Tokusatsu director
Takao Nagaishi passed away last
March 31 as his body succumbed to
progressive supranuclear palsy at the age of 68. He is best known for directing a lot of Kamen Rider and Super Sentai episodes.
Most of the Super Sentai episodes he
directed are:
Hikari Sentai Maskman (24),
Choujuu Sentai Liveman (24),
Kousoku Sentai Turboranger (21 episodes) and
Denji Sentai Megaranger (19 episodes). Outside the main series, he also directed the
Hikari Sentai Maskman and Kousoku Sentai Turboranger movies.
When it comes to Kamen Rider, he once worked as an assistant director in the orignal 1971 Kamen Rider series. He also did a lot of work for the Heisei Kamen Rider series, most notably are
Kamen Rider THE FIRST and
Kamen Rider Den-O the Movie: I'm Born! His last work for Toei was the Goseiger V-Cinema entitled, "
Tensou Sentai Goseiger Returns: Last Epic - The Gosei Angels are National Idols!?"
From all of us here, thank you for the memories you gave us from the movies and TV shows you directed.
Source: Oricon
