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Takashi Yamazaki

Takashi Yamazaki

Director · Born 1964-06-12 · Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan

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Biography

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 Stor…

Directed

  1. Godzilla Minus One (2023) — Director
  2. Stand by Me Doraemon (2014) — Director
  3. Lupin III: The First (2019) — Director
  4. Parasyte: Part 1 (2014) — Director
  5. Space Battleship Yamato (2010) — Director
  6. Returner (2002) — Director
  7. Stand by Me Doraemon 2 (2020) — Director
  8. Dragon Quest: Your Story (2019) — Director
  9. Parasyte: Part 2 (2015) — Director
  10. The Eternal Zero (2013) — Director
  11. Always - Sunset on Third Street (2005) — Director
  12. Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura (2017) — Director
  13. The Great War of Archimedes (2019) — Director
  14. Friends: Naki on Monster Island (2011) — Director
  15. Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007) — Director
  16. Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 (2012) — Director
  17. Ghost Book (2022) — Director
  18. Ballad (2009) — Director
  19. Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate" (2016) — Director
  20. Heat Guy J (2002) — Director
  21. Juvenile (2000) — Director
  22. Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Autumn Special: Film Directors Collection (2015) — Director
  23. Foodlosslla (2024) — Director
  24. Godzilla Minus Zero (2026) — Director
  25. Grandgear (2028) — Director
  26. Nue — Director

Also appeared in

  1. The Oscars (1953) — Self
  2. Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan (1981) — Worker
  3. The iDol (2006) — Cameraman