Noriaki Yuasa

Noriaki Yuasa was a Japanese film Director famous for creating the Gamera film series.

## Films

* If you are happy, clap your hands (1964)
* Gamera series
	+ Large Monster Gamera (1965) Director
	+ Giant Monster Duel Gamera vs. Bargon (1966) Special effects director
	+ Large Monster Aerial Battle Gamera vs. Gaos (1967) Director/Special Effects Director
	+ Gamera vs. Space Monster Bylas (1968) Director/Special Effects Director
	+ Gamera vs. Giant Evil Guiron (1969)
	+ Gamera vs. Demon Beast Jaiga (1970) Director/Special effects director
	+ Gamera vs. Deep Sea Monster Zigra (1971) Director/Special Effects Director
	+ Space Monster Gamera (1980) Director/Special Effects Director
* Snake girl and the white-haired devil (1968)
* Aja Navy (1969) special effects director
* Special effects director of AJ Army Hayabusa Fighting Corps (1969)
* Your favorite (1969)
* I am five years old (1970)
* Naked (1970)
* The rime of the rime (1971)
* Maturity (1971)
* Anime-chan (1984)
* Cosplay Warrior Cutie Knight II Imperial Counterattack (1996)

## History

Born in Akatsumi , Setagaya-ku, Tokyo .

My grandmother early new school drama actress, Hideko Azuma was also appeared in the movie, my father Shochiku Kamata, Nikkatsu , Daiei move on, after the war Toyokoeiga , of dominating actor in Daiei Hikaru Hoshi grew up in the theater family called.

Moved to Kyoto and graduated from Kyoto Prefectural Kamo High School and Hosei University Faculty of Law. Jiro Tamiya, an actor who also belonged to Daiei, is a two-year junior at Kamo High School.

Joined Daiei Tokyo Film Studio Director's Office in 1957 . Studied under Sadanosuke Kinugasa , Koji Shima , Umeji Inoue and Yuzo Kawashima .

In 1964 (Showa 39), he made his directorial debut in the Kayo youth movie "If You're Happy, Clap Your Hands".

In 1965 (Showa 40), directed " Large Monster Gamera ". Since then, he has continued to work on the Gamera series and made it into a popular series as a monster movie that children can enjoy purely .

On the other hand, he supported Daiei's popular series at the end of the term as an employee director, such as " Okiki Movie" starring Mari Atsumi and "High School Series" starring Keiko Sekine .

In 1971 (Showa 46), due to Daiei Bankruptcy, moved to the TV drama world. After hearing the news of Daiei Bankruptcy, Yuasa said that he was in a warehouse and smashed everything around him because of his regret. Therefore, the costumes of Showa Gamera and other monsters stored in the warehouse were all destroyed by Yuasa  .

After that, he was mainly involved in the production of TV dramas, including youth comedies such as " Yuki Okazaki 18-year-old series" "Ai-chan goes!" and " Iron King " " Comet-san " " Denjin Zaborger " " Ultraman 80 ". Also produced special effects works for children . The person himself said, "I love special effects things."

In his later years, he was active in directing karaoke videos.

According to "Gamera Genesis -Film Director Noriaki Yuasa-", Koji Shima said when shooting "Large Kaiju Gamera" , "The gamer is not a stuffed animal, the director Yuasa himself can play as it is" It was made fun of.

There is a photo of Director Yuasa acting in Gamera in the same book, with the caption "It's like a brother". In addition, Director Yuasa is also familiar with the gimmicks involved in movies, the difficulties and enjoyment of shooting camera games, and shooting techniques ( #related books ).

For the Gamera series that was revived in the Heisei era, he touched on the content that excluded elements of the original series and criticized that it is not a gamera movie.