Director

Takeshi Kimura

Writing

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 29

TMDB ID: 30464

IMDb ID: nm0454119

Known for: Writing

Born: February 4, 1911

Died: May 3, 1987

Age: 76

Place of birth: Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1953 - 2026

Years active: 74

Average TMDB rating: 6.57

Wikidata: Q7678126

Also known as

Kaoru Mabuchi • まぶちかおる • Kaoru Mabuči • Mabuchi Kaoru • Kimura Takeshi • 馬淵薫 • 馬淵薰

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Screenplay (24)Original Story (2)Writer (2)Original Film Writer (1)

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Biography

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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