Saturday, April 01, 2006
4/1: Today in G-History
1875: EDGAR WALLACE, who co-wrote the story for "King Kong", is born Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace in London.
1905: SAMMY STEIN, who played a strongman in "Mighty Joe Young", is born in New York City.
1913: FRANK KING, who produced "Gorgo" and the U.S. release of "Rodan" with his brother Maurice, is born Frank Kozinski in New York City.
1920: TOSHIRO MIFUNE, who played Prince Yamato Takeru in "The Three Treasures", Sukezaemon Naya a.k.a. Luzon a.k.a. Sinbad in "The Lost World of Sinbad", and Taketori-no-Miyatsuko in "Princess from the Moon", is born in Tsingtao, China. Japan’s most famous actor, Mifune starred in many of Akira Kurosawa’s classics, including "Drunken Angel", "Rashomon", "The Seven Samurai", "Throne of Blood", "The Hidden Fortress", "The Bad Sleep Well", "Yojimbo", "Sanjuro", and "High and Low", as well as Hiroshi Inagaki’s "Samurai" trilogy and "The Rickshaw Man". He also appeared in American productions like "Grand Prix", "Hell in the Pacific", "Paper Tiger", "Midway", "1941", the miniseries "Shogun", "Winter Kills", "The Challenge", "Journey of Honor", and "Shadow of the Wolf".
1928: TOKI SHIOZAWA, who played Tetsuo’s landlady in "Godzilla vs. Monster Zero" and Iguana on "Warrior of Love Rainbowman", is born.
1929: ALAN SMITHEE, who directed "Gunhed" and "Solar Crisis", is born in Hollywood, Calif.
1941: EMI and YUMI ITO a.k.a. The Peanuts, who played the Shobijin (Twin Fairies) in "Mothra", "Godzilla vs. the Thing", and "Ghidrah, the Three-headed Monster", are born Hideyo and Tsukiko Ito in Nagoya. They also were in "Me and Me", "Double Trouble", "Big Adventure", and "Las Vegas Free-for-All" and appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show".
1944: KO KURAISHI, who played Nazis Jagar on "Vigilante Zubat" and Masao Maruoka in "Time Slip", is born in Nagano, Japan.
1951: FRIDA ARADOTTIR, hair stylist on "The Ring", is born in Iceland.
1952: TERRY MOORE, who played Jill Young in "Mighty Joe Young", divorces Glenn Davis.
1959: The "Moonlight Mask" feature film is released in Japan.
1962: ADAM SAWELSON, sound re-recording mixer on "Gargantua", is born in Los Angeles.
1968: Episode 26, the final episode of "Giant Robo", debuts on Japanese TV.
1972: "Kaiketsu Raion Maru" ("Vigilante Lion Maru" or "Swift Hero Lion Maru") premieres on Japanese TV.
Episode 53 of "Kamen Rider", "Demon Jaguar-Man! The Autobike War of Death’s Decision", debuts on Japanese TV.
1980: YUKO TAKEUCHI, who played Tomoko Oishi in "Ringu", is born in Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
1990: "Star Godzilla" is released in Zimbabwe.
1996: "Zarkorr! The Invader" is released in the U.S.
1999: "Ultraman Kids: Searching for Mother 30 Million Light Years Away" debuts on Cartoon Network/Turner-Asia.
2003: "The Ring" is released in Kuwait.
2004: Peter Jackson announces that Jack Black will play King Kong in his upcoming remake.
"Ju-on 2” is released in Thailand.
"Paksa wayu" a.k.a. "Garuda" is released in Thailand.
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Friday, March 31, 2006
3/31: Today in G-History
1871: KATHRIN CLARE WARD, who played landlady Mrs. Hudson in "The Son of Kong", is born in Bradford, Mass.
1896: EDDIE DUNN, who played the first bartender in "Mighty Joe Young", is born in Brooklyn, N.Y.
1930: KOUEN OKUMURA, who played Ryunnosuke Sugishita on "Blast Dragon Task Force Abaranger", is born in Akita, Japan.
1936: SANDAYUU DOKUMAMUSHI, who played Arashi on "Ultraman", Furuhashi on "Ultraseven", and a reporter in "Ultraman Zearth" and “Ultraman Zearth 2”, is born Iyoshi Ishii in Tokyo. He was also in "Ultraman: Monster Big Battle" and "Mikadroid".
1942: EDWARD BRADY, who played Red in "The Son of Kong", dies.
1968: Episode 26 of "Ultra Seven", "Super Weapon R-1" (a.k.a. "8,000 Megaton Mistake"), debuts on Japanese TV.
1970: HIROYUKI MIYASAKO, who played Akubon in “Casshern” and was in "The Big Spook War”, is born in Osaka.
1971: MICHITAKA TSUTSUI, who played Fumiya Akizawa in “Shikoku”, is born in Tokyo.
