Takeshi Kimura
Writing · Screenplay · Writer · Original Story
Born Feb 4, 1911 · Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Active 1953–1987
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.
Filmography
Human Vapor (2026) — Original Film WriterDestroy All Monsters (1968) — ScreenplayGodzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) — ScreenplayGodzilla vs. Gigan (1972) — Original StoryRodan (1956) — ScreenplayGodzilla vs. Megalon (1973) — Original StoryMatango (1963) — Screenplay · AdaptationFrankenstein Conquers the World (1965) — ScreenplayThe War of the Gargantuas (1966) — ScreenplayKing Kong Escapes (1967) — ScreenplayThe Mysterians (1957) — ScreenplayThe Human Vapor (1960) — ScreenplayHeso no taisho (1962) — ScreenplayDaredevil in the Castle (1961) — WriterGorath (1962) — ScreenplayThe H-Man (1958) — ScreenplayFarewell Rabaul (1954) — ScreenplayBloodthirsty Hawk (1977) — ScreenplaySubmarine I-57 Will Not Surrender (1959) — ScreenplayThe Red Light Military Base (1953) — ScreenplayThe Last War (1961) — ScreenplayYoung Swordsman (1963) — ScreenplayWhirlwind (1964) — ScreenplayReporters from the Sky (1960) — Screenplay