Masaichi Nagata

Masaichi Nagata (永田 雅一, Nagata Masaichi, 21 January 1906 – 24 October 1985) was a Japanese businessman and served as president of Daiei Film. The self-proclaimed creator of Gamera, he produced the kaiju's second film Gamera vs. Barugon, with the remainder of the Showa Gamera films produced instead by his son Hidemasa Nagata. Either Masaichi or Hideo Matsuyama (jp), the inventor of the "Silver Week", was also the inventor of the advertising slogan "Golden Week", and the first president of the Pacific League. His achievements to contribute in the golden era of Japanese film industries granted a title "Father of the film industry" in Japan, while his well-known nicknames "Nagata Trumpet" and "Fixer of political world" were given due to his boasting behaviors and connections with political circles. Nagata was also known for his friendship with Walt Disney where Disney called him a "brother", and had associated in Disney-related businesses such as distributions of Disney films by Daiei Film, publication of Bambi, a Life in the Woods, construction of Nara Dreamland, and so on. His biological and non-biological relatives include a film and television producer Mamoru Nagata (jp) (grandson), Masashi Nagata who is the current chairman of Nagata Kikaku founded by Masaichi (grandson), a businessman Masao Nagata known as the youtuber "Nagata Trumpet" (great-grandson), Ichikawa Raizō VIII's wife Masako (adopted daughter), and his nephew-in-law Masayuki Tayayama (jp) is the first professional taiko player in Japan.