Kanju Yagi and Yasuei Yagi

Kanju Yagi / Yasuei Yagi Kanju (top left) and Yasuei (bottom right) Yagi with Eizo Kaimai during production of Godzilla Raids Again Occupation Modelers First work Godzilla (1954)

The Yagi brothers (八木兄弟,   Yagi Kyōdai), Kanju (八木勘寿,   Yagi Kanju) and Yasuei (八木康栄,   Yagi Yasuei), are Japanese molders and modelers.

Selected Filmography

Molding / Modeling

• Godzilla (1954)
• Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
• Mothra (1961)
• The Last War (1961)
• Gorath (1962)
• King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
• Atragon (1963)
• Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
• Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
• Gamera (1965)
• Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965)
• The War of the Gargantuas (1966)
• Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)
• Son of Godzilla (1967)
• Destroy All Monsters (1968)
• Latitude Zero (1969)
• All Monsters Attack (1969)
• Space Amoeba (1970)

Acting

• Gamera (1965) - Gamera [Kanju only; role shared with multiple other members of the special effects staff]

Gallery

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  From left: Unidentified, Katsumi Tezuka, Teizo Toshimitsu, Kanju Yagi, Eizo Kaimai, and Yasuei Yagi during production of Godzilla Raids Again.

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  From left: Unidentified, Eizo Kaimai, Teizo Toshimitsu, and Yasuei Yagi with the Godzilla and Anguirus suits created for The Volcano Monsters.

External Links

• Yasuei Yagi on Toho Official Site.
• Kanju Yagi on Toho Official Site.

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