Samaji Nonagase

is a Japanese director. His pen name is .
==Biography==
In 1946, Nonagase joined Toho after graduating from the Film Department of Nihon University College of Art. From then until 1964, he transferred to Toho Television as a TV director.
At the invitation of Eiji Tsuburaya, who reunited in Toho, he participated in Ultra Q produced by Tsuburaya as a director. After that, he got involved in many Tokusatsu works, and directed many episodes of the early Ultra series such as Ultraman and Ultraseven.
After leaving Toho in August 1982, he shot documentaries as a freelance director and also worked as a lecturer at Nihon University College of Art.
On May 23, 1996, Nonagase passed away. Aged 72.
==Directed Works==
===Ultraman Series===
*Ultra Q - 7 episodes (1966-1966) 
**Episode 5: Peguila is Here!
**Episode 11: Balloonga
**Episode 14: Tokyo Ice Age
**Episode 16: Garamon Strikes Back
**Episode 20: The Undersea Humanoid Ragon
**Episode 23: Fury of the South Sea
**Episode 24: The Idol of Goga
*Ultraman - 8 episodes (1966-1967)
**Episode 4: Five Seconds Before the Explosion
**Episode 6: The Coast Guard Command
**Episode 7: The Blue Stone of Baradhi
**Episode 9: Lightning Operation
**Episode 18: Brother from Another Planet
**Episode 19: Demons Rise Again
**Episode 28: Human Specimens 5 & 6
**Episode 29: The Challenge Into Subterra
*Ultraseven - 7 episodes (1967-1968)
**Episode 2: The Green Terror
**Episode 3: The Secret of the Lake
**Episode 19: Project Blue
**Episode 20: Destroy Earthquake Epicenter X
**Episode 23: Search for Tomorrow
**Episode 32: The Strolling Planet
**Episode 36: A Lethal 0.1 Seconds
*Ultraman 80 - 3 episodes (1980-1981) 
**Episode 19: Directive: Destroy the Planet
**Episode 20: The Army of Bloodsucking Balls
**Episode 45: The Never-Ending Challenge of the Baltan
===Others===
*Kaiju Booska (1966)
*Mighty Jack (1968)
*Enban Sensou Bankid (1976)
*Megaloman (1979)
==Screenwriter Works==
Samaji Nonagase (In the name of Ryu Minamikawa) wrote the following episodes for the following series:
*Ultra Q - 1 episode (1966-1966)
**Episode 20: The Undersea Humanoid Ragon
*Ultraman - 5 episodes (1966-1967)
**Episode 4: Five Seconds Before the Explosion
**Episode 7: The Blue Stone of Baradhi
**Episode 18: Brother from Another Planet
**Episode 19: Demons Rise Again
**Episode 29: The Challenge Into Subterra
*Ultraseven - 2 episodes (1967-1968)
**Episode 19: Project Blue
**Episode 23: Search for Tomorrow
*Ultraman 80 - 1 episode (1980-1981)
**Episode 27: White Demon of Fear
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