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      53514041       XPost: alt.movies.monster       From: reaperg@aol.com              1897: JACK STONEY, who played a helper in “Tarantula”, is born in       Pennsylvania.              1921: JAMES WHITMORE, who played Sergeant Ben Peterson in “Them!”, is       born in White Plains, N.Y.              1925: NOBUKO OTOWA is born in Tottori, Japan. She was in “The Three       Treasures”, and played the ill mother in “The Last War”, the       possessive mother in “Onibaba”, and Yone the ghost mother in       “Kuroneko”, and was married to director Kaneto Shindo.              1926: BIN MORITSUKA, who was on “Sukeban Deka” and played an old man       on “Sukeban Deka II”, is born in Tokyo.              1932: SHIGEHARU SHIBA, who produced “The Red Spectacles”, is born.              1935: TERUYOSHI NAKANO, special effects director on “Daigoro vs.       Goliath”, “Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster”, “Godzilla on Monster       Island”, “Godzilla vs. Megalon”, “Godzilla vs. the Cosmic Monster”,       “Terror of Mechagodzilla”, and “Godzilla 1985”, is born in Manchuria.       Beginning his career at Toho as Eiji Tsuburaya’s assistant on “The       Three Treasures”, he also did the sfx for “The Vampire Doll”, “Lake of       Dracula”, “Daigoro vs. Goliath”, “Tidal Wave”, “Zone Fighter”, “The       Last Days of Planet Earth”, “Evil of Dracula”, “ESPY”, “The War in       Space”, “Deathquake”, “Pulgasary”, “Tokyo Blackout”, and “Princess of       the Moon”, and had previously been assistant director of special       effects on “The Secret of the Telegian”, “The Last War”, “Gorath”,       “King Kong vs. Godzilla”, “Attack of the Mushroom People”, “Atragon”,       “Godzilla vs. the Thing”, “Dogora the Space Monster”, “Ghidrah — the       Three-Headed Monster”, “Frankenstein Conquers the World”, “Don’t Call       Me a Con Man”, “Godzilla vs. Monster Zero”, “War of the Gargantuas”,       “Godzilla versus the Sea Monster”, “Destroy All Monsters”, “Godzilla’s       Revenge”, and “Yog — Monster from Space”.              1943: MITSUO HAMADA, who played Goro Kirishima a.k.a. “Iron King”, is       born in Tokyo.              1957: “Supa Jyaiantsu: kaiseijin no majo” (“Super Giant: The Evil       Castle of the Mysterious Planet People”) a.k.a. part one of “Invaders       from Space” released in Japan.        “Godzilla Raids Again” is released in France.              1967: “Urotora Sebun” (“Ultra Seven”) premieres on Japanese TV with       Episode 1, “Enter Dan Moroboshi”.              1972: Episode 27 of “Superhuman Barom-1” debuts on Japanese TV.        Episode 14 of “Iron King”, “Secret of the Brainwave Robot”, debuts on       Japanese TV.              1973: JOE DEVLIN, who played a reporter in “Mighty Joe Young”, dies in       Burbank, Calif.        HARUKI KADOKAWA, executive producer of “G.I. Samurai” and “Virus”,       divorces his first wife, Yoshiko.              1977: Episode 23 of “JAKQ Blitzkrieg Squad”, “The White Superhuman!       Big One”, debuts on Japanese TV.              1979: Episode 22 of “Megaloman, “Warrior of Fire”, “The Secret of the       Megalo-Fire”, debuts on Japanese TV.              1983: Episode 35 of “Science Squadron Dynaman” debuts on Japanese TV.              1986: SAYAKA KANDA, who played Ako Seto in “Dragonhead” and Sora in       “Kamen Rider Den-o: Final Countdown”, is born in Tokyo.              1987: HIROKI AIBA, who played Ryunosuke Ikenami/Shinken Blue on       “Samurai Squadron Shinkenger”, “Kamen Rider Decade”, “Samurai Squadron       Shinkenger the Movie: The Fateful War”, “Samurai Squadron Shinkenger       vs. Go-onger”, “Celestial Clothing Squadron Goseiger vs. Shinkenger”,       “Samurai Squadron Shinkenger Returns: Special Act”, and “Pirate       Squadron Gokaiger”, is born in Chiba, Japan.              1992: TOMISABURO WAKAYAMA, who played Ulrov in “E.S.P.Y.”, dies of a       heart attack in Tokyo.              1993: A memorial service is held for Raymond Burr at the Pasadena       Playhouse, where he made his acting debut.        Episode 32 of “Five Star Squadron Dairanger”, “The Devil of the       Golden Kick”, debuts on Japanese TV.              1996: NOBUO TSUKAMOTO, who played Captain Kato on “Return of Ultraman”       and Jiro Tanihara on “Sky Rider” and “Kamen Rider Super-1”, dies at 63       of a brain hemorrhage.              1998: “Godzilla” is released in the Netherlands.              2000: Episode 34 of “Kamen Rider Kuuga”, “Shudder”, debuts on Japanese       TV.        Episode 32 of “Future Squadron Timeranger” debuts on Japanese TV.              2001: “War of the Gargantuas” is released on Region 2 DVD by Classic       Media.              2003: “Rebirth of Mothra” premieres in Finland on TV.              2005: “Chosei kantai Sazer-X” premieres on Japanese TV.        Episode 14 of “Ultraman Max”, “I Love King Joe!”, debuts on Japanese       TV.              2006: “Mighty Joe Young” is released on DVD in France.              2008: MAYUMI SADA, who played Sagure in “Casshern”, marries Kunichi       Nomura.              2009: “Yatterman” premieres in Spain at the Sitges International       Fantastic Film Festival.              2010: Episode 26, the final episode of “Daimajin Kanon”, debuts on       Japanese TV.        “Mutant Girls Squad” premires in Portugal at the MOTELx Lisbon Horror       International Film Festival.              2011: Episode 1.17 of “Power Rangers Samurai”, “Broken Dreams”, debuts       on Nickelodeon.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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