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name: "Yoshitami Kuroiwa"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/yoshitami-kuroiwa"
fi1m_id: "yoshitami-kuroiwa"
imdb_id: "nm0475863"
tmdb_id: 563673
wikidata_id: "Q8056295"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "15 November 1931"
died: "12 December 2012"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 60
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-28T20:56:58.805522+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."
---

# Yoshitami Kuroiwa

## Identity

Yoshitami Kuroiwa

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/yoshitami-kuroiwa
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** yoshitami-kuroiwa
- **IMDb ID:** nm0475863
- **TMDB ID:** 563673
- **Wikidata ID:** Q8056295
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshitami_Kuroiwa, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8056295, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0475863/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/563673

Editor. Born 15 November 1931 in Japan. Died 12 December 2012.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 15 November 1931, Japan
- **Died:** 12 December 2012
- **Active:** 1971–1984
- **Also known as:** くろいわ よしたみ, Kuroiwa Yoshitami
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 64 (1), 1980s 55 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshitami_Kuroiwa, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8056295, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0475863/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/563673

## 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

Yoshitami Kuroiwa was a Japanese film editor who worked primarily at Toho. He edited more than 100 films, including several entries in the Godzilla series and numerous productions directed by Kihachi Okamoto.

His credits include *Godzilla vs. Hedorah* (1971), *Terror of Mechagodzilla* (1975), *The Return of Godzilla* (1984), *The Sword of Doom* (1966), *Kill!* (1968) and *Samurai Assassin* (1965). He also edited *The Rickshaw Man* (1958), for which director Hiroshi Inagaki received the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.

Kuroiwa was born on 15 November 1931 and died on 12 December 2012.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, ja.wikipedia.org, wikizilla.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Return of Godzilla* (1984), Fi1m 55, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-return-of-godzilla.md)
- *Godzilla vs. Hedorah* (1971), Fi1m 64, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-hedorah.md)

