Takashi Yamazaki
Directing
Takashi Yamazaki (山崎 貴, Yamazaki Takashi, born June 12, 1964) is a Japanese filmmaker and visual effects supervisor. Known for his blockbusters featuring advanced visual effects, he is considered a leading figure in the Japanese film industry. Yamazaki receives multiple accolades, including an Academy Award, eight Japanese Academy Awards, five Nikkan Sports Film Awards, two Hochi Film Awards, and an Asian Film Award. His films have collectively grossed over $523 million worldwide. Yamazaki found employment at the visual effects and animation studio Shirogumi in 1986 and has remained there throughout his career. His first directorial features were the science fiction films Juvenile(2000) and Returner (2002), for which he became known as the "Japanese James Cameron". He later gained further notice in Japan by directing film adaptations of popular anime, novels, and manga, including Always: Sunset on Third Street (2005), Space Battleship Yamato (2010), The Eternal Zero (2013), and Stand by Me Doraemon (2014); the latter two films both earned a total of nine awards at the 38th Japan Academy Film Prize. Yamazaki's career advanced with The Great War of Archimedes, Dragon Quest: Your Story, Lupin III: The First (2019), and Stand by Me Doraemon 2 (2020). His 2023 kaiju epic, Godzilla Minus One, became the most successful Japanese Godzilla film of all time and one of his highest-grossing films. Yamazaki and the visual effects team also became the first Japanese crew to receive the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. In 2024, Yamazaki was included in Gold House's annual list of 100 Most Impactful Asians. Description above from the Wikipedia article Takashi Yamazaki, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Directing26
Grandgear
2028
Director
movieGodzilla Minus Zero
2026
Director
movieFoodlosslla
2024
Director
movieGodzilla Minus One
2023
Director
movieGhost Book
2022
Director
movieStand by Me Doraemon 2
2020
Director
movieLupin III: The First
2019
Director
movieParasyte: Part 2
2015
Director
movieParasyte: Part 1
2014
Director
movieStand by Me Doraemon
2014
Director
movieThe Eternal Zero
2013
Director
movieSpace Battleship Yamato
2010
Director
movieBallad
2009
Director
tvHeat Guy J
2002
Director
movieReturner
2002
Director
movieJuvenile
2000
Director
Nue
Director
Writing25
Grandgear
2028
Screenplay
movieGodzilla Minus Zero
2026
Screenplay
movieGodzilla Minus One
2023
Screenplay
movieGhost Book
2022
Writer
movieStand by Me Doraemon 2
2020
Screenplay
movieDragon Quest: Your Story
2019
Screenplay
movieThe Great War of Archimedes
2019
Screenplay
movieDestiny: The Tale of Kamakura
2017
Screenplay
movieParasyte: Part 2
2015
Screenplay
movieParasyte: Part 1
2014
Screenplay
movieStand by Me Doraemon
2014
Screenplay
movieThe Eternal Zero
2013
Screenplay
movieFriends: Naki on Monster Island
2011
Screenplay
movieBallad
2009
Screenplay
movieThe iDol
2006
Writer
movieAlways - Sunset on Third Street
2005
Screenplay
tvAquarion
2005
Storyboard
movieReturner
2002
Screenplay
movieJuvenile
2000
Writer
Nue
Writer
Visual Effects18
movieGodzilla Minus Zero
2026
Visual Effects
movieGodzilla Minus One
2023
Visual Effects Supervisor, Creature Design
movieIt's a Flickering Life
2021
VFX Supervisor
movieDestiny: The Tale of Kamakura
2017
Visual Effects Supervisor
movieParasyte: Part 2
2015
Visual Effects Supervisor
movieParasyte: Part 1
2014
Visual Effects Supervisor
movieThe Eternal Zero
2013
Visual Effects Supervisor
movieAlways: Sunset on Third Street '64
2012
Visual Effects Supervisor
movieSpace Battleship Yamato
2010
Visual Effects Supervisor
movieBallad
2009
Visual Effects
movieK-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces
2008
Visual Effects Supervisor
movieAlways: Sunset on Third Street 2
2007
Visual Effects Supervisor
movieThe iDol
2006
Visual Effects
movieEko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness
1995
Special Effects Supervisor
tvYu Yu Hakusho
1992
Key Animation
tvGiant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still
1992
Key Animation
movieMarina the Manga Artist Goes to Camelot
1990
Key Animation
Acting3
Production2
Grandgear
2028
Producer
movieDragon Quest: Your Story
2019
General Manager
Crew1
movieEko Eko Azarak II: Birth of the Wizard
1996
Special Effects