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Yoshiyuki Kuroda

Yoshiyuki Kuroda

Yoshiyuki Kuroda

1928-03-04

Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan

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Biography

Yoshiyuki Kuroda (Japanese: 黒田義之, Hepburn: Kuroda Yoshiyuki, March 4, 1928 – January 22, 2015) was a Japanese filmmaker and special effects director responsible for many Japanese science-fiction films and television shows.

Best known for:

Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell

Daimajin

Return of Giant Majin

Wrath of Daimajin

Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare

Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts

Monkey

Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing

Shadow Warriors

New Kurama Tengu: Gojozaka Duel

Zatoichi Monogatari

A Legend of Turmoil

Jumborg Ace

The Shogun's Vault II

Masked Blade

Fighting Birds

Yûrei koban

Buddha

Tabiwa Oiroke

Oniisan to oneesan

The Invisible Swordsman

Ā dokushin

Kaihei shi-gō seito

Mute Samurai

Tokugawa no Onnatachi

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Filmography:

Fighting Birds (1956)
WORK AS:
Assistant Director
Yûrei koban (1960)
WORK AS:
Assistant Director
Buddha (1961)
WORK AS:
Assistant Director
Tabiwa Oiroke (1961)
WORK AS:
Director
Oniisan to oneesan (1961)
WORK AS:
Director
Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing (1964)
WORK AS:
Assistant Director
New Kurama Tengu: Gojozaka Duel (1965)
WORK AS:
Director
Daimajin (1966)
5.2
WORK AS:
Special Effects Supervisor

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Wrath of Daimajin (1966)
WORK AS:
Special Effects
Return of Giant Majin (1966)
4.8
WORK AS:
Special Effects
Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare (1968)
WORK AS:
Director
Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts (1969)
WORK AS:
Director
The Invisible Swordsman (1970)
WORK AS:
Director
Ā dokushin (1970)
WORK AS:
Director
Kaihei shi-gō seito (1971)
WORK AS:
Director
Jumborg Ace (1973)
WORK AS:
Director

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Mute Samurai (1973)
WORK AS:
Director
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell (1974)
5.8
WORK AS:
Director
Zatoichi Monogatari (1974)
WORK AS:
Director
Monkey (1978)
WORK AS:
Director
Shadow Warriors (1980)
WORK AS:
Director
Samurai of Hachiman (1981)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
The Shogun's Vault II (1982)
WORK AS:
Director
Masked Blade (1983)
WORK AS:
Director
Fangs of Darkness 2: Ieyasu's Head (1983)
WORK AS:
Director
The Shogun's Vault III (1983)
WORK AS:
Director
The Shogun's Vault IV: The Gold Mines of Sado (1983)
WORK AS:
Director
A Legend of Turmoil (1992)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Goblin & "Yuki-Usagi" (Snow-Hare) (1995)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
When We See Again (1996)
WORK AS:
Director
Zankyo (1999)
WORK AS:
Writer

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