Saturday, March 05, 2005
3/5: Today in G-History
1920: TAKAO SAITO, cinematographer on "The Lost World of Sinbad", is born in Kyoto.
1959: TSUKASA HOJO, who created the "Cat's Eye" manga, is born in Fukuoka.
1962: SHINTARO KATSU, who was in "The Whale God", marries Tamao Nakamura.
1966: "Kai tatsu daikessen" ("Decisive Battle of the Giant Magic Dragons") a.k.a. "The Magic Serpent" is released in Japan.
1967: Episode 34 of "Ultraman", "A Gift from the Sky", debuts on Japanese TV.
1974: Episode 22 of "Inazuman" debuts on Japanese TV.
1982: JOHN BELUSHI, who hosted NBC's presentation of "Godzilla vs. Megalon" in 1977, dies of a drug overdose in West Hollywood, Calif.
"Uchu keiji Gyaban" ("Space Sheriff Gavan") premieres on Japanese TV.
1985: THOMAS LITTLE, set decorator on "King Kong", dies in Santa Monica, Calif.
1988: Episode 2 of "Super Animal Task Force Liveman", "Power of Three", debuts on Japanese TV.
1989: Episode 18 of "Kamen Rider Black RX", "Mystery! Swimming in the Air of Dreams", debuts on Japanese TV.
JOHN MCCURRY, who played Airman First Class Hopkins in the U.S. release of "Gammera the Invincible", dies. He was born in Anderson, S.C.
1993: Episode 3 of "Five Star Task Force Dairanger" debuts on Japanese TV.
1998: DONALD WOODS, who played Captain Phil Jackson in "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms", dies in Palm Springs, Calif.
2000: Episode 6 of "Kamen Rider Kuuga", "Blue Dragon", debuts on Japanese TV.
2003: "Ringu 2" is released in the Philippines.
2004: “Dark Water” is released in Romania.
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Friday, March 04, 2005
3/4: Today in G-History
1916: WILLIAM ALLAND, who produced "Tarantula" and "The Deadly Mantis", is born in Delmar, Del. The producer of many Universal B-movies played reporter Thompson in "Citizen Kane".
1946: HIROKO SAKURAI, who played Akiko Fuji on "Ultraman", is born Hiroko Furuya in Tokyo. She also played Yuriko Edogawa on "Ultra Q" and the woman trying to take a photo in "Ultraman Zearth", was on "Ultraman 80" and "Ultraman: Monster Big Battle", and appeared on Episode 12 of "Ultraseven".
1951: LINDA YAMAMOTO, who played Mari on "Kamen Rider", is born in Fukuoka.
1955: SHIRO SANO, who played CCI scientist Shiro Mayazaki in "Godzilla 2000" and Yuri’s boss Haruki Kadokura in "Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack", is born in Shimane, Japan. He also appeared in "To Sleep So As To Dream", "Lady Battle Cop", "Waga aishita Ultraseven", "Master of Gensenkan", "Every Day is Sunday", "Sharaku", "Cat's Eye", and “Princess Blade”, and directed the film "Karaoke".
1972: Episode 49 of "Kamen Rider", "Man-Eating Demon Isoginchak", debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 60 of "Spectreman", "The Death Dance of Monster Dokuron", debuts on Japanese TV.
2002: EDWARD JAMES OLMOS, who played Lopez in "Virus", divorces Lorraine Bracco.
RYO HANMURA, who wrote the novel which was turned into "Time Slip", dies in Tokyo.
2003: "Ringu" premieres on video in the U.S.
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Thursday, March 03, 2005
3/3: Today in G-History
1916: ICHIRO ARASHIMA, who played Mr. Tako of Pacific Pharmaceuticals in "King Kong vs. Godzilla", is born Tadao Oshima in Nagoya. The comedic actor was also in "The Three Treasures" and played Senin, the lusty, incompetent wizard in "The Lost World of Sinbad". He also played Yuzo Kayama's father in the "Young Guy" films and frequently teamed with Frankie Sakai.
1924: CATHY DOWNS, who played Carol Forrest in "The Amazing Colossal Man", is born in Port Jefferson, N.Y. She also starred in "My Darling Clementine".
1929: HAJIME SATO, who directed "Terror Beneath the Sea", “Golden Bat”, and "Goke, Bodysnatcher from Hell", is born in Urawa, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. He also directed episodes of "Devil Boy".
1940: AKEMI KITA, who played the sneezing model in "Atragon", is born in Tokyo.
1941: HIROKAZU INOUE, who played Ono-no-Fusamori in “Princess from the Moon” and Detective Nakagawa in “Ju-on: The Grudge”, is born in Akita, Japan.
