---
name: "Yasuyuki Inoue"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/yasuyuki-inoue"
fi1m_id: "yasuyuki-inoue"
tmdb_id: 1689152
roles: ["Visual effects art director"]
born: "26 November 1922"
died: "19 February 2012"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 67
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-28T20:56:58.915143+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."
---

# Yasuyuki Inoue

## Identity

Yasuyuki Inoue

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/yasuyuki-inoue
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** yasuyuki-inoue
- **TMDB ID:** 1689152
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1689152

Visual effects art director. Born 26 November 1922 in Fukuoka, Japan. Died 19 February 2012.

## Details

- **Work:** Visual effects art director
- **Born:** 26 November 1922, Fukuoka, Japan
- **Died:** 19 February 2012
- **Active:** 1954–1984
- **Also known as:** 井上 泰幸, 井上 やすゆき, Inoue Yasuyuki, Taiko Inoue, 井上 たいこう, Inoue Taikō
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 88 (1), 1960s 64 (2), 1970s 64 (1), 1980s 55 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Science Fiction 5, Action 3, Horror 3, Fantasy 2, Adventure 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $22m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1689152

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*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)

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## Biography

Yasuyuki Inoue, also known as Taiko Inoue, was a Japanese special effects art director and production designer. He worked primarily at Toho on tokusatsu films from the 1950s to the 1980s.

Inoue joined the special effects department for the original *Godzilla* (1954), initially assisting with miniature sets. He later became head of the art department and contributed to numerous entries in the Godzilla series, including *Godzilla Raids Again* (1955), *King Kong vs. Godzilla* (1962), *Mothra vs. Godzilla* (1964), *Godzilla vs. Hedorah* (1971) as production designer, *Godzilla vs. Gigan* (1972) and *Terror of Mechagodzilla* (1975). He also worked on films such as *Rodan* (1956), *The War of the Gargantuas* (1966) and *The Return of Godzilla* (1984).

Inoue designed many miniature sets, vehicles and some monsters, notably Hedorah. He was born in Fukuoka on 26 November 1922 and died on 19 February 2012.

*Sources: scifijapan.com, wikizilla.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *The Return of Godzilla* (1984), Fi1m 55, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-return-of-godzilla.md)
- *Godzilla vs. Hedorah* (1971), Fi1m 64, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-hedorah.md)
- *Son of Godzilla* (1967), Fi1m 57, Visual Effects Art Director — [page](https://film.one/film/son-of-godzilla.md)
- *Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster* (1964), Fi1m 70, Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects Art Director — [page](https://film.one/film/ghidorah-the-three-headed-monster.md)
- *Godzilla* (1954), Fi1m 88, Visual Effects Art Director — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla.md)

## Complete filmography (38)

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

- *Godzilla 1985* (1985), Production Design
- *The Return of Godzilla* (1984), Production Design — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/the-return-of-godzilla.md)
- *Magnitude 7.9* (1980), Visual Effects Art Director
- *The War in Space* (1977), Special Effects
- *Godzilla* (1977), Visual Effects Art Director
- *Conflagration* (1975), Visual Effects Art Director
- *Terror of Mechagodzilla* (1975), Visual Effects Art Director
- *Prophecies of Nostradamus* (1974), Visual Effects Art Director
- *Satan's Creature* (1972), as Art Direction
- *Godzilla vs. Gigan* (1972), Visual Effects Art Director
- *Godzilla vs. Hedorah* (1971), Production Design — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-hedorah.md)
- *Space Amoeba* (1970), Visual Effects Art Director
- *Latitude Zero* (1969), Visual Effects Art Director
- *Son of Godzilla* (1967), Visual Effects Art Director — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/son-of-godzilla.md)
- *King Kong Escapes* (1967), Visual Effects Art Director
- *Do Your Best! Godzilla* (1967), Production Design
- *Ebirah, Horror of the Deep* (1966), Visual Effects Art Director
- *The War of the Gargantuas* (1966), Visual Effects Art Director
- *Ultra Q* (1966), series, Visual Effects Art Director
- *Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster* (1964), Visual Effects Art Director, Special Effects Assistant — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/ghidorah-the-three-headed-monster.md)
- *Dogora* (1964), Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects Art Director
- *Mothra vs. Godzilla* (1964), Visual Effects Art Director, Special Effects Assistant
- *Matango* (1963), Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects Art Director
- *King Kong vs. Godzilla* (1963), Visual Effects Art Director, Special Effects Assistant
- *King Kong vs. Godzilla* (1962), Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects Art Director
- *The Last War* (1961), Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects Art Director
- *Gigantis, the Fire Monster* (1959), Visual Effects Art Director, Special Effects Assistant
- *Fox and Raccoon* (1959), Production Assistant
- *The Mysterians* (1957), Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects Art Director
- *Tokyo 1960* (1957), Visual Effects Art Director
- *Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman* (1957), Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects Art Director
- *Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean* (1957), Visual Effects Art Director
- *Rodan* (1956), Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects Art Director
- *The Legend of the White Serpent* (1956), Assistant Art Director
- *Godzilla, King of the Monsters!* (1956), Visual Effects Art Director
- *Beast Man Snow Man* (1955), Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects Art Director
- *Godzilla Raids Again* (1955), Visual Effects Art Director, Special Effects Assistant
- *Godzilla* (1954), Visual Effects Art Director — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla.md)

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