Akira Tsuburaya

Production

Akira Tsuburaya

Born 1944-02-12 · Tokyo, Japan

Akira Tsuburaya (円谷 粲, Tsuburaya Akira) is a Japanese former film and television producer under Tsuburaya Productions. He is the third son of Eiji Tsuburaya, with his older brothers including Hajime Tsuburaya and Noboru Tsuburaya. In 1966, after graduating from Tamagawa University, Akira Tsuburaya joined Tsuburaya Productions. During that time, he worked as an assistant director on projects such as "Ultra Q" (1966), "Ultraman" (1966-1967), "Ultraseven" (1967-1968), and "Operation: Mystery" (1968-1969). In 1970, he began his career as a producer for visual production, starting with Chibira-kun. After leaving Tsuburaya Productions in 1989, he founded the production company Tsuburaya Eizo. He returned to Tsuburaya Productions in 2002 as Vice President, primarily overseeing the production department. He left once again in 2005, and from that year, he has served as a director for Tsuburaya Yume Kobo.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Mikadroid poster
5.7

During World War II, the Japanese military established a secret underground laboratory in Tokyo. Three Olympic-level athletes were selected to undergo a process that would turn them into Jinra-go, superhuman armored soldiers. By March 1945, one of the soldiers had been completely transformed into the half man/half machine ultimate soldier called Mikadroid. But American B-29s firebomb the city and, while the two super soldiers manage to escape, Mikadroid and the lab are apparently destroyed. 45 years pass, Tokyo is rebuilt, and old secrets are forgotten. The site is now home to a complex that includes the Discoclub Layla. The disco’s patrons dance late into the night, unaware that a faulty basement generator has reactivated Mikadroid and the cyborg now prowls the basement levels, killing anyone in its path...

Mikadroid

1991

Jumborg Ace and Giant poster
4.0

When the aliens steal the Suriyatras diamond and combine it with the power of the sun to make a beam that can destroy the Earth. A robot and an ancient god must join forces to fight the alien invaders to get the diamond back. This film was the first collaboration between Tsuburaya Productions of Japan and Chaiyo Productions of Thailand. Based on the final episode of the Jumborg Ace TV series

Jumborg Ace and Giant

1974

Fugitive Alien poster
3.9

An alien is pursued as a traitor by his own race because he refuses to kill humans.

Fugitive Alien

1987

Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars poster
8.0

A series of serial murders occurred in a historic ruins where a TV crew is shooting a documentary.

Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars

1990

Jumborg Ace and Giant (2001 Special Edition) poster
NR

The Special Edition edit of the Thai and Japanese Coproduction Jumborg Ace and Giant from 2001. This edit removes the comedy scenes from the 1974 film and substitutes the comedy with footage from the Jumborg Ace TV show. This version of the film is redubbed.

Jumborg Ace and Giant (2001 Special Edition)

2001

Metal Kaiser poster
NR

In The Year 2056 in Xinghai City, a strange red aurora had appeared in the sky. The red aurora-attracted evil forces was released and turns into Monsters. In the heaven realm, a Wizard(仙翁)gives the fairy Meimei(美美)four different Crystal Bangles, told that she must find four talented people to transform them into Kaisers, a type of giant warriors to stop the monster.

Metal Kaiser

2007

Star Force: Fugitive Alien II poster
4.7

In this second film compiled from episodes of a Japanese TV serial, Captain Joe, reformed interstellar marauder Ken and the rest of the crew of the Bacchus-III set off to destroy an alien race's super-weapon.

Star Force: Fugitive Alien II

1987

Rosetta The Masked Angel: Rosetta Vs. Freia poster
NR

Direct-to-video movie based on Rosetta: The Masked Angel series.

Rosetta The Masked Angel: Rosetta Vs. Freia

1999