1952: KAZUKI OMORI is born in Osaka. He wrote and directed "Godzilla vs. Biollante" and "Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah" and wrote the screenplays for "Godzilla vs. Mothra" and "Godzilla vs. Destoroyah". He had previously done the films "Sukapin Walk", "You Gotta Chance", "Take It Easy", "Loving Girls", "Totto Channel", "Women of Sayonara", "Hippocrates", and "Afternoon When Flowers Fall".
1959: Professional wrestler MACH FUMIAKE, who played Kilara in " Gamera: Super Monster", is born.
1965: "The Lost World of Sinbad" is released in the U.S.
1968: Episode 22 of "Ultra Seven", "The Human Ranch" (a.k.a. "The Chromosome Eaters"), debuts on Japanese TV.
1973: Episode 3 of "Kamen Rider V3", "V3’s Death Sentence", debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 34 of "Kikaida", "The Monster with Child in Tow Black Porcupine", debuts on Japanese TV.
1979: Episode 5 of "Battle Fever J", "Battle of the Flying Robots", debuts on Japanese TV.
1995: "Choriki sentai Orenjaa" ("Superpower Task Force Ohranger") premieres on Japanese TV with Episode 1, "Invasion! 1999".
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Wednesday, March 02, 2005
3/2: Today in G-History
1886: WILLIS O'BRIEN, who did the stop-motion special effects for "The Lost World", "King Kong", "Son of Kong", "Mighty Joe Young", "The Black Scorpion", and "The Giant Behemoth", is born in Oakland, Calif. He also wrote the story "King Kong vs. Prometheus" which became the basis for "King Kong vs. Godzilla". He began his career on the short silent films "The Dinosaur and the Missing Link", "R.F.D. 10,000 B.C.", "Prehistoric Poultry", and "The Ghost of Slumber Mountain", and finished his career with "It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World".
1921: KENJI MISUMI, who directed "Return of Daimajin", is born in Kyoto. He also directed "Buddha" and numerous "Zatoichi" and "Lone Wolf and Cub" films.
1931: YU FUJIKI is born in Tokyo. Frequently paired with Tadao Takashima, he was in "The Three Treasures", Kinsaburo Furue in "King Kong vs. Godzilla", Yoshito Nishibe in "Atragon", egg-loving reporter Jiro Nakamura in "Godzilla vs. the Thing", and the promotion division manager in "Yog — Monster from Space". His more dramatic films include "Farewell Rabaul", "Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple", "The Lower Depths", "When a Woman Ascends the Stairs", and "Early Autumn", and he appeared in "Las Vegas Free-for-All" and other Crazy Cats comedies.
1933: "King Kong" premieres in New York City.
1973: Episode 22 of "Warrior of Love Rainbowman", "Rescue One Hundred Million People!!", debuts on Japanese TV.
1974: Episode 3 of "Kamen Rider X", "Assassination — Poison Spider Tactics", debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 42 of "Kikaida 01", "Comrade Attack — the Flame Throwing Shadow-Figure Gun", debuts on Japanese TV.
1984: "Uchu keiji Shaidaa" ("Space Sheriff Shaider") premieres on Japanese TV.
1992: ROBERT CLATWORTHY, art director on "The Deadly Mantis", dies in La Canada Flintridge, Calif.
2003: FRED FREIBERGER, who co-wrote "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms", dies at 88 of natural causes in Bel Aire, Calif.
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Tuesday, March 01, 2005
3/1: Today in G-History
1892: RYUNOSUKE AKUTAGAWA, who wrote the serial which was the basis for "Portrait of Hell", is born in Tokyo. He also wrote the story which was the basis for "Rashomon".
1909: MOGENS BRANDT, who played Police Chief Hassing in "Reptilicus", is born in Copenhagen.
1928: HYOEI ENOKI, who was in "The Last Dinosaur", is born in Mie Prefecture, Japan.
1933: YOKO MINAMIDA, who played the grandmother in "House", is born in Tokyo.
1948: VERNON L. WALKER, who was a cinematographer on "King Kong", dies in Los Angeles.
1954: In an incident that helped inspire the original "Gojira", the trawler SS Lucky Dragon #5 gets too close to nuclear test at Bikini Atoll. Many of the crew would die of radiation poisoning.
1962: ROSCOE ATES, who played a photographer in "King Kong", dies of lung cancer in Hollywood, Calif.
1968: HARUKO SAGARA, who played a TV reporter in "Godzilla vs. Biollante", is born in Koriyama, Fukushima, Japan.
1975: Episode 20 of "Kamen Rider Amazon", "Mole Beastman — Last Activity" debuts on Japanese TV.
