Shinichi Sekizawa

Template:Short description Template:Wikidata image was a Japanese screenwriter noted for his immense contributions to several films by Ishirō Honda, including several classic Godzilla films. He also contributed material to the original Ultraman series and several Tōei Dōga films such as Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon and Jack and the Witch.

His first screenplay was for the independently produced film (though distributed by Shintoho Studios) Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers, which was also his sole directing credit.

His scripts for kaiju films have been noted for their inventiveness and for having a more lightweight, "fun" tone than those written by Takeshi Kimura (aka Kaoru Mabuchi), another leading writer of kaiju films, whose scripts had a darker, more serious sensibility.

Before embarking on his screenwriting career, he briefly attended an animation school with famed manga artist and animator Osamu Tezuka.

Partial filmography

Note: The films listed as N/A are not necessarily chronological.

Title	Year	Credited as			Notes	Ref(s)
		Writer	Screen story author	Other
Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers	1956	Yes		Yes
Varan the Unbelievable	1958	Yes				Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Battle in Outer Space	1959	Yes				Template:Sfn
	1960	Yes				Template:Sfn
Take Aim at the Police Van		Yes
		Yes				Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Moriya Hirosho no sandogasa shirizu - Nakito gozansu	1961	Yes				Template:Sfn
Mothra		Yes				Template:Sfn
King Kong vs. Godzilla	1962	Yes				Template:Sfn
Warring Clans	1963	Yes				Template:Sfn
		Yes				Template:Sfn
Atragon		Yes				Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Mothra vs. Godzilla	1964	Yes				Template:Sfn
Operation Lion Ant		Yes				Template:Sfn
		Yes				Template:Sfn
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster		Yes				Template:Sfn
Invasion of Astro-Monster	1965	Yes				Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep	1966	Yes				Template:Sfn
Son of Godzilla	1967	Yes				Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Latitude Zero	1969	Yes		Yes	Screenwriter in Japanese version. Credited as "Screenplay advisor" in American prints.	Template:Sfn
All Monsters Attack		Yes				Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Godzilla vs. Gigan	1972	Yes				Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Godzilla vs. Megalon	1973		Yes			Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla	1974		Yes			Template:Sfn

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External links

• Template:Trim/ Shinichi Sekizawa at IMDbTemplate:EditAtWikidata

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