Yasuyuki Inoue

Yasuyuki Inoue Born November 26, 1922 Fukuoka, Japan Died February 19, 2012 Occupation Production designer First work Godzilla (1954)

Yasuyuki Inoue (井上 泰幸 (やすゆき),   Inoue Yasuyuki), also known as Taiko Inoue (井上 泰幸 (たいこう),   Inoue Taikō), was a Japanese art director who worked on numerous tokusatsu films for Toho.

Selected filmography

Assistant special effects art director

• Godzilla (1954) [uncredited]
• The Mysterians (1957) [uncredited]
• The Last War (1961) [uncredited]
• Gorath (1962) [uncredited]
• King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) [uncredited]
• Samurai Pirate (1963) [uncredited]
• Atragon (1963) [uncredited]
• Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) [uncredited]
• Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965) [uncredited]

Special effects art director

• Ultra Q (TV 1966) [episodes 1-2, 17]
• The War of the Gargantuas (1966)
• Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)
• King Kong Escapes (1967)
• Son of Godzilla (1967)
• Destroy All Monsters (1968)
• Latitude Zero (1969)
• Space Amoeba (1970)
• Submersion of Japan (1973)
• Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974)
• The War in Space (1977)
• The Phoenix (1978)
• Magnitude 7.9 (1980)
• The Return of Godzilla (1984)
• Tokyo Blackout (1987)
• Princess from the Moon (1987)

Miscellaneous

• The Legend of the White Serpent (1956) - Assistant art director
• Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) - Art director
• Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996) - Miniature maker

Interviewee

• Bringing Godzilla Down to Size (2008)

Gallery

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  Yasuyuki Inoue on the set of Rodan

External links

• SciFi Japan interview on Yasuyuki Inoue with Steve Ryfle and Oki Miyano

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