Shunrō Oshikawa
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Shunrō Oshikawa was a Japanese author, journalist and editor, best known as a pioneer of science fiction.
Oshikawa in 1914, a few months prior to his death
Atragon
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Atragon is a 1963 Japanese epic science fiction film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho, it is based on The Undersea Warship: A Fantasti
Shunrō Oshikawa
…adaptations of his books, starting in the 1960s, did gain a considerable audience in America and Europe, such as Kaitei Gunkan (1963, released in the US as Atragon) – an adaptation which came to be considered "a Classic of Science Fiction Films" – and Shin Kaitei Gunkan (1996 and 1998, released in the US as Super…
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