Yoshitami Kuroiwa (黒岩義民, Kuroiwa Yoshitami, 15 November 1931 – 12 December 2012) was a Japanese film editor.[1] Mainly working at Toho, he edited over 100 films,[2] including Rickshaw Man, for which Hiroshi Inagaki won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.[3] He worked on many Toho war films as well as on several editions of the Godzilla series. He also edited many of the films of Kihachi Okamoto.[citation needed]
Selected filmography
edit- Monkey Sun (孫悟空 Son Gokū) (1959)
- Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender (潜水艦イ-57降伏せず Sensuikan I-57 kofuku sezu) (1959)
- Desperado Outpost (独立愚連隊 Dokuritsu gurentai) (1959)
- Oh Bomb (ああ爆弾 Aa bakudan) (1964)
- Samurai Assassin (侍 Samurai) (1965)
- The Sword of Doom (大菩薩峠 Daibosatsu Tōge) (1966)
- Japan's Longest Day (日本のいちばん長い日 Nihon no ichiban nagai hi) (1967)
- Kill! (斬る Kiru) (1968)
- Battle of Okinawa (激動の昭和史 沖縄決戦 Gekidō no Shōwashi: Okinawa Kessen) (1971)
- Godzilla vs. Hedorah (ゴジラ対ヘドラ Gojira tai Hedora) (1971)
- Terror of Mechagodzilla (メカゴジラの逆襲 Mekagojira no Gyakushū) (1975)
- Sugata Sanshirō (姿三四郎) (1977)
- The Last Dinosaur (1977)
- Blue Christmas (ブルークリスマス Burū Kurisimasu) (1978)
- Pink Lady no Katsudō Daishashin (1978)
- The Bushido Blade (1981)
- The Return of Godzilla (ゴジラ Gojira) (1984)
- Hiruko the Goblin (妖怪ハンター ヒルコ Ghost Hunter: Hiruko) (1991)
References
edit- ^ 「追悼・夏八木勲、黒岩義民」 [Commemoration: Isao Natsuyagi, Yoshitami Kuroiwa]. 『映画秘宝』. 洋泉社. August 2013. JPNO 00117509.
- ^ "Kuroiwa Yoshitami". Kinema Junpō Dētabēsu. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
- ^ "Muhomatsu, the Rickshaw Man". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 30 January 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
External links
edit- Yoshitami Kuroiwa at IMDb
- Yoshitami Kuroiwa at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
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