 This article is about a writer/director in the Kamen Rider Series.
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Minoru Yamada (山田 稔, Yamada Minoru, June 23, 1926 - August 25, 1995) was a writer and director who worked throughout the Showa Kamen Rider Series. He also directed some of the first ever movies in the Kamen Rider Series.
Directing credits[]
TV[]
- Kamen Rider (1971-73)
- Episode 9: The Terrifying Cobra Man
- Episode 10: The Reborn Cobra Man
- Episode 18: Fossil Man Hitodanger
- Episode 20: The Fire-Breathing Caterpillar Monster Dokugander
- Episode 21: Dokugander Battle at Osaka Castle!
- Episode 22: The Monstrous Merman Amazonia
- Episode 24: The Poisonous Monster Kinokomorgue Sortie!
- Episode 34: Japan in Peril! Gamaguiler's Invasion
- Episode 39: The Monster Wolf Man's Big Muder Party
- Episode 40: Deathmatch! The Monster Snowman vs. The Two Riders
- Episode 41: The Magma Monster Goaster, Great Decisive Battle at Sakurajima
- Episode 42: The Devil Messager, The Eerie Fly Man
- Episode 45: The Monster Namekujira's Operation Gas Explosion
- Episode 51: The Rock Monster Unicornos vs. Double Rider Kick
- Episode 53: The Monster Jaguarman, Decisive Deadly Autobike Battle
- Episode 55: Cockroach Man!! The Terrifying Germ Ad Balloon
- Episode 56: The Poison Butterfly Gilliera of Amazon
- Episode 57: The Tsuchigumo Man Dokumonde
- Episode 61: The Monster Namazuguiller's Electric Hell
- Episode 62: Monster Harinezrass' Murder Skull Plan
- Episode 68: Dr. Shinigami, The Terrifying Truth Form?
- Episode 69: The Monster Guiller Koorogi, Nails of Death
- Episode 72: The Blood-Sucking Mosquiras vs. The Two Riders
- Episode 73: Double Riders, Defeat!! Siomaneking
- Episode 76: Three of Power Generation Monster Sea Dragon!!
- Episode 80: Gel Shocker's Debut! The Last Day of Kamen Rider!!
- Episode 81: Kamen Rider Dies Twice!!
- Episode 85: The Sludge Monster, Terrifying Killer Smog
- Episode 86: The Monster Washi Kamaguilli's Human Hunt
- Episode 89: The Terrifying Operation Pet, Send Rider to Hell!
- Episode 90: The Terrifying Operation Pet, Rider S.O.S.!
- Episode 93: The 8 Kamen Riders
- Episode 94: The True Form of Gel Shocker Leader!!
- Kamen Rider V3 (1973-74)
- Episode 1: Rider No. 3: His Name is V3!
- Episode 2: Last Testament of the Double Riders
- Episode 7: The Fury of Rider V3's Special Training
- Episode 8: Watch Out, V3! Beware the Terrifying Buzzsaw
- Episode 13: Terrifying Commandant: Doctor G!!
- Episode 14: Secret Memento of the Double Riders
- Episode 20: Destron's Shikoku Conquest Operation
- Episode 21: The Double Riders Live
- Episode 23: Terror! Vampire From the Graveyard
- Episode 24: Mysterious! Cockroach Manor!!
- Episode 27: Zol, Shinigami, Jigoku, Black Rise from the Grave
- Episode 28: The Five Commandants' All-Out Attack!!
- Kamen Rider X (1974)
- Episode 17: Scary! Humans are Being Made into Trees!!
- Episode 18: Scary! It's G.O.D.'s Cat Disguise Operation!!
- Kamen Rider Amazon (1974-75)
- Episode 3: The Strong, Naked, Fast Guy!
- Episode 4: Run! The Raging Jungler
- Episode 11: The Golden Snail's the Reaper's Envoy!?
- Episode 12: Seen! Gedon's Beastman Modification Room
- Kamen Rider Stronger (1975)
- Episode 33: Stronger Dies in the Full Moon!?
- Episode 34: The Snake Woman's Bloodsucking Hell!
- Episode 37: Riders Captured! Long Live Delzer!!
- Episode 38: Appearance! Riders 1, 2!!
- Episode 39/Finale: Goodbye! The Glorious Seven Riders!
