Kimiyoshi Yasuda

Kimiyoshi Yasuda Born February 15, 1911 Tokyo, Japan Died July 26, 1983 Occupation Director First work The Million Ryo Pot (1935) Notable work Daimajin (1966)

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Kimiyoshi Yasuda (安田 公義,   Yasuda Kimiyoshi) was a Japanese film director. He began his career in 1935, working as an assistant director for Nikkatsu Kyoto Studio. He joined Daiei Kyoto Studio as a director in 1944. He was best known for period dramas, including entries in the Zatoichi and Nemuri Kyoshiro series. His tokusatsu works included the first Daimajin film and the first and third entries in the Yokai Monsters series. Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts was co-directed with Yoshiyuki Kuroda, who had directed the special effects for Yasuda's Daimajin and Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters.

Selected filmography

Director

• Suzunosuke Akado: Defeat the Demon-Faced Gang (1957)
• Suzunosuke Akado: The Vacuum Slash of Asuka (1957)
• Suzunosuke Akado: The One-Legged Demon (1957)
• Daimajin (1966)
• Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters (1968)
• Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts (1969) [with Yoshiyuki Kuroda]

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