Kazuho Mitsuta
{{Short description|Japanese film director}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Kazuho Mitsuta
| image = Kazuho Mitsuta.jpg
| caption = Mitsuta in 1967
| native_name = 満田 かずほ
| native_name_lang = Japanese
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1937|8|20}}
| birth_place = Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan
| occupation = Director, producer, planner
| years_active = 1964–1997
| children = 1
}}
{{Nihongo|Kazuho Mitsuta|満田 かずほ|Mitsuta Kazuho|August 20, 1937|lead=yes}}, also known by the name {{Nihongo|Kazuho Kiyose|清瀬かずほ|Kiyose Kazuho}}, is a Japanese film and television director and producer. He is one of several people who have been given credit for creating Ultraman.{{cite web|last=Kawaguchi|first=Judit|date=May 13, 2008|title=Ultraman creator Kazuho Mitsuta|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2008/05/13/people/ultraman-creator-kazuho-mitsuta/|access-date=October 7, 2021|website=The Japan Times|language=en-US}}
Career
After working as an assistant director at TBS, he joined Tsuburaya Productions in 1964.{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1193275636|title=Tsuburaya purodakushon sono tanjō to seichō|date=2020|publisher=Kōdansha|others=Kōdansha, Tsuburaya Purodakushon, 講談社., 円谷プロダクション.|isbn=978-4-06-520743-7|location=Tōkyō|oclc=1193275636}} His first directed work was the 21 episode of Ultra Q, "Space Directive M774". He has directed and produced many works of Tsuburaya Productions including the original Ultraman series. In Ultraseven, he was selected for the final production. In addition, he also showed his musical and acoustic skills by effectively using the insert song "ULTRASEVEN" and the candidate song for the theme song (commonly known as "Ultra Seven Song Part II") that was rejected, and by performing the announcement of "Fourth Gate, Open!" that resonates in the base in the launching scene of Ultra Hawk 1.
Filmography
= Director =
- Ultra Q (1966)
- Kaiju Booska (1966)
- Ultraman (1966)
- Ultraseven (1967)
- Operation: Mystery! (1968)
- Mighty Jack (1968)
= Assistant director =
= Producer =
= Production manager =
= Planner =
= Actor =
- Ultra Q (1966) as Policeman [episode 12] (uncredited)
- Ultraman Cosmos vs. Ultraman Justice: The Final Battle (2003) as SRC China Representative
- Ultraman Max (2006) as Director of UNBALANCE [episode 29]
- Superior Ultraman 8 Brothers (2008) as Hawaiian Restaurant Customer (uncredited)
= Interviewee =
- Japanorama (2002)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=1066065}}
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Category:Japanese film directors