1973: Episode 7 of "Kamen Rider V3", "The Fury of Rider V3's Special Training", debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 38 of "Kikaida", "Hakaider Eliminates Jiro!", debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 51, the final episode of "Return of Ultraman", debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 53 of "Swift Hero Lion Maru" debuts on Japanese TV.
1974: Episode 26, the final episode of "Ironman Tiger-Seven" debuts on Japanese TV.
1975: "Kondoruman: Seigi No Shinboru" ("Condorman: Symbol of Justice") premieres on Japanese TV with Episode 1, "Condorman Created".
1979: Episode 9 of "Battle Fever J" debuts on Japanese TV.
1995: Episode 5 of "Superpower Task Force Ohranger", "Violent Love!! The Brothers of Flame", debuts on Japanese TV.
1996: CLINT EASTWOOD, who played the jet squadron leader in "Tarantula", marries Dina Ruiz.
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Thursday, March 30, 2006
3/30: Today in G-History
1882: CLAUDE PAYTON, who played a sailor and a suspenders peddler in "The Son of Kong", is born in Centerville, Iowa.
1904: KICHIJIRO UEDA, who played Kume's yahara in "The Three Treasures", Tatsuemon Kanamura in "Gamera vs. Gaos", and was in "Madame White Snake" and "The Whale God", is born in Kobe.
1911: YUTAKA SADA is born in Tokyo. His films include "The Invisible Man", "The Mysterians", "The Three Treasures", a policeman in "The Secret of the Telegian", "The Last War", the school principal in "Godzilla vs. the Thing", the hospital administrator in "Frankenstein Conquers the World", an old fisherman in "Godzilla versus the Sea Monster", a rural policeman in "Destroy All Monsters", and Kenji Sahara's coworker in "Godzilla's Revenge". Sada is best remembered as Aoki, the chauffeur whose son is kidnapped in "High and Low".
1964: IAN ZIERING, who was the voice of Nick Tatopolous on "Godzilla: The Series", is born in Newark, N.J. He was in the films "Endless Love", "Savate", "Stripped Down", and "Domino"; appeared on TV in "Terrible Things My Mother Told Me", "The Guiding Light", "Beverly Hills 90210", "Flour Babies", and "The Women of Spring Break"; and povided voices on the animated shows "Biker Mice from Mars" and "Mighty Ducks".
1966: SAMMY STEIN, who played a strongman in "Mighty Joe Young", dies in Las Vegas.
1971: SELMER JACKSON, who played a judge in "Mighty Joe Young", dies from a heart attack in Burbank, Calif.
1973: Episode 26 of "Warrior of Love Rainbowman", "The Secret Big Ground Explosion", debuts on Japanese TV.
1974: Episode 7 of "Kamen Rider X", "Fear's Sum of Human Genius", debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 46, the final episode of "Kikaider 01", "The Friends of Good Children - Android Banzai", debuts on Japanese TV.
Episode 52, the final episode of "Ultraman Ace", debuts on Japanese TV.
1976: Episode 26 of "Akumaizer 3", "Why!? The Dancing Gabura Cho", debuts on Japanese TV.
1977: Episode 9 of "Swift Hero Zubat", "Look Back on the River of Tears", debuts on Japanese TV.
1978: Suit actress RIE OTA, who played Baragon and a woman in the Yaizu harbor office in "Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack", is born in Tokyo. She also doubled as the White Ranger on "Hundred Beast Task Force Gaoranger".
1980: DAVID SHARPE, stuntman on "Mighty Joe Young", dies from Lou Gehrig's disease in Altadena, Calif.
2005: "Ju-on: The Grudge" is released on DVD in Finland.
No year given: BILL CORBETT, who played Crow T. Robot and Observer and was a writer on "Mystery Science Theater 3000", is born.
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Wednesday, March 29, 2006
3/29: Today in G-History
1902: ONSLOW STEVENS, who played Brigadier General O’Brien in "Them!", is born Onslow Ford Stevenson in Los Angeles.
1937: AKIO JISSOJI, director on "Ultraman", "Operation: Mystery", "Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis", "Ultra Q: The Movie", and "Ultraman Tiga", is born in Tokyo. He also produced "Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis" and was supervisor on "Mikadroid".
1974: Episode 26, the final episode of "Diamond Eye: Warrior of Light", "King Cobra's Final Battle", debuts on Japanese TV.
1975: Episode 24, the final episode of "Kamen Rider Amazon", "Let’s Go Amazon! The End of Emporer Zero!!", debuts on Japanese TV.
1977: Episode 36, the final episode of "Super Human Bibyun", "Showdown in the Ghost Castle! Good-bye Super Humans", debuts on Japanese TV.
1979: TOMOE SHINOHARA, who played the teenage girl in the hospital in "Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack", is born in Tokyo.
1982: ANNA NAGATA, who played Hirono Shimizu (Girls #10) in "Battle Royale" and Yoko Okazaki in "One Missed Call", is born in Tokyo.
1992: ARCHIE MARSHEK, production assistant on "King Kong" and associate producer on "The Son of Kong", dies in Lawton, Okla.
