Yonesaburo Tsukiji


Yonesaburo Tsukiji was a Japanese special effects director who worked on eleven films in a career spanning twenty-one years. Tsukiji co-designed Gamera with Masao Yagi, Noriaki Yuasa, and Akira Inoue.

Biography

Early life

Tsukiji was born on September 5, 1923, in Ōimachi, Shinagawa, Tokyo. Tsukiji's family lived across the street from the Oikan movie theater, he went to the movies nearly every day from the age of 5 to 6.

Filmography

Special effects

Warning from Space Panther's Eye Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion The Precipice Hanran Ten Dark Women The Great Wall Giant Horde Beast Nezura Money Talks Gamera the Giant Monster

Producer

  • ''Hatsukoi: Natsu no Kioku''

Legacy

Immediately after the bankruptcy of Daiei Film, Kiyoshi Kawamura published a novel The Flute of Gomera, featuring Tsukiji as the protagonist to depict difficulties of tokusatsu productions by the company.
A fictional character based on Tsukiji would appear in the 2021 film Nezura 1964.