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Tomoyuki Tanaka has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1950s through the 1990s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Godzilla.
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Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Kyohei Yamane soon discover something far more devastating than imagined in the form of a 50 meter tall monster whom the natives call Gojira. Now the monster begins a rampage that threatens to destroy not only Japan, but the rest of the world as well.
Dir. Ishirō Honda · With Akira Takarada, Momoko Kôchi, Akihiko Hirata
After a fishing boat is attacked, the sole surviving crew member realizes it is none other than a resurrected Godzilla. However, efforts to bring the story to light are suppressed by the Japanese government amid growing political tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, who are both willing to bomb Japan to stop the monster.
Dir. Koji Hashimoto · With Keiju Kobayashi, Ken Tanaka, Yasuko Sawaguchi

Mothra's dark counterpart, Battra, emerges to eliminate humanity on behalf of the Earth. Two tiny fairies called the Cosmos offer their help by calling Mothra to battle the creature. Unfortunately a meteorite has awoken a hibernating Godzilla as a three way battle for the Earth begins.
Dir. Takao Okawara · With Tetsuya Bessho, Satomi Kobayashi, Takehiro Murata
Originally released in Japan as "The Return of Godzilla" in 1984, this is the heavily re-edited, re-titled "Godzilla 1985". Adding in new footage of Raymond Burr, this 16th Godzilla film ignores all previous sequels and serves as a direct follow-up to the 1956 "Godzilla King of the Monsters", which also featured scenes with Burr edited into 1954's "Godzilla". This film restores the darker tone of the original, as we witness the nuclear destruction of giant lizard terrorizing Japan.
Dir. R.J. Kizer, Koji Hashimoto · With Raymond Burr, Keiju Kobayashi, Ken Tanaka

During an assignment, foreign correspondent Steve Martin spends a layover in Tokyo and is caught amid the rampage of an unstoppable prehistoric monster the Japanese call 'Godzilla'. The only hope for both Japan and the world lies on a secret weapon, which may prove more destructive than the monster itself.
Dir. Terry O. Morse, Ishirō Honda · With Raymond Burr, Takashi Shimura, Momoko Kôchi
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