Noriaki Yuasa

Noriaki Yuasa Born September 28, 1933 Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan Died June 14, 2004 (aged 70) Occupation Director, director of special effects 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

2nd assistant director

• Warning from Space (1956) [uncredited]

Director

• Gamera (1965)
• Gamera vs. Gyaos (1967)
• Gamera vs. Viras (1968)
• The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch (1968)
• Gamera vs. Guiron (1969)
• Gamera vs. Jiger (1970)
• Gamera vs. Zigra (1971)
• Iron King (TV 1972) [episode 8]
• Gamera: Super Monster (1980)
• Ultraman 80 (TV 1980-1981) [22 episodes]
• Gamera vs. Garasharp (1991)
• Cosplay Knight Cutie Knight II: The Empire Shop Strikes Back (1996)

Director of special effects

• Gamera (1965) [uncredited]
• Gamera vs. Barugon (1966)
• Gamera vs. Gyaos (1967) [uncredited]
• Gamera vs. Viras (1968) [uncredited]
• Gamera vs. Guiron (1969) [uncredited]
• Gamera vs. Jiger (1970) [uncredited]
• Gamera vs. Zigra (1971) [uncredited]
• Gamera: Super Monster (1980) [uncredited]

Actor

• Warning from Space (1956) as Lake Chuzenji onlooker [uncredited]

Interviewee

• Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1998)

External links

• Interview by David Milner, July 1996

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