writer (up from 1,956th in 2019), the 581st most popular biography from Japan (up from 585th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Japanese Writer.

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  • 1.3M

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  • 56.51

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Teihon Tsuburaya Eiji zuihitsu hyōron shūsei
Cinematography, Eiga gijutsu, Special effects
2010

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Eiji Tsuburaya ranks 1,912 out of 7,302. Before him are Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, Viktor Barna, Ruan Ji, György Konrád, Clark Ashton Smith, and Moschus. After him are Surdas, Gitta Sereny, Watchman Nee, Juhani Aho, Nicanor Parra, and Miklós Nyiszli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Eiji Tsuburaya ranks 98. Before him are Stella Adler, George Gallup, Ramón Serrano Suñer, Ludolf von Alvensleben, Henri Cochet, and Ed Sullivan. After him are Miklós Nyiszli, Marino Marini, Margarete Buber-Neumann, Peter van de Kamp, Alexander Fadeyev, and Otto Wächter. Among people deceased in 1970, Eiji Tsuburaya ranks 82. Before him are Polina Zhemchuzhina, Michał Kalecki, Sheng Shicai, Isdal Woman, Ludolf von Alvensleben, and Lucien Goldmann. After him are George Szell, Friedrich Kellner, Toshio Iwatani, Vasyl Sukhomlynsky, Yusof Ishak, and Maria Yudina.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Eiji Tsuburaya ranks 581 out of 6,245. Before him are Koji Funamoto (1942), Yasukazu Tanaka (1933), Masako Nozawa (1936), Mitsuko Uchida (1948), Ken Takakura (1931), and Kinjiro Shimizu (null). After him are Yamada Nagamasa (1590), Ōtani Yoshitsugu (1559), Nitobe Inazō (1862), Kenwa Mabuni (1889), Emperor Reizei (949), and Hitoshi Imamura (1886).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Eiji Tsuburaya ranks 38. Before him are Junji Ito (1963), Akiyuki Nosaka (1930), Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653), Minamoto no Sanetomo (1192), Masaoka Shiki (1867), and Doppo Kunikida (1871). After him are Hirokazu Kanazawa (1931), Atsushi Nakajima (1909), Keigo Higashino (1958), Kyōka Izumi (1873), Yoshida Kenkō (1283), and Katsu Kaishū (1823).

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