In his memoirs, Noriaki YUASA credits Inoue as "the man who created Gamera," and tells interesting stories of the time when he was an assistant director under Inoue; saying as follows.
湯浅憲明は回想録『ガメラを創った男』で、井上の下で助監督を務めた当時のエピソードを紹介し、次のように回顧している。