Takeshi Kimura

Kaoru Mabuchi 馬淵 薫 Mabuchi Kaoru known by the pen name Takeshi Kimura 木村 武 Kimura Takeshi was a Japanese screenwriter who wrote many of Tohos nonGodzilla tokusatsu films during the Showa era Unlike his contemporary Shinichi Sekizawa whose screenplays were noted for their lighthearted and fun tone Mabuchis screenplays were comparatively more gloomy and contained more political themes Mabuchi considered his screenplay for Ishiro Hondas Matango to be his best work and was considerably less enthusiastic about his later work Kimura passed away on May 3 1987 due to a throat obstruction Wrote screenplays under his birth name Kaoru Mabuchi as well as under his pen name Takeshi Kimura