1994: BILL TRAVERS, who played Capt. Joe Ryan in "Gorgo", dies at the age of 72 in Dorking, England.
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Tuesday, March 28, 2006
3/28: Today in G-History
1904: HARRIS ASHBURN, co-music supervisor on "The Deadly Mantis", is born in Wisconsin.
1918: JAY A. MORLEY JR., costume supervisor on "The Deadly Mantis", is born.
1936: JUN FUMIYAKI, who played Kogenta in "Daimajin" and Yasutaro in "Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters", is born.
1939: MOEKO EZAWA, who played the old woman in "Sakuya: Slayer of Demons", is born in Hyogo, Japan.
1949: MASATO IBU, who played Motohiko Sugiura in "Godzilla vs. Megaguirus" and the Xilian general in "Godzilla: Final Wars", is born in Tokyo. He also played Eitaro Narazaki in "Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean" and Dosan Saito in "Samurai Commando 1549", and was also in the "Tetsujin 28" feature film.
1953: Athlete JIM THORPE, who played a native dancer in "King Kong", dies of a heart attack in Lomita, Calif.
1962: "The Manster" is released in the U.S.
1969: KOJI MATOBA, who was in "Sengoku jieitai 1549", is born in Saitama, Japan.
1970: MAKI MIZUNO, who played newscaster Anna Otonashi in "Godzilla: Final Wars", is born in Tokyo.
1971: TOMOE TANABE, who played Kunoichi Ran on “Ninja Task Force Kakuranger”, Dappu on “Highspeed Task Force Carranger”, is born. She also appeared on “Rescue Task Force Go Go V”.
1976: Episode 51, the final episode of "Ultraman Leo" premieres on Japanese TV.
1980: Episode 26 of "Sky Rider" debuts on Japanese TV.
1981: CHIKA FUJIMURA, who played Yoko Hino in "Misa the Dark Angel", is born in Gifu, Japan.
1985: MIU TAKEUCHI, who played Sae Taiga a.k.a. Gao White on "Hundred Beast Task Force Gaoranger" and "Hundred Beast Task Force Gaoranger vs. Super Sentai", is born.
1993: HARRY SHEARER, who played WDIF anchorman Charles Caiman in "Godzilla", marries Judith Owen.
1997: Episode 7 of "Electromagnetic Task Force Megaranger", "Persistent Annoying Girl", debuts on Japanese TV.
1999: GIL PERKINS, who played a sailor and was the stunt double for Bruce Cabot in "King Kong" and did stunts in "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms", dies of natural causes in Woodland Hills, Calif.
2006: The special edition DVD edition of "Godzilla" and two volumes of "Godzilla: The Series", "Monster Mayhem" and "Mutant Madness", are released on DVD in the U.S.
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Monday, March 27, 2006
3/27: Today in G-History
1909: EITARO OZAWA is born in Tokyo. He played lead detective Miyashita in "The H-Man", Minister of Justice Kinami in "Gorath", and Finance Minister Kanzaki in "Godzilla 1985". The longtime character actor also appeared in "Ugetsu" and "Sandakan No. 8".
1923: NOBUO KANEKO, who played Dojin Hiki in “The Magic Serpent" and Home Affairs Minister Isomura in "Godzilla 1985", is born.
1955: RYOICHI YAMAGUCHI, who played Dr. Masaru Koyamauchi on "B-Fighter Kabuto", is born in Hiroshima.
1959: "Supa Jyaiantsu: uchu kaijin shutsugen" ("Super Giant: Mysterious Spacemen Appear") a.k.a. Part One of "Evil Brain from Outer Space" is released in Japan.
1961: KYOSEI TSUKUI, who played Yatsudenwani on "Blast Dragon Task Force Abaranger", is born in Tokyo.
1962: JAMES BASEVI, production designer on "Mighty Joe Young", dies in Bellflower, Calif.
1966: Episode 13 of "Ultra Q", "Garadama", debuts on Japanese TV.
1967: Episode 39 of "The Space Giants", "Monster Grania Now Appears" a.k.a. "Instant Disaster", debuts on Japanese TV.
1968: The final episode of "Red Shadow: The Masked Ninja", "Six Big Monsters Encirclement", debuts on Japanese TV.
1969: PAULEY PERRETTE, who played Beth in "The Ring", is born in New Orleans.
1976: Episode 44 of "Secret Task Force Goranger" debuts on Japanese TV.
1981: Episode 23 of "Kamen Rider Super-1" debuts on Japanese TV.
1992: Episode 2 of "Dinosaur Task Force Zyuranger", "Dreadful Riddles", debuts on Japanese TV.
1993: KATE REID, who played Dr. Baldwin in "Virus", dies of brain cancer in Stratford, Ont.
1996: DERVIS WARD, who played Bosun in "Gorgo", dies at 72.
HIROYUKI OKITA, who played Sasai in "Gamera 2: Attack of Legion", commits suicide by hanging in Japan.
2002: “Avalon” is released in France.
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