Isao Kaneko
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Isao Kaneko (金子 功 is a Kaneko Isao)Japanese director. He was appointed as the director of special effects of Kadokawa's 2006 film Gamera the Brave.
Selected filmography
- Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) - Assistant director
- Mikazuki (TV 2000-2001) - First assistant director
- Gamera the Brave (2006) - Director of special effects
- Assault Girls (2009) - First assistant director
Actor
- Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) as TNN cameraman [uncredited][1]
Trivia
- Coincidentally, Kaneko shares his surname with Heisei Gamera Trilogy director Shusuke Kaneko.
- Though he was in charge of special effects shooting and addressed as a director onset, Kaneko is only credited on Gamera the Brave for "special effects direction" (特撮演出, as opposed to the "director of special effects" tokusatsu enshutsu) (特撮監督 titles used for tokusatsu kantoku, or 特技監督 tokugi kantoku)Noriaki Yuasa and Shinji Higuchi on Gamera vs. Barugon and the Heisei Gamera Trilogy, respectively. In an interview for the Gamera the Brave Super Complete Works, Kaneko explained that Ryuta Tasaki should be seen as the film's only director, while he was simply an "assistant" to Tasaki by realizing the special effects sequences.[2]
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