Noriaki Yuasa | |
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Born | Tokyo, Japan | 28 September 1933
Died | 14 June 2004 Japan | (aged 70)
Occupation | Film director |
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]