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   4/29: Today in G-History   
   29 Apr 13 08:00:23   
   
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   From: reaperg@aol.com   
      
   1922: NORIKO SENGOKU, who played a female villager in "Kwaidan" and   
   the female delegate in "Godzilla vs. Monster Zero", is born in Tokyo.   
   She also played Yoshio Tsuchiya’s kidnapped wife in "The Seven   
   Samurai".   
      
   1930: DAVID O. SELZNICK, who co-produced "King Kong", marries Irene   
   Mayer, daughter of MGM producer Louis B. Mayer.   
        KYOKO KISHIDA, who was the narrator on "The Last Days of Planet   
   Earth" and played Kogo in "Princess from the Moon" and the school   
   master in “School of Ghosts 2”, is born in Tokyo. She was the cousin   
   of Shin Kishida.   
      
   1934: AKIRA TAKARADA, who played Naval Salvage Officer Hideo Ogata in   
   "Godzilla, King of the Monsters", is born in Chosun, Korea. He also   
   played Alpine club member Takeshi Iijima ("The Boy" in the U.S.   
   version) in "Half-Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman", Takano   
   in "The Last War", reporter Ichiro Sakai in "Godzilla vs. the Thing",   
   astronaut Kazuo Fuji in "Godzilla vs. Monster Zero", Yashi the bank   
   robber in "Godzilla versus the Sea Monster", Lt. Cdr. Jiro Nomura in   
   "King Kong Escapes", Dr. Ken Tashiro in "Latitude Zero", Environmental   
   Planning Board Chief Jyoji Minamito in "Godzilla vs. Mothra: The   
   Battle for Earth" and U.N. Secretary General Naotaro Daigo in   
   “Godzilla: Final Wars”, and was in "The Three Treasures" and "Bringing   
   Godzilla Down to Size". One of Toho’s biggest stars, Takarada made his   
   film debut in "And Then the Liberty Bell Rang" and "Bride in a Bathing   
   Suit", and appeared in "Early Autumn", "Chushingura", "A Woman’s   
   Life", "Wall-Eyed Nippon", "100 Shot, 100 Killed", "Booted Babe,   
   Busted Boss", "A-Ge-Man", and "Minbo: Or the Gentle Art of Japanese   
   Extortion”.   
      
   1940: JACK MORRIS, who played rocket pilot Lt. Morris in "The Green   
   Slime", is born in Winnipeg, Man.   
      
   1955: WENDEE LEE is born in Los Angeles. She was the U.S. dubbing   
   voice of Yukiko in "Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis", Iria in "Zeiram 2",   
   several voices on "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers", Knighttime and   
   others on "V.R. Troopers", a reporter on Saban's "Masked Rider",   
   Impersunator on "Power Rangers Zeo", Alpha 6 on "Power Rangers in   
   Space" and "Power Rangers Lost Galaxy", Miyuki on "Kikaider: The   
   Animation", Mari/Bijinder on "Kikaider 01: The Animation", Redeye on   
   "Power Rangers Time Force", Yurika Saegusa in "Alive", and Rika   
   Nishina in "Ju-on: The Grudge".   
      
   1958: "Supa jaiantsu - Uchu kaijin shutsugen" ("Super Giant - The   
   Space Mutant Appears") a.k.a. part one of "Evil Brain from Outer   
   Space" is released in Japan.   
      
   1961: FUMIHIKO TACHIKI, the voice of Uncle Steve in the Japanese dub   
   of "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers", N-Gamio-Deza on "Kamen Rider   
   Decade", and Gaia Memory on "Kamen Rider W", "Kamen Rider W: Forever A   
   to Z", "OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Rider", and "Kamen   
   Rider x Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO Movie War Mega Max", is born in   
   Nagasaki.   
      
   1964: "Mosura tai Gojira" ("Mothra vs. Godzilla") a.k.a. "Godzilla vs.   
   the Thing" a.k.a. "Godzilla vs. Mothra" is released in Japan.   
      
   1972: KAN ISHII, who wrote the music for "Gorath", dies.   
   	     Episode 57 of "Kamen Rider", "Earth-Spider Dogumondo", debuts on   
   Japanese TV.   
        	Episode 5 of "Vigilante Lion Maru" debuts on Japanese TV.   
   	     DEREK MEARS, who played a bounty hunter in “Dragon Wars”, is   
   born in Bakersfield, Calif.   
      
   1978: CHRISTOPHER PELLEGRINI, who played the Secret Service agent in   
   "Blast Dragon Squadron Abaranger vs. Hurricanger", is born in   
   Vermont.   
   	"Uchu kara no messeji" ("Message from Space") is released in Japan.   
      
   1984: FIRASS DIRANI, who played Nick Russell the Red Mystic Ranger on   
   "Power Rangers Mystic Force", is born.   
      
   1989: Episode 10 of "High Speed Squadron Turboranger" debuts on   
   Japanese TV.   
      
   1994: Episode 52 of Season 1 of "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers", "Two   
   Heads Are Better Than One", debuts on Fox.   
      
   1995: Episode 47 of Season 2 of "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers", "Best   
   Man for the Job", debuts on Fox.   
      
   1997: KO NISHIMURA dies of heart failure in Tokyo. He played   
   Secretary 
of the Space Agency Murata in "Gorath", Nishizato in "The   
   Living Skeleton", and Makoto Nishimura in "Tokyo: The Last   
   Megalopolis".   
      
   1999: "Ringu" is released in Hong Kong.   
      
   2000: BOB WEINSTEIN, co-producer of the U.S. version of "Pulse",   
   marries Annie Clayton. Born in 1954 in New York City, he and his   
   brother Harvey founded the Miramax and Dimension film companies.   
   	CLIFTON WELLS, who was the voice of Dr. Nishimura in the U.S. dub of   
   "Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis", dies.   
   	Episode 12 of "Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue", "Truth Discovered",   
   debuts on Fox.   
      
   2001: Episode 11 of "Hundred Beast Squadron Gaoranger" debuts on   
   Japanese TV.   
      
   2003: "Gamera: Attack of Legion" is released on DVD in the U.S.   
      
   2005: “One Missed Call 2” is released in South Korea.   
      
   2006: "Gamera: Chiisaki yusha-tachi" ("Gamera: Little Brave Ones")   
   a.k.a. "Gamera the Brave" is released in Japan.   
   	       YOICHI NUMATA, who played Tamura in "Jigoku", Takashi Yamamura   
   in "Ringu" and "Ringu 2", and Kuka in "The Princess Blade", dies at 81   
   from heart failure in Saitama, Japan.   
      
   2008: "All Monsters Attack" and "Terror of Mechagodzilla" are released   
   on DVD in the U.S. by Classic Media.   
      
   2009: "L: Change the World" is released in the U.S.   
      
   2012: Episode 33 of "Kamen Rider Fourze" debuts on Japanese TV.   
   	Episode 10 of "Special Ops Squadron Go-Busters" debuts on Japanese   
   TV.   
      
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