was a Japanese special effects director who worked on eleven films in a career spanning twenty-one years. Tsukiji co-designed Gamera with , Noriaki Yuasa, and .
Biography
Early life Tsukiji was born on September 5, 1923, in Ōimachi, Shinagawa, Tokyo. Tsukiji's family lived across the street from the Oikan movie theater, he went to the movies nearly every day from the age of 5 to 6.『映像学校・映画学校 UTB映像アカデミープレスリリース』、「特撮監督築地米三郎氏セミナー開催」告知
Early career and war propaganda
Daiei years
Filmography
Special effects
Warning from Space (1956) [with Tōru Matoba] Panther's Eye (1956) Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion (1958) The Precipice (1958) Hanran (1959) Ten Dark Women (1961) The Great Wall (1962) Giant Horde Beast Nezura (1964) Money Talks (1964) Gamera the Giant Monster (1965) Gamera: Super Monster (1980)
Producer
Hatsukoi: Natsu no Kioku (2009)
Legacy Immediately after the bankruptcy of Daiei Film, Kiyoshi Kawamura published a novel The Flute of Gomera, featuring Tsukiji as the protagonist to depict difficulties of tokusatsu productions by the company.Shunichi Karasawa, April 14, 2006, Gamera Genesis: Movie Director Noriaki Yuasa, p.66-67, Enterbrain
A fictional character based on Tsukiji would appear in the 2021 film Nezura 1964.
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