Yoichi Manoda

Yoichi Manoda Born October 6, 1935 Tokyo, Japan Occupation Cinematographer, director of special effects, producer First work Eagle of the Pacific (1953)

Yoichi Manoda (真野田 陽一,   Manoda Yōichi) is a Japanese cinematographer, special effects director and television producer.

Manoda studied under Eiji Tsuburaya at the Tsuburaya Special Research Institute before transferring to Toho in 1953. He served as an assistant cameraman on a number of the company's tokusatsu films through the 1960s until his promotion to special effects cinematographer in 1966, succeeding Sadamasa Arikawa. In 1971, Manoda was given the position of lead director of photography on Godzilla vs. Hedorah, but left the film industry shortly thereafter to work as a special effects director on several of Tsuburaya and Toho's television productions.

Selected filmography

Assistant special effects cinematographer

• Godzilla (1954) [with Sadamasa Arikawa, Motoyoshi Tomioka, Sachio Kabayama, Hajime Tsuburaya, Masakatsu Asai]
• Invisible Man (1954) [with Sadamasa Arikawa, Motoyoshi Tomioka, Yukio Kabashima]
• Godzilla Raids Again (1955) [with Sadamasa Arikawa, Motoyoshi Tomioka, Koichi Takano, Hajime Tsuburaya]
• Half Human (1955) [with Sadamasa Arikawa, Motoyoshi Tomioka]
• The Legend of the White Serpent (1956) [with Sadamasa Arikawa, Motoyoshi Tomioka, Yukio Kabashima, Masakatsu Asai]
• Rodan (1956) [with Sadamasa Arikawa, Motoyoshi Tomioka]
• The Mysterians (1957) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka, Yoshiyuki Tokuma, Koichi Takano, Yukio Kabashima, Takao Miyuki]
• The H-Man (1958) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka, Tokimaro Karasawa]
• Varan (1958) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka, Tokimaro Karasawa]
• The Three Treasures (1959) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka, Tokimaro Karasawa]
• Battle in Outer Space (1959) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka, Takao Tsurumi, Takeshi Yamamoto, Tokimaro Karasawa]
• The Secret of the Telegian (1960) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka, Takeshi Yamamoto, Tokimaro Karasawa]
• The Human Vapor (1960) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka, Tokimaro Karasawa]
• Mothra (1961) [with Takeshi Yamamoto, Tokimaro Karasawa, Takao Tsurumi]
• The Last War (1961) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka, Tokimaro Karasawa, Takeshi Yamamoto, Takao Tsurumi]
• Gorath (1962) [with Tokimaro Karasawa, Takeshi Yamamoto, Takao Tsurumi, Takeshi Miyanishi]
• King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) [with Tokimaro Karasawa, Takeshi Yamamoto, Takao Tsurumi, Kenya Mukai, Takeshi Miyanishi, Koichi Kawakita]
• Matango (1963) [with Tokimaro Karasawa, Takao Tsurumi, Koichi Kawakita]
• Atragon (1963) [with Tokimaro Karasawa, Takeshi Yamamoto, Takao Tsurumi, Kenya Mukai, Takeshi Miyanishi, Koichi Kawakita]
• Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) [with Tokimaro Karasawa, Takeshi Yamamoto, Takao Tsurumi, Kenya Mukai, Takeshi Miyanishi, Koichi Kawakita]
• Dogora (1964) [with Tokimaro Karasawa, Takeshi Yamamoto, Takao Tsurumi, Takeshi Miyanishi, Koichi Kawakita]
• Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) [with Tokimaro Karasawa, Takeshi Yamamoto, Takao Tsurumi, Takeshi Miyanishi, Koichi Kawakita]
• Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965) [with Tokimaro Karasawa, Takeshi Yamamoto, Takao Tsurumi, Kenya Mukai, Takeshi Miyanishi, Mitsuru Toriumi]
• Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965) [with Tokimaro Karasawa, Takeshi Yamamoto, Takao Tsurumi, Takeshi Miyanishi]
• The War of the Gargantuas (1966) [with Tokimaro Karasawa, Takeshi Yamamoto, Takao Tsurumi, Kenya Mukai, Takeshi Miyanishi, Mitsuru Toriumi]
• All Monsters Attack (1969) [with Tokimaro Karasawa, Takao Tsurumi, Kenya Mukai, Mitsuru Toriumi]

Special effects cinematographer

• Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka]
• King Kong Escapes (1967) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka]
• Son of Godzilla (1967) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka]
• Destroy All Monsters (1968) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka]
• Latitude Zero (1969) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka]
• Space Amoeba (1970) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka]

Cinematographer

• Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)

Director of special effects

• Return of Ultraman (TV 1971-1972) [episodes 39-40, 43-44, 47-51]
• Mirrorman (TV 1971-1972) [episodes 19-20, 23-24]
• Jumborg Ace (TV 1973) [episodes 16, 18]
• Warrior of Light Diamond Eye (TV 1973-1974) [episodes 1-26]
• Flying Saucer War Bankid (TV 1976-1977) [episodes 1-26]
• Flying Saucer War Bankid (1977) [compilation film]
• Megaloman (TV 1979-1980) [episodes 1-2]

Producer

• Megaloman (TV 1979-1980) [with Kiichi Shimomura, Etsuo Yamamoto]

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