Eiichi Asada

Eiichi Asada Born March 13, 1949 Uryu, Hokkaido, Japan Occupation Special effects director First work Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)

Eiichi Asada (浅田 英一,   Asada Eiichi) is a Japanese special effects director. He notably directed the effects for the final two entries in the Millennium series of Godzilla films.

Selected filmography

Assistant director

• Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) [with Yoshio Tabuchi, Shunichi Nakano]
• Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) [with Koichi Kawakita, Shunichi Kobayashi]
• ESPY (1974) [with Shunichi Kobayashi, Kazuo Yoshida]

Assistant director of special effects

• Submersion of Japan (1973) [with Koichi Kawakita]
• Conflagration (1975) [with Shinichi Kamisawa]
• The War in Space (1977) [with Kiyotaka Matsumoto, Toshiyuki Takano]

1st assistant director of special effects

• Submersion of Japan: Television Series (TV 1974-1975) [unknown number of episodes]
• Magnitude 7.9 (1980)
• Bye-Bye Jupiter (1984)
• The Return of Godzilla (1984)
• Pulgasari (1985)
• Tokyo Blackout (1987)
• Princess from the Moon (1987)

Director of special effects

• Reiko, the Psyche Resurrected (1991) [with Takao Okawara]
• Godzilla: Tokyo SOS (2003)
• Godzilla Final Wars (2004)

Interviewee

• The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga (2019)

Gallery

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  Eiichi Asada with the Cybot Godzilla from The Return of Godzilla

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  Eiichi Asada with the KiryuGoji during filming of Godzilla: Tokyo SOS

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  Eiichi Asada (far left, front row) with Masaaki Tezuka and the cast of Godzilla: Tokyo SOS

External links

• Interview with Eiichi Asada by Brett Homenick (published July 15, 2021)

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