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Motoyoshi Oda
Motoyoshi Oda () (July 21, 1910; Moji City, Fukuoka – October 21, 1973; Tokyo) was a Japanese film director.
An English major who graduated from Waseda University, one of Japan's most prestigious, in 1935, Motoyoshi Oda was promptly accepted into the directors' program at Tokyo's P.C.L. (Photo Chemical Laboratories, a film company later incorporated into Toho Studios). He studied under director Kajiro Yamamoto, as did Akira Kurosawa, Ishirō Honda, and Senkichi Taniguchi. When
Tomoyuki Tanaka to produce a sequel, due to Mori being pleased with the box office results for the first film. Ishirō Honda was unavailable to return to direct the sequel due to directing "Love Makeup" at the time. Japanese publications indicated that Tanaka attached Motoyoshi Oda to direct the film, rather than waiting for Honda, due to Mori fearing to lose the momentum of the first "Godzilla" film's success. Screenwriter Takeo Murata originally wanted to show a scene of chaos and looting in the middle of the monster battle