Noriaki Yuasa

Noriaki Yuasa Born September 28, 1933 Tokyo, Japan First work If You're Happy, Clap Your Hands (1964) Notable work Gamera vs. Guiron (1969)

Noriaki Yuasa (湯浅 憲明,   Yuasa Noriaki) was a Japanese film and television director. He is best known for directing every Showa Gamera film except Gamera vs. Barugon, serving as that film's special effects director instead. Yuasa passed away on June 14, 2004 after suffering a stroke.

Selected Filmography

Director

• Warning from Space (1956) - Assistant director
• Gamera (1965) - Director
• Gamera vs. Barugon (1966) - Director of special effects
• Gamera vs. Gyaos (1967) - Director
• Gamera vs. Viras (1968) - Director
• Gamera vs. Guiron (1969) - Director
• Gamera vs. Jiger (1970) - Director
• Gamera vs. Zigra (1971) - Director
• Iron King (TV 1972) - Director [Episode 8]
• Gamera: Super Monster (1980) - Director, director of special effects
• Ultraman 80 (TV 1980-1981) - Director [22 episodes]
• The Gamera That Never Was: Gamera vs. Garasharp (1991) - Director [short]

Actor

• Warning from Space (1956) as Lake Chuzenji Onlooker

Interviewee

• Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1998)

External Links

• Interview by David Milner, July 1996

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