---
name: "Nobuyuki Yasumaru"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nobuyuki-yasumaru"
fi1m_id: "nobuyuki-yasumaru"
tmdb_id: 4860478
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "24 January 1935"
died: "1 March 2022"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 58
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-09-28T20:56:58.879036+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."
---

# Nobuyuki Yasumaru

## Identity

Nobuyuki Yasumaru

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nobuyuki-yasumaru
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nobuyuki-yasumaru
- **TMDB ID:** 4860478
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4860478

Costume designer. Born 24 January 1935 in Toyama, Japan. Died 1 March 2022.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 24 January 1935, Toyama, Japan
- **Died:** 1 March 2022
- **Active:** 1964–1984
- **Also known as:** Yasumaru Nobuyuki
- **Frequently works with:** [Shinichi Sekizawa](https://film.one/person/shinichi-sekizawa.md), [Ishirō Honda](https://film.one/person/ishiro-honda.md), [Jun Fukuda](https://film.one/person/jun-fukuda-30561.md), [Teizô Toshimitsu](https://film.one/person/teizo-toshimitsu.md), [Tomoki Kobayashi](https://film.one/person/tomoki-kobayashi-5018191.md), [Yasuei Yagi](https://film.one/person/yasuei-yagi.md), [Akihiko Hirata](https://film.one/person/akihiko-hirata.md), [Hiroshi Koizumi](https://film.one/person/hiroshi-koizumi.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 64 (2), 1970s 55 (3), 1980s 55 (1)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Genres:** Science Fiction 6, Action 5, Adventure 3, Fantasy 2, Horror 2
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $41m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4860478

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster*](https://film.one/film/ghidorah-the-three-headed-monster.md) (70), [*Godzilla vs. Hedorah*](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-hedorah.md) (64), [*The Return of Godzilla*](https://film.one/film/the-return-of-godzilla.md) (55), [*Godzilla vs. Megalon*](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-megalon.md) (38)
- **HBO Max:** [*Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla*](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-mechagodzilla.md) (64), [*Son of Godzilla*](https://film.one/film/son-of-godzilla.md) (57)

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## Biography

Nobuyuki Yasumaru was a Japanese monster modelling artist and sculptor who worked as a costume designer and suitmaker on numerous Toho kaiju films. He joined Toho in the early 1960s and began creating suits in 1967, later serving as the studio’s chief modeler from 1971 to 1991.

His credits include costume design on *Mothra vs. Godzilla* (1964), *Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster* (1964), *Son of Godzilla* (1967) and *All Monsters Attack* (1969), as well as later entries in the Godzilla series such as *Godzilla vs. Hedorah* (1971), *Godzilla vs. Gigan* (1972) and *The Return of Godzilla* (1984). He also contributed modelling and prosthetics work to films including *King Kong Escapes* (1967).

*Sources: wikizilla.org, watch.plex.tv, vantagepointinterviews.com, sidelongglancesofapigeonkicker.blogspot.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *The Return of Godzilla* (1984), Fi1m 55, Prosthetics, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-return-of-godzilla.md)
- *Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla* (1974), Fi1m 64, Costume design, Costume Design, Modeling — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-mechagodzilla.md)
- *Godzilla vs. Megalon* (1973), Fi1m 38, Costume Design, Costume design, Modeling — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-megalon.md)
- *Godzilla vs. Hedorah* (1971), Fi1m 64, Costume Design, Costume design, Modeling — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-hedorah.md)
- *Son of Godzilla* (1967), Fi1m 57, Costume design, Costume Design, Modeling — [page](https://film.one/film/son-of-godzilla.md)
- *Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster* (1964), Fi1m 70, Costume design, Sculptor, Costume Design, Modeling — [page](https://film.one/film/ghidorah-the-three-headed-monster.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *The Spirit of Godzilla* (2004), Actor
- *Pulgasari* (1986), Costume Design, Modeling, Modelling Supervisor
- *Godzilla 1985* (1985), as Prosthetics · Costume Design
- *The Return of Godzilla* (1984), as Prosthetics · Costume Design — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/the-return-of-godzilla.md)
- *Terror of Mechagodzilla* (1975), Costume Design, Modeling
- *Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla* (1974), Costume Design, Modeling — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-mechagodzilla.md)
- *Godzilla vs. Megalon* (1973), Costume Design, Modeling — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-megalon.md)
- *Godzilla vs. Gigan* (1972), Costume Design, Modeling, Sculptor
- *Godzilla vs. Hedorah* (1971), Costume Design, Modeling — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-hedorah.md)
- *Space Amoeba* (1970), Costume Design, Modeling
- *All Monsters Attack* (1969), Costume Design
- *Latitude Zero* (1969), Costume Design, Modeling
- *Son of Godzilla* (1967), Costume Design, Modeling — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/son-of-godzilla.md)
- *King Kong Escapes* (1967), Costume Design, Modeling
- *Ebirah, Horror of the Deep* (1966), Costume Designer
- *Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster* (1964), Costume Design, Modeling, Sculptor — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/ghidorah-the-three-headed-monster.md)
- *Mothra vs. Godzilla* (1964), Costume Design, Modeling
- *The Last War* (1961), as Modeling

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