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name: "Hiroyasu Yamaura"
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imdb_id: "nm0945517"
tmdb_id: 578812
wikidata_id: "Q11469998"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "28 January 1938"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-28T20:46:43.491279+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Hiroyasu Yamaura

## Identity

Hiroyasu Yamaura

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/hiroyasu-yamaura
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** hiroyasu-yamaura
- **IMDb ID:** nm0945517
- **TMDB ID:** 578812
- **Wikidata ID:** Q11469998
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11469998, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0945517/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/578812

Writer. Born 28 January 1938 in Nakano, Tokyo, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 28 January 1938, Nakano, Tokyo, Japan
- **Also known as:** Yamaura Hiroyasu, Yamaura Hiroshiyasushi
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11469998, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0945517/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/578812

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla*](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-mechagodzilla.md) (64)

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## Biography

Hiroyasu Yamaura is a Japanese screenwriter and novelist. He studied at Waseda University’s Faculty of Letters and made his debut as a screenwriter in 1961 after winning an award in a national script competition.

Yamaura contributed episodes to numerous tokusatsu television series produced by Tsuburaya Productions, including *Ultra Q* (1966–1967), *Ultraseven* (1967–1968) and *Ultraman 80* (1980–1981). He co-wrote the screenplay for the Toho film *Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla* (1974) with Jun Fukuda and also wrote for *Tokyo Blackout* (1987). His credits extend to anime series and novels in the mystery and science-fiction genres.

*Sources: wikizilla.org, ultra.fandom.com, vantagepointinterviews.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla* (1974), Fi1m 64, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-mechagodzilla.md)

## Complete filmography (34)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *A Case of Murder by the Atami Station Taxi Stand* (2003), Screenplay
- *Jumborg Ace and Giant (2001 Special Edition)* (2001), Screenplay
- *Shinkansen Love Story* (1997), series, Writer
- *Heart-Coloured Killer Ticket* (1990), Novel
- *Tokyo Blackout* (1987), Writer
- *Saint Elmo - Apostle of Light* (1986), Writer
- *Little Big Nose* (1983), series, Screenplay
- *Totsugawa Keibu Series (The Suspence)* (1982), series, Writer
- *Space Runaway Ideon: Be Invoked* (1982), Screenplay
- *Space Runaway Ideon: Contact* (1982), Screenplay
- *Adieu Galaxy Express 999* (1981), Screenplay
- *Wet Heart ~Lesbian Murder Case* (1981), Screenplay
- *Ultraman 80* (1980), series, Writer
- *Galaxy Express 999: Can You Live Like a Warrior!!* (1979), Screenplay
- *The House Where the Devil Lives* (1979), Writer
- *Galaxy Express 999* (1978), series, Writer
- *The primary colored butterfly was watching - the smell of death* (1978), Screenplay
- *Weeping Lake* (1978), Writer, Director
- *Star Wolf* (1978), series, Writer
- *Dinosaur War Izenborg* (1977), series, Screenplay
- *Mars Men* (1976), Screenplay
- *Blitz!! Strada 5* (1974), series, Writer
- *Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla* (1974), Screenplay — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-mechagodzilla.md)
- *Yak Wat Jaeng Meets Jumborg Ace* (1974), Screenplay
- *The Panda's Great Adventure* (1973), Screenplay
- *The Morgue Murderer* (1973), Writer
- *Jumborg Ace* (1973), series, Writer
- *Horror Theater Unbalance* (1973), series, Writer
- *シークレット部隊* (1972), series, Writer
- *Operation: Mystery* (1968), series, Writer
- *Good Evening Dear Husband: A Duel* (1968), Writer
- *Ultraseven* (1967), series, Writer
- *Ultra Q* (1966), series, Writer
- *Space Patrol Hopper* (1965), series, Screenplay

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