Tadao Nagahama(1932-1980)
- Director
- Writer
- Sound Department
Joined Tokyo Movie Film Company in the 60s and soon began to direct
episodes of animation TV series "Ghost Q-taro" (1965-67). With the TV
series "Pa-Man" (1967), Nagahama began scriptwriting in addition to
directing. In 1969 he was promoted to supervising director of the TV
series "Star of Giants" and also debuted in movies with the four films
of theatrical adaptation of that series (1969-70). From the mid-70s he
became freelance and specialized in the genre of robots during five
years. At the end of the decade he joined Tokyo Movie Shinsha again,
collaborating in several projects, but passed away in 1980 during the
planning of a theatrical remake of "Star of Giants" (finally premiered
in 1982).
