Masao Yagi
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Masao Yagi (八木 正夫 Yagi Masao) was a Japanese special effects modeler and director, and the president of Ex Productions (ExPro). The son and nephew of brothers Kanju and Yasuei Yagi, respectively, Masao began his career as a part-timer in Teizo Toshimitsu's modeling department on the original Godzilla.[2] After working together on Daiei's Gamera the Giant Monster, he, Keizo Murase, and Toru Suzuki founded ExPro, which would create monster props for numerous companies in both Japan and abroad. In the late 1960s, he personally directed the effects for the Korean movie Yongary, Monster from the Deep and the Hong Kong movie Feng Shen Bang. Yagi passed away due to emphysema on July 31, 2008;[1] his son, Tsutomu Yagi, ran ExPro until his own death in 2025.[3]
Selected filmography
Modeler
- Gamera the Giant Monster (1965)
- Magic Serpent (1966)
- Ultra Q (TV 1966)
- Ultraman (TV 1966–1967)
- Gamera vs. Gyaos (1967)
- Gamera vs. Viras (1968)
- Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters (1968)[4]
- Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare (1968)[4]
- Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts (1969)[4]
- Gamera vs. Guiron (1969)
- Gamera vs. Jiger (1970)
Director of special effects
- Yongary, Monster from the Deep (1967)
- Feng Shen Bang (1969)
Miscellaneous
- Godzilla (1954) – Assistant modeler[5]
- Na Cha and the Seven Devils
(1973) – Cinematographer
Trivia
- Yagi shares his name with the composer of Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds, albeit spelled with different kanji.
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Bibliography
- Kamen Rider Kaijin Pictorial 2016. Hobby Japan. 28 March 2016. ISBN 978-4-7986-1202-7.
- Tsutsumi, Tetsuya; Okubo, Kazumitsu; Abe, Nomaru; Kagami, Toshiharu; Kano, Keisuke; Suzuki, Mitsunobu; Nakamura, Satoshi; Matsui, Etsuko; Ozawa, Ryoko (30 August 2005). Revive! Great Yokai Movies Assembly. Takeshobo. ISBN 4-8124-2265-5.
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