Noriaki Yuasa

Noriaki Yuasa Born September 28, 1933 Setagaya, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan Died June 14, 2004 (aged 70) Occupation Director, director of special effects First work Warning from Space (1956) 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

Director

• Gamera the Giant Monster (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]
• Cosplay Warrior Cutie Knight 2: The Empire Shop Strikes Back (1996)

Director of special effects

• 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]

Supervisor

• Daiei SFX Graffiti 2: Gamera Special Part 1 (1984)
• Daiei SFX Graffiti 3: Gamera Special Part 2 (1984)
• Gamera vs. Garasharp (1991) [short]
• Cosplay Warrior Cutie Knight (1995)

Actor

• Warning from Space (1956) as Lake Chuzenji onlooker [uncredited]
• Cosplay Warrior Cutie Knight (1995) as Dr. Yuasa / Rarigonika
• Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1998) as himself [interviewee]

Miscellaneous

• Warning from Space (1956) - Assistant director [uncredited]
• Giant Horde Beast Nezura (1963, canceled) - Trailer editor
• Cosplay Warrior Cutie Knight 2: The Empire Shop Strikes Back (1996) - Screenwriter

Selected bibliography

• Gamera Giant Monster Pictorial Book (1979) - Supervisor
• Gamera the Giant Monster Secret Photo Collection (2001) - Supervisor

Trivia

• A fictionalized version of Yuasa named Kazuaki Yukawa appeared in the 2021 3Y Films production Nezura 1964, portrayed by Kazuma Yoneyama.

External links

• Interview by David Milner, July 1996 (archived)

References

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