Yôichi Manoda![Japan](https://ipdata.co/flags/jp.png)
Age: 88 born October 6, 1935
Yoichi Manoda (真野田 陽一 Manoda Yōichi) is a Japanese cinematographer, special effects director and television producer.
Manoda studied under Eiji Tsuburaya at the Tsuburaya Special Research Institute before transferring to Toho in 1953. He served as an assistant cameraman on a number of the company's tokusatsu films through the 1960s until his promotion to special effects cinematographer in 1966, succeeding Sadamasa Arikawa. In 1971, Manoda was given the position of director of photography of Godzilla vs. Hedorah, which did not split up its drama and effects crew. He left the film industry shortly thereafter to work as a special effects dir...read more