Takeshi Kimura
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.
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Films (33)
Bloodthirsty Hawk
1977 · Screenplay
Katango's War
1973 · Screenplay
Godzilla vs. Megalon
1973 · Original Story
Satan's Creature
1972 · Screenplay
Godzilla vs. Gigan
1972 · Original Story
Godzilla vs. Hedorah
1971 · Screenplay
Destroy All Monsters
1968 · Screenplay
King Kong Escapes
1967 · Screenplay
The War of the Gargantuas
1966 · Screenplay
Adventure in Kigan Castle
1966 · Screenplay
Frankenstein Conquers the World
1965 · Screenplay
Whirlwind
1964 · Screenplay
Samurai Pirate
1963 · Screenplay
Young Swordsman
1963 · Screenplay
Matango
1963 · Screenplay, Adaptation
Heso no taisho
1962 · Screenplay
Gorath
1962 · Screenplay
The Last War
1961 · Screenplay
Daredevil in the Castle
1961 · Writer
The Human Vapor
1960 · Screenplay
Reporters from the Sky
1960 · Screenplay
Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender
1959 · Screenplay
The Spell of the Hidden Gold
1958 · Screenplay
The H-Man
1958 · Screenplay
The Mysterians
1957 · Screenplay
Faraway Man
1957 · Adaptation
The Last Escape
1957 · Screenplay
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
1957 · Screenplay
Rodan
1956 · Screenplay
Ringo murakara
1956 · Screenplay
Scoundrel
1956 · Writer
Farewell Rabaul
1954 · Screenplay
The Red Light Military Base
1953 · Screenplay
