About Yūji Yamaguchi
Lived 1963 – 2020 (aged 56–57). Yūji Yamaguchi was a Japanese film director.
(He used the pen name Isao Torada (虎田 功, Torada Isao) as director of AM Driver and he subsequently directed the 2010 theatrical installment Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works.) Animators Tomomi Mochizuki and Asako Nishida, who both worked with Yamaguchi, expressed their condolences following Yamaguchi's death.
Works Director Angel Links (1999) I My Me! Strawberry Eggs (2001) Yami to Bōshi to Hon no Tabibito (2003) AM Driver (2004–2005) Fate/stay night (2006) Tōka Gettan (2007) Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (2010) The Severing Crime Edge (2013) Z/X Ignition (2014)
Episode director Divergence Eve GeGeGe no Kitarō Hajime no Ippo Outlaw Star Smile PreCure! Suite PreCure The King of Braves GaoGaiGar The King of Braves GaoGaiGar Final
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Who was Yūji Yamaguchi?
Japanese film director (1963–2020)
When was Yūji Yamaguchi born?
Yūji Yamaguchi was born in 1963.
When did Yūji Yamaguchi die?
Yūji Yamaguchi died on 9 January 2020.
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Yūji Yamaguchi was a film director.
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Yūji Yamaguchi was Japanese.
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