- Kamen Rider (Skyrider) (1979-80)
- Episode 1: A Cyborg Flies in the Sky
- Episode 2: Bizarre! Kumojin
- Episode 5: Fly, Ride on a Girl's Dreams
- Episode 6: Kinokojin! The Devil's Hands are Cold
- Episode 9: Cobranjin's Murder Army
- Episode 10: Seen! Kaningerjin's Secret
- Episode 11: Sanshojin! Escape from Hell Valley
- Episode 14: Haejigokujin, Kamen Rider Close Call
- Episode 15: Dreadful Aokabijin's Big Tokyo Earthquake
- Episode 16: The Immortal Gokiburijin; What is the True Identity of General Monster?
- Episode 17: You Did It! The End of General Monster
- Episode 20: Two Kamen Riders, Who is the Other?
- Episode 21: Enter Stronger; Two Riders vs. Two Formidable Monsters
- Episode 23: Monster Flying Squirrel Brothers and Two Riders
- Episode 27: The Tank and the Second Generation Monster Corp: Full Force of Eight Riders
- Episode 28: Eight Riders' Great Training of Friendship
- Episode 31: Run, X-Rider! Hiroshi Tsukuba! Don't Die!!
- Episode 32: Thank You, Keisuke Jin! Leave the Final Blow to Me!!
- Episode 33: Hello! Riderman, be Careful of Nezura Man
- Episode 36: Hurry, Hayato Ichimonji! Save the People Turning Into Trees!!
- Episode 37: The Mystery of Hyakki Village! Will Hiroshi Also Become a Tree?
- Episode 38: Please, Shigeru Jo! There's the Ari Commando Training School With a Million Yen Monthly Salary
- Episode 41: Ghost Story Series - The Secret of the Phantom Building
- Episode 42: Ghost Story Series - Zombie! The Monster is Revived
- Episode 45: Ghost Story Series - The Snake Woman Curses Hiroshi Tsukuba!
- Episode 46: Ghost Story Series - The Breakable Human! Fear of the Mirror's Center
- Episode 49: Rocket Launch! Hiroshi Tsukuba Goes to the Space Graveyard
- Episode 50: You, Also Enlist in the Ari Commando Boys' Squad!?
- Episode 51: Neo Shocker Red & White, Great Decisive Battle of Death
- Kamen Rider Super-1 (1980-81)
- Episode 1: The Remodeled Human's Great Transformation for the Planet
- Episode 2: The Time of Battle Has Come! The Move is the Sincere Shaolin Fist
- Episode 5: Jump, Kazuya! The Demonic Machine Race
- Episode 6: Help, The Lovers of the Spider's Nest Mansion
- Episode 11: SOS! Kazuya! Cooperate with Dogma!!
- Episode 12: A Formidable Enemy Appears! The Sincere Shaolin Fist is Defeated
- Episode 13: Discovered! The Deadly "Plum-blossom" Technique
- Episode 20: To Your House! Dogma's Phone Rings Tonight
- Episode 21: Emergency Order! Steal the Five Hands!!
- Episode 24: Let's Go!! Junior Rider Squad
- Episode 25: It Even Attracts Airplanes!! The Strong Magnet Monster
- Episode 28: The Bizarre Video Monster Who Makes Copies of People
- Episode 29: Rain, Rain, Fall, Fall! The Bizarre Umbrella Man!!
- Episode 32: Bait the Rider! Fishing Rod Monster Appears
- Episode 33: Let's Fight Everyone! The Dreadful RC Monster
- Episode 34: The Magic Red Light That Masaru Found
- Episode 37: Big Arm Top Monster! Deathmatch at the Lighthouse!!
- Episode 38: Dangerous! Don't Enter Where Refrigerator Monster is In!!
- Episode 43: The World is Freezing!? Electric Fan Monster's Might!
- Episode 44: Lengthening Ladder Monster's Evil Influence
- Episode 47: Golden Rain! Doctor Ghost's Final Trap!!
- Episode 48/Finale: Farewell, Earth! Kazuya Heads Off to Space!!
- Birth of the 10th! Kamen Riders All Together!! (1984)
Film[]
- Kamen Rider vs. Shocker (1972)
- Kamen Rider vs. Jigoku Taishi (1972)
- Kamen Rider V3: The Movie (1973)
- Kamen Rider V3 vs. the Destron Monsters (1973)
- Kamen Rider Super-1: The Movie (1981)
