Tomoyuki Tanaka, Japanese screenwriter and producer (d. 1997)
Tomoyuki "Yūkō" Tanaka (Japanese: 田中 友幸, Hepburn: Tanaka Tomoyuki) was a Japanese film producer, most famous for co-creating the Godzilla franchise. He was born in Kashiwara, Osaka, Japan, on April 26, 1910, and died in Tokyo on April 2, 1997. Tanaka was married to the actress Chieko Nakakita (1926 – 2005). He died of a stroke at the age of 86.
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