- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- June 12, 1964
- Place of Birth
- Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan
Takashi Yamazaki
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:…
Filmography
Grandgear
2028 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
movieGodzilla Minus Zero
2026 · Director, Writer, Visual Effects
movieFoodlosslla
2024 · Director
movieGodzilla Minus One
2023 · Director, Visual Effects Supervisor, Screenplay, Creature Design
movieGhost Book
2022 · Writer, Director
movieIt's a Flickering Life
2021 · VFX Supervisor
movieStand by Me Doraemon 2
2020 · Director, Screenplay
movieLupin III: The First
2019 · Director, Writer
movieDragon Quest: Your Story
2019 · Screenplay, Director, General Manager
movieThe Great War of Archimedes
2019 · Director, Screenplay
movieDestiny: The Tale of Kamakura
2017 · Director, Screenplay, Visual Effects Supervisor
movieFueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"
2016 · Director, Screenplay
movieTales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Autumn Special: Film Directors Collection
2015 · Director
movieParasyte: Part 2
2015 · Screenplay, Director, Visual Effects Supervisor
movieParasyte: Part 1
2014 · Director, Screenplay, Visual Effects Supervisor
movieStand by Me Doraemon
2014 · Screenplay, Director
movieThe Eternal Zero
2013 · Director, Visual Effects Supervisor, Screenplay
movieAlways: Sunset on Third Street '64
2012 · Director, Screenplay, Visual Effects Supervisor
movieFriends: Naki on Monster Island
2011 · Director, Screenplay
movieSpace Battleship Yamato
2010 · Director, Visual Effects Supervisor
movieBallad
2009 · Director, Screenplay, Visual Effects
movieK-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces
2008 · Visual Effects Supervisor, Writer
movieAlways: Sunset on Third Street 2
2007 · Director, Screenplay, Visual Effects Supervisor
movieThe iDol
2006 · Cameraman, Writer, Visual Effects
movieAlways - Sunset on Third Street
2005 · Director, Screenplay
tvAquarion
2005 · Storyboard
tvHeat Guy J
2002 · Director
movieReturner
2002 · Director, Screenplay
movieJuvenile
2000 · Director, Writer
movieEko Eko Azarak II: Birth of the Wizard
1996 · Special Effects
movieEko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness
1995 · Special Effects Supervisor
movieYu Yu Hakusho: The Movie - Poltergeist Report
1994 · Key Animation
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
tvTaiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan
1981 · Worker
tvThe Oscars
1953 · Self
Nue
— · Director, Writer