Minoru Yamada

was a writer and director who worked throughout the Showa Kamen Rider Series. He also directed some of the first ever movies in the Kamen Rider Series.
==Directing credits==
===TV===
*Kamen Rider (1971-73)
**Episode 9: The Terrifying Cobra Man
**Episode 10: The Reborn Cobra Man
**Episode 18: Fossil Man Hitodanger
**Episode 20: The Fire-Breathing Caterpillar Monster Dokugander
**Episode 21: Dokugander Battle at Osaka Castle!
**Episode 22: The Monstrous Merman Amazonia
**Episode 24: The Poisonous Monster Kinokomorgue Sortie!
**Episode 34: Japan in Peril! Gamaguiler's Invasion
**Episode 39: The Monster Wolf Man's Big Muder Party
**Episode 40: Deathmatch! The Monster Snowman vs. The Two Riders
**Episode 41: The Magma Monster Goaster, Great Decisive Battle at Sakurajima
**Episode 42: The Devil Messager, The Eerie Fly Man
**Episode 45: The Monster Namekujira's Operation Gas Explosion
**Episode 51: The Rock Monster Unicornos vs. Double Rider Kick
**Episode 53: The Monster Jaguarman, Decisive Deadly Autobike Battle
**Episode 55: Cockroach Man!! The Terrifying Germ Ad Balloon
**Episode 56: The Poison Butterfly Gilliera of Amazon
**Episode 57: The Tsuchigumo Man Dokumonde
**Episode 61: The Monster Namazuguiller's Electric Hell
**Episode 62: Monster Harinezrass' Murder Skull Plan
**Episode 68: Dr. Shinigami, The Terrifying Truth Form?
**Episode 69: The Monster Guiller Koorogi, Nails of Death
**Episode 72: The Blood-Sucking Mosquiras vs. The Two Riders
**Episode 73: Double Riders, Defeat!! Siomaneking
**Episode 76: Three of Power Generation Monster Sea Dragon!!
**Episode 80: Gel Shocker's Debut! The Last Day of Kamen Rider!!
**Episode 81: Kamen Rider Dies Twice!!
**Episode 85: The Sludge Monster, Terrifying Killer Smog
**Episode 86: The Monster Washi Kamaguilli's Human Hunt
**Episode 89: The Terrifying Operation Pet, Send Rider to Hell!
**Episode 90: The Terrifying Operation Pet, Rider S.O.S.!
**Episode 93: The 8 Kamen Riders
**Episode 94: The True Form of Gel Shocker Leader!!
*Kamen Rider V3 (1973-74)
**Episode 1: Rider No. 3: His Name is V3!
**Episode 2: Last Testament of the Double Riders
**Episode 7: The Fury of Rider V3's Special Training
**Episode 8: Watch Out, V3! Beware the Terrifying Buzzsaw
**Episode 13: Terrifying Commandant: Doctor G!!
**Episode 14: Secret Memento of the Double Riders
**Episode 20: Destron's Shikoku Conquest Operation
**Episode 21: The Double Riders Live
**Episode 23: Terror! Vampire From the Graveyard
**Episode 24: Mysterious! Cockroach Manor!!
**Episode 27: Zol, Shinigami, Jigoku, Black Rise from the Grave
**Episode 28: The Five Commandants' All-Out Attack!!
*Kamen Rider X (1974)
**Episode 17: Scary! Humans are Being Made into Trees!!
**Episode 18: Scary! It's G.O.D.'s Cat Disguise Operation!!
*Kamen Rider Amazon (1974-75)
**Episode 3: The Strong, Naked, Fast Guy!
**Episode 4: Run! The Raging Jungler
**Episode 11: The Golden Snail's the Reaper's Envoy!?
**Episode 12: Seen! Gedon's Beastman Modification Room
*Kamen Rider Stronger (1975)
