Noriaki Yuasa

Noriaki Yuasa
Noriaka Yuasa in 1967
Born(1933-09-28)28 September 1933
Tokyo, Japan
Died14 June 2004(2004-06-14) (aged 70)
Japan
OccupationFilm director
FatherHikaru Hoshi (jp)

Noriaki Yuasa (湯浅 憲明, Yuasa Noriaki) (28 September 1933 – 14 June 2004) was a Japanese director. Yuasa was the main director of the Japanese film series Gamera, about a giant flying turtle that befriends small boys and battles giant monsters; he directed seven of the first eight films in the series while also providing special effects for one of them.[1] The series was created by Daiei Film Studios after the box office success of the Toho Godzilla series.[1] Yuasa's career for television dramas marks him as one of the best hitmakers for domestic television industries during 1970s.[2]

  1. ^ a b Fischer 2011, p. 657.
  2. ^ Shunichi Karasawa, April 14, 2006, Gamera Genesis: Movie Director Noriaki Yuasa, p.20, pp.26-29, p.59, p.63, p.66, pp.71-73, p. 201, p.209, p.220, pp.223, Enterbrain

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · View on Wikipedia

Developed by Nelliwinne