Saturday, March 12, 2005
3/12: Today in G-History
1905: TAKASHI SHIMURA, who played Dr. Kyohei Yamane in "Godzilla, King of the Monsters" and "Godzilla Raids Again", is born Shoji Shimazaki in Ikuno, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. His other sci-fi credits include Dr. Adachi in "The Mysterians", elder Kumaso in "The Three Treasures", newspaper editor Amano in "Mothra", a priest in "The Whale God", Dr. Kensuke Sonoda in "Gorath", King Raksha in "The Lost World of Sinbad", the priest in "Kwaidan", Dr. Tsukamoto in "Ghidrah: The Three-Headed Monster", a scientist in Hiroshima in "Frankenstein Conquers the World", and a scientist in "The Last Days of Planet Earth". Shimura made "swordplay" movies before achieving fame in 22 of Akira Kurosawa's films, including "Sanshiro Sugata", "Drunken Angel", the woodcutter in "Rashomon", the dying bureaucrat in "Ikiru", Kambei the leader of "The Seven Samurai", "Throne of Blood", "The Hidden Fortress", "The Bad Sleep Well", "Yojimbo", "Sanjuro", "High and Low", "Red Beard", and "Kagemusha".
1941: TETSUKO KOBAYASHI, who played the Empress of Mu in "Atragon", is born.
1964: NAOMI MORINAGA, who played Anne on "Space Sheriff Shaider", Helen on "Dimensional Warrior Spielban", and was in "Kamen Rider ZO", is born in Kanagawa, Japan.
1967: Episode 35 of "Ultraman", "The Monster Graveyard", debuts on Japanese TV.
1968: YOSHIO KOSUGI, who frequently played South Sea island chiefs in Godzilla movies, dies.
1972: "Chikyu kogeki meirei: Gojira tai Gaigan" ("Earth Destruction Directive: Godzilla vs. Gigan") a.k.a. "Godzilla on Monster Island" a.k.a. "Godzilla vs. Gigan" is released in Japan.
1974: Episode 23 of "Inazuman" debuts on Japanese TV.
1977: Episode 83 of "Secret Task Force Goranger", "Orange First Love! The Howling Metropolis", debuts on Japanese TV.
1982: ASUMI MIWA, who played Kanan Murakami in “Ju-on”, is born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
1988: "Kamen Raidaa Burakku: Oni-ke shima he hyuuko seyo!" ("Kamen Rider Black: Hurry! To Evil Island") is released in Japan.
1989: Episode 19 of "Kamen Rider Black RX", "The Artificial Sun of Terror!", debuts on Japanese TV.
1993: Episode 4 of "Five Star Task Force Dairanger" debuts on Japanese TV.
1999: "Starbeast Task Force Gingaman vs. Megaranger" is released in Japan.
2000: Episode 7 of "Kamen Rider Kuuga", "Heartbreak", debuts on Japanese TV.
2004: “One Missed Call” is released in Taiwan.
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Friday, March 11, 2005
3/11: Today in G-History
1916: JOHN MAXWELL, who played Dr. Grant in "Them!", is born.
1917: RYOSAKU TAKAYAMA, monster suit designer on "Gamera vs. Guiron", is born.
1938: TATSUO UMEMIYA, who played Wally a.k.a. "Prince of Space", is born in Manchuria. He later became a top restauranteur and was a challenger on "Iron Chef".
1965: "Atragon" is released in the U.S.
1967: JOSEPH FORTE, who played Putnam the coroner in "Them!", dies of a heart attack in Hollywood.
1972: Episode 50 of "Kamen Rider", "Demon Kamestone's Murderous Aurora Program", debuts on Japanese TV.
1974: JUDD HOLDREN, who played Robert Allen in "The Amazing Colossal Man", commits suicide at 58 in Los Angeles.
1978: CHRISTOPHER KHAYMAN LEE, who played Andros the Red Space Power Ranger on "Power Rangers in Space" and "Power Rangers Lost Galaxy", is born in Miami.
1980: YUNOSUKE ITO, who was in "Evil of Dracula", dies.
1994: KAKU TAKASHINA, who was in "Lake of Dracula", dies of a heart attack.
2000: Episode 125 of "Godzilla: The Series", "Lizard Season", premieres on Fox.
"Ultraman Tiga — The Final Odyssey" is released in Japan.
2001: The restored version of "King Kong" is released in France.
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Thursday, March 10, 2005
3/10: Today in G-History
1921: CEC LINDER, who played Dr. Latour in "Virus", is born in Timmins, Ont.
1949: MASAAKI DAIMON, who played Keisuke Shimizu in "Godzilla vs. the Cosmic Monster" and Interpol Agent Kusugari in "Terror of Mechagodzilla", is born.
1968: Episode 23 of "Ultra Seven", "Search Tomorrow" (a.k.a. "The Fugitive Fortune Teller"), debuts on Japanese TV.
1969: MEGUMI MORI, who played Megumi Misaki a.k.a. Blue Dolphin on "Super Animal Task Force Liveman", is born in Kumamoto, Japan.
PAGET BREWSTER, the voice of Audrey Timmonds on "Godzilla: The Series", is born in Massachusetts.
1973: Episode 4 of "Kamen Rider V3", "V3’s 26 Secrets", debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 35 of "Kikaida", "Jiro Death of the Electromagnetic End", debuts on Japanese TV.
1979: Episode 6 of "Battle Fever J", "Release the Almighty Submarine", debuts on Japanese TV.
1980: SATOMI HIROSE, who played the White Ranger on "Ninja Task Force Kakuranger", is born.
