Shinichi Sekizawa
Personal Info
Know For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1921-06-02 (71 years old)
Deathday
1992-11-19
Place of Birth
Kyoto, Japan
Also known As
Shin'ichi Sekizawa
関沢 新一
Shinichi Sekizawi
Shinichi Sekizawa
Biography
Shinichi Sekizawa (June 2, 1921 – November 11, 1992) was a Japanese screenwriter known for his immense contributions to the original Godzilla series, providing screenplays and/or stories for 10 of the original 15 Showa films. He began his career in his native Kyoto, joining an association of manga cartoonists which included the anime pioneer Osamu Tezuka. His career would be interrupted when he was reluctantly drafted to fight in the South Pacific during WWII. Sekizawa would reignite his film career in 1946 when he joined Beehive Productions as an assistant director, demonstrating a talent for screenwriting when completing the screenplay for ...
Production
1966
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1956
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1953
as Screenplay
1958
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1949
as Screenplay
1963
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1964
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1964
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1961
as Screenplay
1965
as Writer
1969
as Screenplay
1960
as Screenplay
1965
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1963
as Writer
1967
as Writer
1989
as Story
1987
as Writer
1964
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1966
as Writer
1963
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1948
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1957
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1964
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1962
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1964
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1967
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1960
as Script
1959
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1961
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1960
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1960
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1968
as Screenplay
1965
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1958
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1962
as Screenplay
1960
as Screenplay
1963
as Writer
1962
as Screenplay
1973
as Lyricist
1959
as Screenplay
1968
as Screenplay
1957
as Screenplay
1960
as Screenplay
1969
as Screenplay
1969
as Lyricist
1958
as Screenplay
1962
as Screenplay
1996
as Lyricist
1964
as Lyricist
1961
as Lyricist
1972
as Lyricist
1972
as Screenplay
1951
as Production Designer
1952
as Production Design
1963
as Screenplay
1974
as Story
1993
as Writer
1956
as Writer
1956
as Director
1962
as Screenplay
1966
as Writer
1960
as Screenplay
1973
as Story
1963
as Screenplay
1964
as Adaptation
1958
as Screenplay
1997
as Lyricist
1992
as Lyricist
1968
as Creator
1967
as Writer
1995
as Original Film Writer
1996
as Original Film Writer
1960
as Lyricist
1961
as Screenplay
1961
as Screenplay
1967
as Screenplay
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