Fumio Yanoguchi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Fumio Yanoguchi

Date of Birth: 29-Sep-1917

Place of Birth: Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Date of Death: 15-Jan-1985

Profession: audio engineer

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Fumio Yanoguchi (Japanese: ??? ??, Hepburn: Yanoguchi Fumio, 29 September 1917 – 15 January 1985) was a Japanese recording engineer known for his work with film director Akira Kurosawa. Yanoguchi began working with Kurosawa on the 1949 film Stray Dog, and afterwards began recording the sound for the vast majority of Kurosawa's films until dying late in the production of Ran in 1985.
He won the Mainichi Film Award for Best Sound Recording for the 1952 film Ikiru.
Yanoguchi also worked on Godzilla films such as Mothra vs.
Godzilla (1964) and Godzilla vs.
Gigan (1972).