**Episode 33: Stronger Dies in the Full Moon!?
**Episode 34: The Snake Woman's Bloodsucking Hell!
**Episode 37: Riders Captured! Long Live Delzer!!
**Episode 38: Appearance! Riders 1, 2!!
**Episode 39/Finale: Goodbye! The Glorious Seven Riders!
*Kamen Rider (Skyrider) (1979-80)
**Episode 1: A Cyborg Flies in the Sky
**Episode 2: Bizarre! Kumojin
**Episode 5: Fly, Ride on a Girl's Dreams
**Episode 6: Kinokojin! The Devil's Hands are Cold
**Episode 9: Cobranjin's Murder Army
**Episode 10: Seen! Kaningerjin's Secret
**Episode 11: Sanshojin! Escape from Hell Valley
**Episode 14: Haejigokujin, Kamen Rider Close Call
**Episode 15: Dreadful Aokabijin's Big Tokyo Earthquake
**Episode 16: The Immortal Gokiburijin; What is the True Identity of General Monster?
**Episode 17: You Did It! The End of General Monster
**Episode 20: Two Kamen Riders, Who is the Other?
**Episode 21: Enter Stronger; Two Riders vs. Two Formidable Monsters
**Episode 23: Monster Flying Squirrel Brothers and Two Riders
**Episode 27: The Tank and the Second Generation Monster Corp: Full Force of Eight Riders
**Episode 28: Eight Riders' Great Training of Friendship
**Episode 31: Run, X-Rider! Hiroshi Tsukuba! Don't Die!!
**Episode 32: Thank You, Keisuke Jin! Leave the Final Blow to Me!!
**Episode 33: Hello! Riderman, be Careful of Nezura Man
**Episode 36: Hurry, Hayato Ichimonji! Save the People Turning Into Trees!!
**Episode 37: The Mystery of Hyakki Village! Will Hiroshi Also Become a Tree?
**Episode 38: Please, Shigeru Jo! There's the Ari Commando Training School With a Million Yen Monthly Salary
**Episode 41: Ghost Story Series - The Secret of the Phantom Building
**Episode 42: Ghost Story Series - Zombie! The Monster is Revived
**Episode 45: Ghost Story Series - The Snake Woman Curses Hiroshi Tsukuba!
**Episode 46: Ghost Story Series - The Breakable Human! Fear of the Mirror's Center
**Episode 49: Rocket Launch! Hiroshi Tsukuba Goes to the Space Graveyard
**Episode 50: You, Also Enlist in the Ari Commando Boys' Squad!?
**Episode 51: Neo Shocker Red & White, Great Decisive Battle of Death
*Kamen Rider Super-1 (1980-81)
**Episode 1: The Remodeled Human's Great Transformation for the Planet
**Episode 2: The Time of Battle Has Come! The Move is the Sincere Shaolin Fist
**Episode 5: Jump, Kazuya! The Demonic Machine Race
**Episode 6: Help, The Lovers of the Spider's Nest Mansion
**Episode 11: SOS! Kazuya! Cooperate with Dogma!!
**Episode 12: A Formidable Enemy Appears! The Sincere Shaolin Fist is Defeated
**Episode 13: Discovered! The Deadly "Plum-blossom" Technique
**Episode 20: To Your House! Dogma's Phone Rings Tonight
**Episode 21: Emergency Order! Steal the Five Hands!!
**Episode 24: Let's Go!! Junior Rider Squad
**Episode 25: It Even Attracts Airplanes!! The Strong Magnet Monster
**Episode 28: The Bizarre Video Monster Who Makes Copies of People
**Episode 29: Rain, Rain, Fall, Fall! The Bizarre Umbrella Man!!
**Episode 32: Bait the Rider! Fishing Rod Monster Appears
**Episode 33: Let's Fight Everyone! The Dreadful RC Monster
**Episode 34: The Magic Red Light That Masaru Found
**Episode 37: Big Arm Top Monster! Deathmatch at the Lighthouse!!
**Episode 38: Dangerous! Don't Enter Where Refrigerator Monster is In!!
**Episode 43: The World is Freezing!? Electric Fan Monster's Might!
**Episode 44: Lengthening Ladder Monster's Evil Influence
**Episode 47: Golden Rain! Doctor Ghost's Final Trap!!
**Episode 48/Finale: Farewell, Earth! Kazuya Heads Off to Space!!
*Birth of the 10th! Kamen Riders All Together!! (1984)
===Film===
*Kamen Rider vs. Shocker (1972)
*Kamen Rider vs. Jigoku Taishi (1972)
*Kamen Rider V3: The Movie (1973)
*Kamen Rider V3 vs. the Destron Monsters (1973)
*Kamen Rider Super-1: The Movie (1981)
==External links==
*https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/山田稔_(テレビドラマ監督)
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