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name: "Kosuke Yamada"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kosuke-yamada"
fi1m_id: "kosuke-yamada"
imdb_id: "nm2903855"
tmdb_id: 1715587
wikidata_id: "Q24452356"
roles: ["Assistant camera"]
born: "1 January 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-28T21:10:25.249104+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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# Kosuke Yamada

## Identity

Kosuke Yamada

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kosuke-yamada
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kosuke-yamada
- **IMDb ID:** nm2903855
- **TMDB ID:** 1715587
- **Wikidata ID:** Q24452356
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24452356, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2903855/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1715587

Assistant camera. Born 1 January 1976 in Fukuoka Prefecture.

## Details

- **Work:** Assistant camera
- **Born:** 1 January 1976, Fukuoka Prefecture
- **Active:** 1999–2016
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 63 (1), 2000s 59 (2), 2010s 74 (1)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 4, Science Fiction 4, Adventure 3, Fantasy 2, Horror 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $127m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24452356, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2903855/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1715587

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Shin Godzilla*](https://film.one/film/shin-godzilla.md) (74)

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## Biography

Kosuke Yamada is a Japanese cinematographer. He began his career in the camera department on several Godzilla films, including assistant camera credits on *Godzilla 2000: Millennium* (1999), *Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.* (2003) and *Godzilla: Final Wars* (2004).

Yamada advanced to director of photography on *Blue Spring Ride* (2014), *My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday* (2016) and *Shin Godzilla* (2016). His subsequent credits include *The Forest of Wool and Steel* (2018), *Fortuna's Eye* (2019) and *Dear Family* (2024), as well as television series such as *Cold Case: Shinjitsu No Tobira* (2016) and *Yami no Bansōsha* (2015–2018). He has received one award.

*Sources: imdb.com, wikidata.org.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Shin Godzilla* (2016), Fi1m 74, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/shin-godzilla.md)
- *Godzilla: Final Wars* (2004), Fi1m 54, Assistant Camera — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-final-wars.md)
- *Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.* (2003), Fi1m 64, Assistant Camera — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-tokyo-s-o-s.md)
- *Godzilla 2000: Millennium* (1999), Fi1m 63, Assistant Camera — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-2000-millennium.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

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

- *S&X* (2026), series, Director of Photography
- *Romantics Anonymous* (2025), series, Director of Photography
- *Beyond Goodbye* (2024), series, Director of Photography
- *Dear Family* (2024), Cinematography
- *Silent Tokyo* (2020), Camera Technician
- *And Life Goes On* (2019), Director of Photography
- *The House on the Slope* (2019), series, Camera Operator
- *Fortuna's Eye* (2019), Director of Photography
- *The Forest of Wool and Steel* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Teen Bride* (2017), Cinematography
- *My Teacher* (2017), Director of Photography
- *My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Cold Case: Door of Truth* (2016), series, Director of Photography, Camera Operator
- *Shin Godzilla* (2016), Director of Photography — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/shin-godzilla.md)
- *A Fading Summer* (2015), series, Director of Photography
- *Blue Spring Ride* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Godzilla: Final Wars* (2004), Assistant Camera — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-final-wars.md)
- *Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.* (2003), Assistant Camera — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-tokyo-s-o-s.md)
- *Kannazuki* (2003), Director of Photography
- *Godzilla 2000: Millennium* (1999), Assistant Camera — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-2000-millennium.md)

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