About

Known credits:
27
Birthday:
1911-02-04
Place of birth:
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Website:
N/A

Takeshi Kimura

Overview

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 considerably less enthusiastic about his later work. Kimura passed away on May 3, 1987, due to a throat obstruction.

Wrote screenplays under his birth name Kaoru Mabuchi as well as under his pen name, Takeshi Kimura.

Known for

Writing
1973 Godzilla vs. Megalon Writing Original Story 59
Average
1972 Godzilla vs. Gigan Writing Original Story 60
Fair
1971 Godzilla vs. Hedorah Writing Writer 61
Fair
1968 Destroy All Monsters Writing Screenplay 62
Fair
1967 King Kong Escapes Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1966 The War of the Gargantuas Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1966 Adventure in Kigan Castle Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1965 Frankenstein Conquers the World Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1964 Whirlwind Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1963 Samurai Pirate Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1963 Young Swordsman Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1963 Matango Writing Screenplay 60
Fair
1963 Matango Writing Adaptation 60
Fair
1962 Heso no taisho Writing Screenplay N/A
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1962 Gorath Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1961 The Last War Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1961 Daredevil in the Castle Writing Writer 59
Average
1960 The Human Vapor Writing Writer 59
Average
1959 Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1958 The Spell of the Hidden Gold Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1958 The H-Man Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1957 The Mysterians Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1957 Yagyu Secret Scrolls Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1956 Rodan Writing Screenplay 60
Fair
1956 Scoundrel Writing Writer N/A
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1954 Farewell Rabaul Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1953 Red-Light Bases Writing Screenplay N/A
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