Yonesaburo Tsukiji
{{Infobox person
| name = Yonesaburo Tsukiji
| image = Yonesaburo Tsukiji.jpg
| caption = Tsukiji in 1958
| native_name = 築地 米三郎
| birth_date = 5 September 1923
| birth_place = Ōimachi, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
| death_date = 30 March 2012
| occupation = Special effects director, cinematographer, producer
| years_active = 1946–2009
| known_for = Warning from Space
Gamera, the Giant Monster
}}
{{Nihongo|Yonesaburo Tsukiji|築地 米三郎|Tsukiji Yonesaburō|September 5, 1923 – March 30, 2012|lead=yes}} 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.{{sfn|Ragone|2020|loc=05:51}}
Biography
= Early life =
Tsukiji was born on September 5, 1923, in Ōimachi, Shinagawa, Tokyo.{{Cite book|title=From Gamera to Daimajin All About Daiei Special Effects Movies|date=January 1994|publisher=Kindaieigasha|others=Interview with Yonesaburo Tsukiji|pages=|asin=B005QJ4TIY}} 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.『映像学校・映画学校 UTB映像アカデミープレスリリース』、「特撮監督築地米三郎氏セミナー開催」告知
= Early career and war propaganda =
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= Daiei years =
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Filmography
= Special effects =
- Warning from Space (1956) [with Tōru Matoba]{{Cite web|title=宇宙人東京に現わる : 作品情報|url=https://eiga.com/movie/34906/|access-date=2021-08-06|website=映画.com|language=ja}}
- Panther's Eye (1956)
- Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion (1958){{Citation|last=allcinema|title=映画 日蓮と蒙古大襲来 (1958)について 映画データベース - allcinema|url=https://www.allcinema.net/cinema/86372|language=ja|access-date=2021-08-06}}
- The Precipice (1958)
- Hanran (1959)
- Ten Dark Women (1961){{Cite web|title=築地米三郎|url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p0267680.htm|access-date=2021-08-06|website=www.jmdb.ne.jp}}
- The Great Wall (1962)
- Giant Horde Beast Nezura (1964){{Cite web|title=大魔神もダイモンも蘇る「特撮王国スペシャル～大映特撮からの挑戦状」の現場を取材してきた|url=https://gigazine.net/news/20101013_daiei_tokusatsu/|access-date=2021-08-06|website=GIGAZINE|language=ja}}
- Money Talks (1964)
- Gamera the Giant Monster (1965){{sfn|Macias|2020|p=07}}{{Cite web|date=2021-04-07|title=【專題】《大怪獸卡美拉》：九死一生的意外成功，大映特攝的新挑戰|url=https://news.agentm.tw/167525/%e5%b0%88%e9%a1%8c-%e5%a4%a7%e6%80%aa%e7%8d%b8-%e5%8d%a1%e7%be%8e%e6%8b%89-%e5%a4%a7%e6%98%a0-%e9%9b%bb%e5%bd%b1-%e7%89%b9%e6%94%9d-%e9%a0%90%e7%ae%97-%e6%8c%91%e6%88%b0/|access-date=2021-08-06|website=電影神搜|language=zh-TW}}
- Gamera: Super Monster (1980)
= Producer =
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.Shunichi Karasawa, April 14, 2006, Gamera Genesis: Movie Director Noriaki Yuasa, p.66-67, Enterbrain
A fictional character based on Tsukiji would appear in the 2021 film Nezura 1964.{{Cite web|title=CAST / STAFF|url=https://www.nezura1964.com/cast|access-date=2021-08-06|website=映画『ネズラ1964』公式サイト|language=ja}}
References
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= Sources =
- {{cite AV media|title=Introduction by August Ragone|last=Ragone|first=August|type=Blu-ray|publisher=Arrow Video|year=2020|asin=B084Z13QYD}}
- {{cite book|last=Macias|first=Patrick|title=A History of Gamera|publisher=Arrow Video|year=2020|asin=B084Z13QYD}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0875371}}
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Category:20th-century apocalypticists
Category:Japanese film producers