1995: Episode 2 of "Superpowered Task Force Ohranger" debuts on Japanese TV.
1997: KINNOSUKE NAKAMURA, who played Lord Hosokawa in "Portrait of Hell", dies of pneumonia in Chiba, Japan.
1999: "The Gamera Chronicles" is published in Japan.
2004: “Ju-on: The Grudge 2” is released in the Philippines.
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Tuesday, March 08, 2005
3/8: Today in G-History
1924: SEAN MCCLORY, who played Major Kibbee in "Them!", is born in Dublin, Ireland. He also appeared in "The Quiet Man".
1948: MIZUTANI KUNIHISA, who played Takeshi Yamato a.k.a. "Warrior of Love Rainbowman" is born.
1957: MITSUKO HORIE, who sang the theme songs for "Kamen Rider Stronger", "Secret Task Force Goranger", and "Ninja Captor", is born.
1964: HIROSHI TSUBURAYA, who played Dan Sawamura a.k.a. "Space Sheriff Shaider" on TV and in the movies "Space Sheriff Shaider: The Movie" and "Space Sheriff Shaider: Pursuit! Shigi Shigi Abduction Plan", is born. The grandson of Eiji Tsuburaya, he also was Col. Seiji Miyata on "Ultraman Dyna" and KCB Director Kenji Tabata in "Ultraman Gaia", and played his father Hajime in Episode 49 of "Ultraman Tiga".
1968: RIKA KISHIDA, who played Rokumeikan Kaori a.k.a. White Swan on "Birdman Task Force Jetman", is born. Also the singer on the show’s theme song, she is married to co-star Kotaro Tanaka.
1975: Episode 21 of "Kamen Rider Amazon", "Frozen Rider Eating Cannibalistic Beastman", debuts on Japanese TV.
1976: MIYAKO KAWAHARA, who was in “Zebraman”, is born.
1978: "The War in Space" is released in France.
1980: BERT HOLLAND, who played Barney Russell in "Tarantula", dies of cancer in Los Angeles.
1987: ANDREW MEYER, who directed, wrote, and acted in the U.S. release of "Tidal Wave", dies in Los Angeles.
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Monday, March 07, 2005
3/7: Today in G-History
1873: MADAME SUL-TE-WAN, who played a maid in "King Kong", is born Nellie Conley in Kentucky. She was the grandmother of actress Dorothy Dandridge.
1932: MOMOKO KOCHI, who played Emiko Yamane in "Godzilla, King of the Monsters" and "Godzilla vs. Destoroyah", is born Momoko Okochi in Tokyo. Kochi also played Machiko Takeno in "Half-Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman" and Hiroko in "The Mysterians". She made her film debut in "A Woman's Heart Released".
1972: VICTOR WONG, who played Charlie the cook in "King Kong", dies.
1973: BARTLOMIEJ SWIDERSKI, who played Stunner in “Avalon”, is born in Wroclaw, Poland.
1980: Episode 23 of "Sky Rider" debuts on Japanese TV.
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Sunday, March 06, 2005
3/6: Today in G-History
1903: KENNETH PEACH, who was a cinematographer on "King Kong", is born
in El Reno, Okla.
1916: SIDNEY W. PINK, producer, director, and co-screenwriter of
"Reptilicus" and producer of "The Angry Red Planet", is born in
Pittsburgh.
1921: HAL E. CHESTER, who co-produced "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms",
is born in Brooklyn, N.Y.
1933: TATSUO YOSHIDA, who created the anime characters used in
"Casshern", is born in Kyoto.
1935: LOUISE EMMONS, who was in "King Kong", dies in Hollywood, Calif.
She was born in 1852.
1951: KEN TANAKA, who played reporter Goro Maki in "Godzilla 1985", is
born.
1955: ALBERTA WATSON, who played Litha in "Virus", is born in Toronto.
She was also on the TV series "La Femme Nikita" and in the movies "In
Praise of Older Women", "The Keep", "Spanking the Monkey", "Hackers",
"Shoemaker", "The Life Before This", "Tart", "Hedwig and the Angry
Inch", "The Wild Dogs", and "Irish Eyes".
1966: Episode 10 of "Ultra Q", "The Underground Superexpress to the
West", debuts on Japanese TV.
1967: Episode 36 of "The Space Giants", "Save the Earth" a.k.a. "The
Insects", debuts on Japanese TV.
1970: WILLIAM HOPPER, who played Dr. Ned Jackson in "The Deadly Mantis"
and Col. Robert Calder in "20 Million Miles to Earth", dies of
pneumonia in Palm Springs, Calif.
1981: Episode 20 of "Kamen Rider Super-1" debuts on Japanese TV.
1983: MICHAEL O'LASKEY II, who played Young Rocky on "Mighty Morphin
Power Rangers", is born in Honolulu, Hawaii.
1988: Episode 22 of "Kamen Rider Black" debuts on Japanese TV.
1993: The memorial service is held for Ishiro Honda. Akira Kurosawa
read the eulogy.
1999: "Urutoraman Teiga & Urutoraman Daina & Urutoraman Gaia: Chougikuu
no daiketsugeki" ("Ultraman Tiga & Ultraman Dyna & Ultraman Gaia: Super
Dimensional Decisive Battle") a.k.a. "Ultraman Gaia: The Battle in
Hyperspace", with the animated featurette "Ultraman M78 Playhouse: Love
and Peace", is released in Japan.
Episode 113 of "Godzilla: The Series", "Competition", premieres on
Fox.
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