Yoshitami Kuroiwa

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

• 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

1. 「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.
2. "Kuroiwa Yoshitami". Kinema Junpō Dētabēsu. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
3. "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

• Yoshitami Kuroiwa at IMDb
• Yoshitami Kuroiwa at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)