---
name: "Yôichi Manoda"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/yoichi-manoda"
fi1m_id: "yoichi-manoda"
tmdb_id: 1711846
roles: ["Special effects"]
born: "6 October 1935"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-28T20:43:11.590826+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."
---

# Yôichi Manoda

## Identity

Yôichi Manoda

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/yoichi-manoda
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** yoichi-manoda
- **TMDB ID:** 1711846
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1711846

Special effects. Born 6 October 1935 in Tokyo, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Special effects
- **Born:** 6 October 1935, Tokyo, Japan
- **Active:** 1954–1971
- **Also known as:** Manoda Yōichi
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 88 (1), 1960s 57 (1), 1970s 64 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Science Fiction 3, Horror 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Fantasy 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $7m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1711846

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Godzilla vs. Hedorah*](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-hedorah.md) (64)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Yôichi Manoda (also credited as Yoichi Manoda or Manoda Yōichi) is a Japanese cinematographer, special effects director and television producer. Born on 6 October 1935 in Tokyo, he studied under Eiji Tsuburaya at the Tsuburaya Research Institute before joining Toho in 1953, where he worked as an assistant cameraman on numerous tokusatsu productions.

Manoda advanced to special effects cinematographer in the mid-1960s and served as lead cinematographer on *Space Amoeba* (1970) and *Godzilla vs. Hedorah* (1971). He subsequently moved into special effects direction, working on episodes of series including *Return of Ultraman*, and later took producing roles on television projects such as *Diamond Eye* and *Megaloman*.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Godzilla vs. Hedorah* (1971), Fi1m 64, Cinematography, Special Effects, Director of Photography, VFX Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-hedorah.md)
- *Son of Godzilla* (1967), Fi1m 57, Special Effects, VFX Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/son-of-godzilla.md)
- *Godzilla* (1954), Fi1m 88, Visual Effects Camera, Special Effects — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

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

- *Godzilla* (1977), Visual Effects Camera, Special Effects
- *Flying Saucer War Bankid* (1976), series, Special Effects, Visual Effects Director
- *Jumborg Ace* (1973), series, Special Effects, Visual Effects Director
- *Satan's Creature* (1972), Director of Photography
- *Godzilla vs. Hedorah* (1971), Director of Photography, Special Effects, VFX Director of Photography — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-hedorah.md)
- *Space Amoeba* (1970), Special Effects, VFX Director of Photography
- *All Monsters Attack* (1969), VFX Director of Photography, Special Effects
- *Latitude Zero* (1969), Special Effects, VFX Director of Photography
- *Son of Godzilla* (1967), Special Effects, VFX Director of Photography — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/son-of-godzilla.md)
- *King Kong Escapes* (1967), Special Effects, VFX Director of Photography
- *Do Your Best! Godzilla* (1967), Special Effects, Director of Photography
- *Ebirah, Horror of the Deep* (1966), Special Effects, VFX Director of Photography
- *The War of the Gargantuas* (1966), Special Effects, VFX Director of Photography
- *Dogora* (1964), Special Effects, Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects Camera
- *Mothra vs. Godzilla* (1964), Special Effects, Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects Camera
- *King Kong vs. Godzilla* (1963), Special Effects, Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects Camera
- *King Kong vs. Godzilla* (1962), Visual Effects Camera, Special Effects, Special Effects Assistant
- *The Last War* (1961), Special Effects, VFX Director of Photography
- *Gigantis, the Fire Monster* (1959), Special Effects, Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects Camera
- *Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean* (1957), Special Effects, Visual Effects Camera
- *Godzilla, King of the Monsters!* (1956), Special Effects, Visual Effects Camera
- *Godzilla Raids Again* (1955), Special Effects, Visual Effects Camera, Special Effects Assistant
- *Godzilla* (1954), Visual Effects Camera, Special Effects — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla.md)

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