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**Kaneko and Highchi are two of few who had ever created both Gamera and Godzilla films.
 
**Kaneko and Highchi are two of few who had ever created both Gamera and Godzilla films.
 
*In Japan, many have hypothesized that Kaneko's Gamera and his foes could have inspired [[Godzilla (MonsterVerse)|Godzilla]] and [[Muto]]s in [[2014]] film ''[[Godzilla]]'' due to similarities in characters. In an interview on ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinema_Junpo Kinema Junpo]'', Kaneko himself admitted this and commented as "Gareth...off course he must have watched Gamera. It's alright though.".<ref>Sekiguchi Y., 2014, Kinema Junpo, p.48, No.1666, ASIN: B006CDA5BI, Kinema-Junpo,Co.,Ltd.</ref>
 
*In Japan, many have hypothesized that Kaneko's Gamera and his foes could have inspired [[Godzilla (MonsterVerse)|Godzilla]] and [[Muto]]s in [[2014]] film ''[[Godzilla]]'' due to similarities in characters. In an interview on ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinema_Junpo Kinema Junpo]'', Kaneko himself admitted this and commented as "Gareth...off course he must have watched Gamera. It's alright though.".<ref>Sekiguchi Y., 2014, Kinema Junpo, p.48, No.1666, ASIN: B006CDA5BI, Kinema-Junpo,Co.,Ltd.</ref>
**Additionally, characteristics and scenes of [[Mothra (MonsterVerse)|Mothra]] and [[King Ghidorah (MonsterVerse)|King Ghidorah]] in the [[2019]] film ''[[Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]'' are similar to that of Kaneko's Gamera and Godzilla works. After watching ''King of the Monsters'', Kaneko again noted multiple similarities of the film to his ''GMK''.<ref name="Junpo2019">Kinema Junpo No. 1811, 2019, Kinema Junpo, p.2</ref>
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**Additionally, characteristics and scenes of [[Mothra (MonsterVerse)|Mothra]] and [[King Ghidorah (MonsterVerse)|King Ghidorah]] in the [[2019]] film ''[[Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]'' are similar to that of Kaneko's Gamera and Godzilla works. After watching ''King of the Monsters'', Kaneko again noted multiple similarities of the film to his ''GMK''.<ref name="Hiho">Eiga Hiho July 2019 Special, 2019, Yosensha, p.2, ASIN: B07RQ3VBFM</ref>
   
 
==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 13:01, 21 May 2019

Shusuke Kaneko (金子 修介,   Kaneko Shūsuke?) is a Japanese director and screenwriter.

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Filmography

Directing credits

Trivia

  • His wife Nanako Kaneko played several minor roles in the Heisei Gamera Trilogy; first as a zookeeper in the first film and as an interviewer in the third.
  • He and Kazunori Itō were the original staffs of the 1990 film Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars, but the members were later changed while Shinji Higuchi was included.[1][2] These members later gathered for Heisei Gamera Trilogy.
    • Kaneko and Highchi are two of few who had ever created both Gamera and Godzilla films.
  • In Japan, many have hypothesized that Kaneko's Gamera and his foes could have inspired Godzilla and Mutos in 2014 film Godzilla due to similarities in characters. In an interview on Kinema Junpo, Kaneko himself admitted this and commented as "Gareth...off course he must have watched Gamera. It's alright though.".[3]
    • Additionally, characteristics and scenes of Mothra and King Ghidorah in the 2019 film Godzilla: King of the Monsters are similar to that of Kaneko's Gamera and Godzilla works. After watching King of the Monsters, Kaneko again noted multiple similarities of the film to his GMK.[4]

References

  1. 「じんのひろあきインタビュー」『前略、押井守様。』Hiroaki Jinno, Makoto Noda, 1998, Footwork,, p127-p128
  2. Haruhiko Ueshima, 1999,「注目の作家たち 金子修介」『<日本製映画>の読み方 1980-1999』Filmart, p70
  3. Sekiguchi Y., 2014, Kinema Junpo, p.48, No.1666, ASIN: B006CDA5BI, Kinema-Junpo,Co.,Ltd.
  4. Eiga Hiho July 2019 Special, 2019, Yosensha, p.2, ASIN: B07RQ3VBFM