Happy Birthday Tomoyuki Tanaka

Above, producer Tomoyuki Tanaka in front of the Yurakucho
Mullion building in Tokyo with a couple of friends in 1984.

Today in 1910, Toho producer Tomoyuki Tanaka was born.

According to Wikipedia:

Tomoyuki Tanaka (田中 友幸 Tanaka Tomoyuki) was a Japanese film producer, most famous for creating the Godzilla series. He was born in Kashiwara, Osaka, Japan on April 26, 1910, and died in Tokyo on April 2, 1997. Tanaka was married to the actress Chieko Nakakita (1926 – 2005). He died of a stroke at the age of 86.

Let's raise a glass in honor of Mr. Tanaka!