Kiyotaka Taguchi
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Kiyotaka Taguchi (田口清隆 is a Taguchi Kiyotaka)Japanese film and television director. He is best known as the head director of 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 seen elsewhere in the tokusatsu genre.
Selected 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) [episodes 11-12]
- Tetsudon Kaiju Dream Match (2017) [segment: "Female Weapon 701"]
- Ultraman Zero VR (2017) [short]
- Ultraman R/B (TV 2018) [episodes 4-5]
- Ultraman Taiga (TV 2019) [episode 4]
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) - Special effects art assistant, digital effects
- Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003) - Digital effects
- 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]
- Return of Izenborg (2018) - Director of special effects
Actor
- Ultraman Orb The Movie (2017) as Kaiju-Obsessed Pedestrian
Gallery
Taguchi with Jordan Vogt-Roberts and Shinji Higuchi
Videos
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External Links
- SciFi Japan article on Taguchi and G
- Interview by Kyle Byrd and Matt Parmley (July 2017)
- Twitter account
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