Yoshiyuki Kuroda

was a Japanese filmmaker and special effects director responsible for many Japanese science-fiction films and television shows.

Early life

Kuroda was born on March 4, 1928, in Matsuyama, Ehime, in his youth Kuroda's family moved to Kyoto. Kuroda wanted to be a child actor and was classmates with cinematographer Fujio Morita at Kyoto Municipal Tahata Elementary School.

Selected works

Director

• ' (1968)
• ' (1969) [with Kimiyoshi Yasuda]
• The Invisible Swordsman (1970)
• Mirrorman (1971–72)
• Oshizamurai Kiichihōgan (1973–74)
• ' (1974)
• Monkey (1978–80)
• Shadow Warriors (1980–85)
• Kyotaro Nishimura's Travel Mystery: the Mysteries of Ghost Ship (1980)
• Shin Hissatsu Shigotonin (1981–82)
• Fangs of Darkness: Vengeance (1982)