Kiyotaka Taguchi

Kiyotaka Taguchi Born May 7, 1980 Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan First work Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000) Notable work Geharha: The Dark and Long Hair Monster (2009)

Kiyotaka Taguchi (田口清隆,   Taguchi Kiyotaka) is a Japanese film and television director. He is best known as the head director of the two recent seasons in the Ultra Series, Ultraman X and Ultraman Orb, as well as their respective films. His action scenes often make use of complex long takes seldom seem elsewhere in the tokusatsu genre.

Kaiju Filmography

Director

• G (2008) [short]
• Geharha: The Dark and Long Hair Monster (2009) [short]
• Neo Ultra Q (TV 2013) [episodes 2, 6, and 9]
• Ultraman Ginga S (TV 2014) [episodes 6-8 and 11-12]
• Fool Japan: The ABCs of Tetsudon (2015) [segment: "Zone"]
• Ultraman X (TV 2015) [episodes 1, 15-16, and 21-22]
• Ultraman X The Movie (2016)
• Ultraman Orb (TV 2016) [episodes 1-3, 11-12, and 24-25]
• Ultraman Orb The Movie (2017)
• Ultraman Geed (TV 2017) [episode 11, other episodes to be announced]
• Tetsudon Kaiju Dream Match (2017) [segment: "Female Weapon 701"]
• Ultraman Zero VR (2017) [short]

Special Effects

• Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000) - Assistant special effects director
• Ultraman Cosmos: The First Contact (2001) - Assistant special effects director
• Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) - Assistant special effects director
• Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002) - Assistant special effects director
• Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003) - Assistant special effects director
• Godzilla: Final Wars (2004) - Assistant art director, digital composites
• Gamera the Brave (2006) - Assistant special effects director
• MM9 (TV 2010) - Special effects supervisor [episodes 1-3]
• Jellyfish Eyes (2013) - Special effects supervisor
• Love & Peace (2015) - Special effects supervisor
• "Mayday: 少年他的奇幻漂流" (2017) - Director of special effects [music video]

Gallery

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  Taguchi on the set of Neo Ultra Q

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  Taguchi on the set of Ultraman X

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  Taguchi with Ultraman X at the 2015 International Tokyo Toy Show

Videos

2012 SciFi Japan TV interview Taguchi guides three children through the making of their own kaiju film The music video for Mayday's "少年他的奇幻漂流"

External Links

• SciFi Japan article on Taguchi and G
• Interview by Kyle Byrd and Matt Parmley (July 2017)
• Twitter account

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