April 26, 1910 –  April 2, 1997

Japanese film producer Tomoyuki Tanaka enjoyed a 60-year career with Toho Studios, producing more than 200 films such as RODAN (1956), THE MYSTERIANS (1957), YOJIMBO (1961), MATANGO (1963), and THE WAR OF THE GARGANTUAS (1966). Mr. Tanaka, along with director Ishiro Honda and special-effects wizard Eiji Tsuburaya, is most famous as the creator of Godzilla!