Yonesaburo Tsukiji | |
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築地 米三郎 | |
Born | 5 September 1923 Ōimachi, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan |
Died | 30 March 2012 |
Occupation(s) | Special effects director, cinematographer, producer |
Years active | 1946–2009 |
Known for | Warning from Space Gamera, the Giant Monster |
Yonesaburo Tsukiji (Japanese: 築地 米三郎, Hepburn: Tsukiji Yonesaburō, September 5, 1923 – March 30, 2012) 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.[1]
Tsukiji was born on September 5, 1923, in Ōimachi, Shinagawa, Tokyo.[2] 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.[3]
A fictional character based on Tsukiji would appear in the 2021 film Nezura 1964.[11]