Excerpts from Shigeru Kayama’s diary

検討用台本「G作品・検討稿」完成まで香山滋の日記抜粋

Excerpts from Shigeru Kayama’s diary until the completion of the script for review “G Works Review Draft”

1954年
1954

5月12日(水)晴
「東宝文芸部」「荒木書房」来訪。東宝より怪獣トリック映画製作協力を求む。おもしろそうな仕事なれば諾す。

May 12th (Wednesday) Sunny
Toho Literature Department and Araki Shobo visit. Toho asks for cooperation in making a monster trick movie. If it’s an interesting job, I’ll accept.

5月21日(金)雨
今日より東宝映画「ゴジラ」(ゴリラとクジラの合ひの子)を考え始める。

May 21st (Friday) Rain
Today I start thinking about the Toho movie “Godzilla” (a hybrid of a gorilla and a whale).

5月22日(土)雨
「ゴジラ」を26枚

May 22nd (Saturday) Rain
26 “Godzilla” photos

5月23日(日)小雨
「ゴジラ」の残り24枚と仕上げ。

May 23rd (Sun) Light rain
Finishing up the remaining 24 Godzilla prints.

5月25日(火)晴
午後3時より渋谷「菊亭」にて「ゴジラ」打合せ顔合わせ。田中プロデューサー、円谷キャメラマン、村田シナリオライター、本多監督、文芸部松下氏、出席、泊。

May 25th (Tuesday) Fine weather
Godzilla meeting at Kikutei in Shibuya from 3pm. Producer Tanaka, cameraman Tsuburaya, scriptwriter Murata, director Honda, and Matsushita from the literature department attended and stayed overnight.

5月26日(水)晴
菊亭に罐詰にされ、「ゴジラ」の稿書き直し。泊。

May 26th (Wednesday) Sunny
I was sent to Kikutei to rewrite the manuscript for “Godzilla”. Overnight.

5月27日(木)晴
正午より、前日の顔触れ集り原作の検討。大体パスする。

May 27th (Thursday) Sunny
From noon, the people from the previous day gathered to discuss the original story. Most of them passed.

6月4日(金)晴
夕刻より成城学園の某旅館にて「ゴジラ」シナリオ検討。帰り終電。

June 4th (Friday) Sunny
In the evening, we discussed the “Godzilla” scenario at a certain inn in Seijo Gakuen. We caught the last train home.

6月7日(月)曇
夕方より成城学園の旅館「柳生」にて「G作品」(ゴジラ)シナリオの再検討。泊。

June 7th (Monday) Cloudy
In the evening, I went to the “Yagyu” inn at Seijo Gakuen to revisit the “G Work” (Godzilla) scenario. Overnight.

Source: 1954「ゴジラ」研究極本