Yonesaburō Tsukiji

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

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.

Early career and war propaganda

Daiei years

Filmography

Special effects

Warning from Space (1956) [with Tōru Matoba] Panther's Eye (1956) The Precipice (1958) The Great Wall (1962) Money Talks (1964) Gamera: Super Monster (1980)

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.