Toshio Masuda, Director of 'Uchuu Senkan Yamato' Movies, Dies at 98
Toshio Masuda, the director behind Uchuu Senkan Yamato (Space Battleship Yamato) movies, died on August 26 due to natural causes. He was 98. The Directors Guild of Japan announced the news on Thursday, stating that Masuda died at a hospital in Tokyo.
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