Monster Godzilla Creator Tomoyuki Tanaka Dies In Today's Memory, April 2, 1997

Godzilla, the monster created by Tomoyuki Tanaka who is legendary. (Wikimedia Commons)

JAKARTA Memories of today, 27 years ago, April 2, 1997, the producer of the famous Japanese film, Tomoyuki Tanaka died of a stroke. The departure of the creator of the'monster' Godzilla brought deep sorrow to the whole of Japan.

Previously, Tanaka wanted to raise the theme of Japanese colonialism in Indonesia. The initiation was not fully supported by the Indonesian government. Instead of Tanaka continuing to regret as long as he went to Japan, he got the idea of living the giant lizard monster film, Godzilla.

Failure sometimes doesn't know the time. Tomoyuki Tanaka once felt it. The man who was born in Kashiwara, April 26, 1910, once confidently came to Indonesia in the 1950s. He came specifically to meet the Indonesian government.

The goal is to follow up on Japan-Indonesia's cooperation plan to make a film. A film that tries to lift related to Japanese colonialism in Indonesia. Eiko no Kanatani (Behind Kemuliaan)," he said.

The problem arises. The Indonesian government is reluctant to issue permits as well as visas for Tanaka and his crew. Tanaka considered the failure quite painful. He immediately returned to Japan empty-handed. Moreover, he was confused about finding ideas for the next film.

Pucuk in love ulam arrived. On the plane he got the idea. The idea comes as he peeks outside the airplane window. He tried to speculate on what was under the surface of the water. Tanaka began to think about creating giant lizard monsters.

The Monster was named Gojira (Godzilla). A word that is said to be adapted from Japanese Kujira (paus) and gorira (gorilla). He and his crew prepared the big plan. Ishiro Honda was asked to direct and help structure the story.

Eiji Tsuburaya, a pioneer special effect in Japan, was involved. The result is memukai. Godzilla film was able to win the hearts of the whole of Japan in 1954. The sequel was eagerly awaited. Even though the film seemed to remind Japanese about the atomic bomb tragedy that befell Hiroshima anddai.

Young men, mostly men also enliven the sale of Godzilla dolls, video games, image puzzles, and recordings containing the themes of many Godzilla films. Why big lizards are so popular is the type of question that helps keep some Japanese magazines alive."

A periodic issue, Chuo Koron, last year stated that Godzilla is like a'sacred monster' that appears to the surface at a time of crisis. Tanaka views this creature as a symbol of Japan's modern fear of nuclear war and convenience that can eliminate the economic prosperity that has been hard earned in the country, saidatur Haberman in his writing in The New York Times newspaper entitled After Nine Years, Godzilla Return to the Screen (1984).

Godzilla's success further catapulted Tanaka's name. Sequel for the sake of Godzilla he made. The Monster is like bringing abundant profits to Tanaka's production house, Toho. Since then, Tanaka and Godzilla's names are like two things that cannot be released.

Tanaka also continues his work in the world of film. No one was able to stop his problem, apart from death. This condition only happened on April 2, 1997. Tanaka died of a stroke. His departure brought deep sorrow from the whole of Japan, then the world.

Tanaka may die. However, Godzilla, his creations continue to live. In fact, to this day.

'Tomoyuki Tanaka, 'parents' of the monster film series Godzilla died of a stroke on April 2 in Tokyo. Or 16 months after his creation that resembled a giant lizard was killed in his last sequel.'

Mr. Tanaka, the former head of the film production company Toho, became famous in 1954 with the film Godzilla. The story of a monster built from his long sleep due to hydrogen bomb testing in the South Pacific, "is written in a report on The Washington Post page entitled 'Godzilla' Creator Tomoyuki Tanaka Dies (1997).