## Complete filmography (124)

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

- *Hiruko the Goblin* (1991), Editor
- *Gunhed* (1989), Editor
- *Golf Before Dawn* (1987), Editor
- *Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth* (1986), Editor
- *Jazz Daimyo* (1986), Editor
- *Godzilla 1985* (1985), Editor
- *The Return of Godzilla* (1984), Editor — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/the-return-of-godzilla.md)
- *Zero* (1984), Editor
- *Sayonara Jupiter* (1984), Editor
- *L・O・V・I・N・G* (1983), Editor
- *The Guy Who Brings On A Storm* (1983), Editor
- *Highschool Scramble* (1982), Editor
- *The Highest Honour* (1982), Editor
- *Good Luck Love* (1981), Editor
- *The Imperial Navy* (1981), Editor
- *Blue Jeans Memory* (1981), Editor
- *The Bushido Blade* (1981), Editor
- *Graffiti Youth: Sneaker Blues* (1981), Editor
- *Wings of Icarus' Flight* (1980), Editor
- *The Last Game* (1979), Editor
- *Golden Partners* (1979), Editor
- *Blood Type: Blue* (1978), Editor
- *Have Wings on Your Heart* (1978), Editor
- *Sugata Sanshiro* (1977), Editor
- *The Last Dinosaur* (1977), Editor
- *Tree of Youth* (1977), Editor
- *The Japanese Belly Button* (1977), Editor
- *Monsters of the Lost Continent* (1977), Editor
- *The Alaska Story* (1977), Editor
- *Stars and Storms* (1976), Editor
- *Zero Fighter* (1976), Editor
- *Love Is a Hunter* (1976), Editor
- *Slope of the Sun* (1975), Editor
- *Aoi sanmyaku* (1975), Editor
- *Terror of Mechagodzilla* (1975), Editor
- *Battle Cry* (1975), Editor
- *Without Complaint* (1975), Editor
- *The Beast Shall Die* (1974), Editor
- *The Blossom and the Sword* (1973), Editor
- *The Human Revolution* (1973), Editor
- *The King* (1973), Editor
- *The Three Musketeers of Japan: The Tale of Hakata Obi* (1973), Editor
- *The Three Musketeers of Japan: Adieu, Tokyo!* (1972), Editor
- *Satan's Creature* (1972), Editor
- *The Battle of Okinawa* (1971), Editor
- *Godzilla vs. Hedorah* (1971), Editor — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-hedorah.md)
- *Will to Conquer* (1970), Editor
- *The Militarists* (1970), Editor
- *The Creature Called Man* (1970), Editor
- *Duel at Fort Ezo* (1970), Editor
- *The Resurrection of the Beast* (1969), Editor
- *Portrait of Hell* (1969), Editor
- *Bullet Wound* (1969), Editor
- *Black Comedy - Ah, Fool* (1969), Editor
- *Too Young to Die* (1969), Editor
- *Crazy Big Explosion* (1969), Editor
- *Sun Above, Death Below* (1968), Editor
- *Japan's No. 1 Traitor* (1968), Editor
- *Young Challengers* (1968), Editor
- *Kill!* (1968), Editor
- *Pomegranate Time* (1967), Editor
- *Japan's Longest Day* (1967), Editor
- *Last Days of the Tokugawa Regime: Tenamonya Confusion* (1967), Editor
- *The Killing Bottle* (1967), Editor
- *The Age of Assassins* (1967), Editor
- *Let's Go! Young Guy* (1967), Editor
- *The Craziest Operation* (1966), Editor
- *Zero Fighter* (1966), Editor
- *Taming an Unruly Girl* (1966), Editor
- *It Started In The Alps* (1966), Editor
- *The Sword of Doom* (1966), Editor
- *More Than 10,000 Women But...* (1966), Editor
- *Campus A Go-Go* (1965), Editor
- *The Crazy Adventure* (1965), Editor
- *Key of Keys* (1965), Editor
- *Fort Graveyard* (1965), Editor
- *Beast Alley* (1965), Editor
- *You Can If You Try* (1965), Editor
- *Sequel Western King, Eastern Leader* (1965), Editor
- *Japan's No. 1 Sesame Paste Man* (1965), Editor
- *The School of Flesh* (1965), Editor
- *Samurai Assassin* (1965), Editor
- *Western King, Eastern Leader* (1964), Editor
- *You Can Succeed, Too* (1964), Editor
- *Brand of Evil* (1964), Editor
- *Oh, Bomb!* (1964), Editor
- *Youth Season Continued* (1964), Editor
- *Tiger Flight* (1964), Editor
- *The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman* (1963), Editor
- *Samurai Pirate* (1963), Editor
- *Interpol Code 8* (1963), Editor
- *Siege of Fort Bismarck* (1963), Editor
- *Warring Clans* (1963), Editor
- *Pressure of Guilt* (1963), Editor
- *Attack Squadron* (1963), Editor
- *Our Failures* (1962), Editor
- *Irresponsible Age of Japan* (1962), Editor
- *Operation Sewer Rats* (1962), Editor
- *The Witness Killed* (1961), Editor
- *Death on the Mountain* (1961), Editor
- *Challenge to Live* (1961), Editor
- *Big Shots Die at Dawn* (1961), Editor
- *Blueprint of Murder* (1961), Editor
- *Get 'em All* (1960), Editor
- *Westward Desperado* (1960), Editor
- *The Blue Beast* (1960), Editor
- *Ginza Tomboy* (1960), Editor
- *Modern Salaryman: Bushido  Romance* (1960), Editor
- *The Last Gunfight* (1960), Editor
- *The Terrible Game* (1959), Editor
- *Desperado Outpost* (1959), Editor
- *Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender* (1959), Editor
- *The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung* (1959), Editor
- *The Big Boss* (1959), Editor
- *Who Is the Informer?* (1958), Editor
- *The Spell of the Hidden Gold* (1958), Editor
- *All About Marriage* (1958), Editor
- *The Rickshaw Man* (1958), Editor
- *The Rise and Fall of a Jazz Girl* (1958), Editor
- *Faraway Man* (1957), Editor
- *Reign of Terror* (1957), Editor
- *The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)* (1957), Editor
- *The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1)* (1956), Editor
- *The Maiden Courtesan* (1956), Editor

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