Eiji Tsuburaya

Eiji Tsuburaya was a Japanese special effects director. Known as the "Father of Tokusatsu", he worked on 250 feature films in a career spanning 50 years. He is regarded as one of the co-creators of the Godzilla series, as well as the main creator of the Ultra series. During his rise to post-war fame in the wake of Godzilla, it was widely reported that Tsuburaya was born on July 7, which is the high day of Tanabata, a sign of good fortune.