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Minoru Yamada(1926-1995)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Minoru Yamada was born on 23 June 1926 in Tokyo, Japan. He was a director and writer, known for Kamen Rider (1971), Captain Ultra (1967) and Brain 17 (1977). He died on 25 August 1995.
BornJune 23, 1926
DiedAugust 25, 1995(69)
BornJune 23, 1926
DiedAugust 25, 1995(69)
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Known for

Jirô Yabuki, Hiroshi Fujioka, and Takeshi Sasaki in Kamen Rider (1971)
Kamen Rider
7.6
TV Series
  • Director
Captain Ultra (1967)
Captain Ultra
7.6
TV Series
  • Director
Brain 17 (1977)
Brain 17
7.1
TV Series
  • Director
Kamen Rider Amazon (1974)
Kamen Rider Amazon
6.7
TV Series
  • Director

Credits

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Director

  • Chouju Sentai Liveman (1988)
    Chouju Sentai Liveman
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1988
  • Choushinsei Flashman: Big Rally! Titan Boy! (1987)
    Choushinsei Flashman: Big Rally! Titan Boy!
    7.6
    Short
    • Director
    • 1987
  • Light Squadron Maskman (1987)
    Light Squadron Maskman
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1987–1988
  • Mayumi Yoshida, Yasuhiro Ishiwata, Touta Tarumi, Kihachiro Uemura, and Youko Nakamura in Supernova Flashman (1986)
    Supernova Flashman
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1986
  • Choushinsei Flashman: The Movie (1986)
    Choushinsei Flashman: The Movie
    6.4
    Short
    • Director
    • 1986
  • Blitzkrieg Squadron Changeman (1985)
    Blitzkrieg Squadron Changeman
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1985–1986
  • Ryosuke Sakamoto in Super Electronic Bioman (1984)
    Super Electronic Bioman
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1984–1985
  • Kamen Rider ZX: Birth of the 10th! Kamen Riders All Together!! (1984)
    Kamen Rider ZX: Birth of the 10th! Kamen Riders All Together!!
    5.8
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1984
  • Brain 17 (1982)
    Brain 17
    5.6
    TV Movie
    • original material
    • 1982
  • Message from Outer Space (1981)
    Message from Outer Space
    6.1
    TV Movie
    • Japanese-language footage
    • 1981
  • Kamen Rider Super-1 (1980)
    Kamen Rider Super-1
    5.5
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    • 1980
  • Kamen Rider (1979)
    Kamen Rider
    6.2
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1979–1980
  • Hiroyuki Sanada in Uchu kara no messeji: Ginga taisen (1978)
    Uchu kara no messeji: Ginga taisen
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1978–1979
  • Toumei Dori-Chan (1978)
    Toumei Dori-Chan
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1978
  • J.A.K.Q. Blitzkrieg Squad (1977)
    J.A.K.Q. Blitzkrieg Squad
    6.2
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1977

Writer

  • Kappa no Sanpei: Yôkai Daisakusen (1968)
    Kappa no Sanpei: Yôkai Daisakusen
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1968–1969
  • Captain Ultra (1967)
    Captain Ultra
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1967

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Rentarō Mikuni and Yoshiko Sakuma in Echigo tsutsuishi oyashirazu (1964)
    Echigo tsutsuishi oyashirazu
    7.2
    • assistant director
    • 1964
  • Tokyo Detective Girl
    • assistant director
    • 1959

Personal details

  • Born
    • June 23, 1926
    • Tokyo, Japan
  • Died
    • August 25, 1995

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