Takashi Yamazaki

Directing·Jun 12, 1964·Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan

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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.

Film	Credit
GGrandgear2028 · Director, Screenplay, Producer	Director, Screenplay, Producer
Godzilla Minus Zero2026 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Foodlosslla2024 · Director	Director
Godzilla Minus One2023 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Ghost Book2022 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Stand by Me Doraemon 22020 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Lupin III: The First2019 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Dragon Quest: Your Story2019 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
The Great War of Archimedes2019 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura2017 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"2016 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Autumn Special: Film Directors Collection2015 · Director	Director
Parasyte: Part 22015 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Parasyte: Part 12014 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Stand by Me Doraemon2014 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
The Eternal Zero2013 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Always: Sunset on Third Street '642012 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Friends: Naki on Monster Island2011 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Space Battleship Yamato2010 · Director	Director
Ballad2009 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces2008 · Writer	Writer
Always: Sunset on Third Street 22007 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The iDol2006 · Cameraman, Writer	Cameraman, Writer
Always - Sunset on Third Street2005 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Returner2002 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Juvenile2000 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
NNueDirector, Writer	Director, Writer