FILM DIRECTOR

Tomoyuki Tanaka

1910 - 1997

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Tomoyuki "Yūkō" Tanaka (Japanese: 田中 友幸（ともゆき）, Hepburn: Tanaka Tomoyuki, April 26, 1910 – April 2, 1997) was a Japanese film producer. Widely regarded as the creator of the Godzilla franchise, he produced most of the installments in the series, beginning in 1954 with Godzilla and ending in 1995 with Godzilla vs. Destoroyah. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tomoyuki Tanaka has received more than 264,027 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Tomoyuki Tanaka is the 672nd most popular film director, the 949th most popular biography from Japan and the 35th most popular Japanese Film Director.

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  • 260k

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  • 52.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Tomoyuki Tanaka ranks 672 out of 2,041. Before him are Richard Linklater, Claude Goretta, Stephen Hopkins, Joe Johnston, Baz Luhrmann, and Alexander Payne. After him are Andrew Niccol, James Gunn, W. S. Van Dyke, Burt Kennedy, Vilgot Sjöman, and Majid Majidi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Tomoyuki Tanaka ranks 170. Before him are Helmut Kunz, George C. Homans, Ennio Flaiano, Cyril Cusack, José María Guido, and Aleksandr Tvardovsky. After him are Arsenie Boca, Ángel Sanz Briz, Paulette Dubost, Lee Wallard, Alfons Maria Stickler, and Ram Manohar Lohia. Among people deceased in 1997, Tomoyuki Tanaka ranks 144. Before him are Seni Pramoj, Jarl Kulle, Béla Barényi, Witness Lee, Joan Coromines, and William Martínez. After him are Georges Marchal, Aurelio González, Andrew Cunanan, Ella Maillart, Ziya Bunyadov, and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Tomoyuki Tanaka ranks 949 out of 6,245. Before him are Takeshi Ono (1944), Kuroda Seiki (1866), Hiroshi Sugimoto (1948), Ai Yazawa (1967), Miyoshi Umeki (1929), and Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu (1875). After him are Saburō Kawabuchi (1936), Uichiro Hatta (1903), Yoshitada Yamaguchi (1944), Gyoji Matsumoto (1934), Itō Noe (1895), and Kazuki Takahashi (1961).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Tomoyuki Tanaka ranks 35. Before him are Rintaro (1941), Juzo Itami (1933), Mamoru Hosoda (1967), Yoji Yamada (1931), Keisuke Kinoshita (1912), and Yoshiaki Kawajiri (1950). After him are Yasuzo Masumura (1924), Sion Sono (1961), Shinobu Hashimoto (1918), Tadashi Imai (1912), Yasushi Akimoto (1958), and Masato Harada (1949).

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Filmography

Superflat Monogram
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While waiting to meet her friends outside of a Louis Vuitton store, Aya's cell phone is eaten by the LV Panda, who then promptly swallows Aya - but the inside of his stomach is gateway to a psychadelic wonderland. Based on characters created by famed superflat artist Takashi Murakami.
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