Umanosuke Iida was born on 30 April 1961 in Hokkaido, Japan. He was a director and writer, known for Rüzgârlı Vadi (1984), Gökteki Kale (1986) and Kidô senshi Gundam: Dai 08 MS shôtai (1996). He died on 26 November 2010 in Tokyo, Japan.