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Takeshi Kimura

Takeshi Kimura

Writer Feb 4 (died age 76) Osaka Prefecture, Japan 1953–2026 (73 year career)
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Biography

Kaoru Mabuchi (馬淵 薫 Mabuchi Kaoru), known by the pen name Takeshi Kimura (木村 武 Kimura Takeshi), was a Japanese screenwriter who wrote many of Toho's non-Godzilla tokusatsu films during the Showa era. Unlike his contemporary Shinichi Sekizawa, whose screenplays were noted for their lighthearted and "fun" tone, Mabuchi's screenplays were comparatively more gloomy and contained more political themes. Mabuchi considered his screenplay for Ishiro Honda's Matango to be his best work, and was considera…

Known For

Destroy All Monsters
Film

Destroy All Monsters

Screenplay
Godzilla vs. Hedorah
Film

Godzilla vs. Hedorah

Screenplay
Godzilla vs. Gigan
Film

Godzilla vs. Gigan

Original Story
Rodan
Film

Rodan

Screenplay
Godzilla vs. Megalon
Film

Godzilla vs. Megalon

Original Story
Matango
Film

Matango

Adaptation
The War of the Gargantuas
Film

The War of the Gargantuas

Screenplay
King Kong Escapes
Film

King Kong Escapes

Screenplay

Filmography