Takeshi Kimura, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Japanese screenwriter
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Place of Birth: Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan
About Takeshi Kimura
- Takeshi Kimura (February 4, 1912 – January 1988) was a Japanese screenwriter who wrote many films for Toho studios.
- Kimura scripted several films for director Ishiro Honda, including Rodan, The Mysterians, Matango, Frankenstein vs.
- Baragon, The War of the Gargantuas, King Kong Escapes, and Destroy All Monsters.
- He was a member of the Japanese Communist Party whose screenplays often included political themes.
- His scripts are frequently contrasted with those written by Shinichi Sekizawa, whose scripts for kaiju films typically had a more lightweight, "fun" tone.
- Kimura considered the screenplay for Ishiro Honda's Matango to be his best work, and he considered all of his scripts from Frankenstein vs.
- Baragon onward to be merely work for hire.
- To express this dismissive view of his later work, he started writing under the pseudonym "Kaoru Mabuchi".
- He chose the name "Kaoru" to project an image of anonymity because it can be either a male or female name. Kimura was known for having a dark and gloomy personality, and he was reportedly never very close to any of his fellow Toho employees.
- He died from a throat obstruction in his Tokyo apartment in 1988.
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