Shusuke Kaneko

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Shusuke Kaneko
Born June 8, 1955 (1955-06-08) (age 56)
Japan
Nationality Japanese
Field Film
Works Gamera trilogy
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack

Shusuke Kaneko (金子 修介 Kaneko Shūsuke?, born June 8, 1955) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter notable for directing the Heisei Gamera trilogy, Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack, and the live-action film adaption of Death Note.

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Shūsuke Kaneko began his career in film with Nikkatsu's Roman Porno film series, in which he served as assistant director to Kōyū Ohara. The series also gave Kaneko his directorial debut with writer Kōichirō Uno's, Kōichirō Uno's Wet and Swinging (1984), which earned Kaneko the Best New Director award at the Yokohama Film Festival.[1][2] He is today best known for his films in the kaijū film genre. [1]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Sharp, Jasper (2008). Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema. Guildford: FAB Press. p. 236. ISBN 978-1-903254-54-7. 
  2. ^ Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications. p. 448. ISBN 1-889288-52-7. 

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