Kaoru Mabuchi

Kaoru Mabuchi Born February 4, 1911 Osaka, Japan Died May 3, 1987 (aged 76) Occupation Screenwriter First work Red-Light Bases (1953) Notable work Matango (1963)

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Kaoru Mabuchi (馬淵 薫,   Mabuchi Kaoru), known professionally as Takeshi Kimura (木村 武,   Kimura Takeshi) from 1953 to 1964, was a Japanese screenwriter who co-wrote the Godzilla films Destroy All Monsters (1968) and Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971), as well as writing many of Toho's other tokusatsu films of the Shōwa period. 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 (1963) to be his best work, and was considerably less enthusiastic about his later work. He passed away on May 3, 1987, due to a throat obstruction.

Selected filmography

Screenwriter

• Rodan (1956) [as Takeshi Kimura; with Takeo Murata]
• The Mysterians (1957) [as Takeshi Kimura]
• The H-Man (1958) [as Takeshi Kimura]
• The Human Vapor (1960) [as Takeshi Kimura]
• The Last War (1961) [as Takeshi Kimura]
• Gorath (1962) [as Takeshi Kimura]
• Matango (1963) [as Takeshi Kimura]
• Samurai Pirate (1963) [as Takeshi Kimura; with Shinichi Sekizawa]
• Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965)
• The Adventures of Takla Makan (1966)
• The War of the Gargantuas (1966) [with Ishiro Honda]
• King Kong Escapes (1967)
• Destroy All Monsters (1968) [with Ishiro Honda]
• Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) [with Yoshimitsu Banno]

Unproduced works

• Ultra Q (TV 1966) [unaired episode "Ghost Car"]
• Godzilla vs. the Space Monsters: Earth Defense Directive (1971)

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