Akira Tsuburaya | |||||
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円谷 粲 | |||||
![]() Tsuburaya, c. 1965 | |||||
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Alma mater | Tamagawa University[2] | ||||
Occupation(s) | Film and television producer | ||||
Years active | 1965–2006 | ||||
Children | Yūko Tsuburaya | ||||
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Japanese name | |||||
Kanji | 円谷 粲 | ||||
Kana | つぶらや あきら[1] | ||||
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Akira Tsuburaya (円谷 粲, Tsuburaya Akira, born February 12, 1944) is a former Japanese film and television producer. The third son of special effects director Eiji Tsuburaya, he began his career at his father's company Tsuburaya Productions while at Tamagawa University in 1966.[2] Tsuburaya had an extremely prolific five-decade career in film and television, during which he worked on over 80 productions.