2001: A rememberance ceremony is held for Jun Fukuda. Koichi Kawakita, Teruyoshi Nakano, Fumio Tanaka, Yuriko Hoshi, and Yasuhiko Saijyo are among the attendees.
2004: "Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S." is screened at the American Film Market Trade Show in Santa Monica, Calif.
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Monday, February 28, 2005
2/28: Today in G-History
1907: ALEXANDER GOLITZEN, art director on "Tarantula" and "The Deadly Mantis", is born in Moscow.
1926: KIN SUGAI, who played Parliament member Miss Ozawa in "Gojira" and a village woman in "Kwaidan", is born in Tokyo. She was also in "Mount Hakkoda".
1930: HIDEAKI NITANI, who starred in the TV series "Mighty Jack", is born in Tokyo. He played the hospital official in "Frankenstein Conquers the World" and project leader Dr. Nakata in "Tidal Wave".
1934: POUL NYRUP, who did the sound on “Reptilicus”, is born in Copenhagen.
1973: CECIL KELLAWAY, who played Professor Thurgood Elson in "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms", dies of arteriosclerosis in Hollywood, Calif.
1976: Episode 41 of "Secret Task Force Goranger" debuts on Japanese TV.
1978: REI KIKUKAWA, who played U.N. molecular biologist Miyuki Otonashi in “Godzilla: Final Wars”, is born.
1979: JANE HYLTON, who starred in "The Manster", dies.
1987: "Hikari Sentai Masakuman" ("Psi" or "Aura Task Force Maskman") premieres on Japanese TV.
1988: Episode 21 of "Kamen Rider Black" debuts on Japanese TV.
1993: ISHIRO HONDA, director of "Godzilla, King of the Monsters" and many other Japanese sci-fi classics, dies of respiratory failure in Tokyo at 81.
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Sunday, February 27, 2005
2/27: Today in G-History
1921: MICHAEL FOX, who played the ER doctor in "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms", is born. He had a regular role as the coroner on "Perry Mason".
1927: HITOSHI UEKI of the Crazy Cats comedy team, who starred in "Don’t Call Me a Con Man" is born in Mie, Japan. His film credits include "The Age of Irresponsibility", "Las Vegas Free-for-All", "The Crazy Family", "Ran", and "Memories of You".
1936: YOSUKE NATSUKI, who replaced Akihiko Hirata as Dr. Hayashida in "Godzilla 1985", is born in Tokyo. His other roles include a man in "The H-Man", Inspector Konmei in "Dogora the Space Monster", Detective Shindo in "Ghidrah - the Three-Headed Monster", and Zataki in the TV miniseries "Shogun".
1952: SHOGO TOMIYAMA, producer or executive producer of “Godzilla vs. Biollante”, “Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah”, “Godzilla vs. Mothra: The Battle for Earth”, “Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II”, “Orochi the Eight-Headed Dragon”, “Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla”, “Godzilla vs. Destoroyah”, “Rebirth of Mothra”, “Rebirth of Mothra II”, “Rebirth of Mothra 3”, “Godzilla 2000”, “Godzilla vs. Megaguirus”, “Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack”, “Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla”, “Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.”, and “Godzilla: Final Wars” (on which he co-wrote the story), is born in Tokyo.
1960: Toho International, Inc. opens its office in New York City.
1962: ADAM BALDWIN, who played Jack Ellway in "Gargantua", is born in Chicago. He is not related to the other Baldwin brothers.
1965: "Kaidan" ("Ghost Story") a.k.a. "Kwaidan" is released in Japan.
1966: Episode 9 of "Ultra Q", "The Spider Baron", debuts on Japanese TV.
1967: Episode 35 of "The Space Giants", "Magma Base in Danger" a.k.a. "A Trap for Goldar", debuts on Japanese TV.
1981: Episode 19 of "Kamen Rider Super-1" debuts on Japanese TV.
1988: KENNETH PEACH, who was a cinematographer on "King Kong", dies.
"Choju sentai Raibuman" ("Super Animal Task Force Liveman") premieres on Japanese TV.
1991: DAIGO KUSANO, who played Yanagawa the alien agent in "Godzilla vs. the Cosmic Monster", dies of a brain hemorrhage in Tokyo.
1999: A Gamera exhibition opens at Kyoto Station in conjuntion with the opening of "Gamera 3: Revenge of Irys".
Episode 117 of "Godzilla: The Series", "Monster War (Part 3)", premieres on Fox.
2000: GEORGE DUNING, who composed music used in "20 Million Miles to Earth", dies of heart disease in San Diego.
Episode 5 of "Kamen Rider Kuuga", "Distance", debuts on Japanese TV.
No year given: MARY JO PEHL, who played Pearl Forrester and was a writer on "Mystery Science Theater 3000", is born.
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