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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.
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Filmography
all 43
Movies 36
Director 27
TV Shows 7
Writer 2
self 1
Producer 1

Foodlosslla (2024)

Godzilla Minus One (2023)

Ultraman the Ride (2023)

Ghost Book (2022)

Godzilla the Ride (2021)

It's a Flickering Life (2021)

Stand by Me Doraemon 2 (2020)

Lupin III: The First (2019)

Dragon Quest: Your Story (2019)

The Great War of Archimedes (2019)

Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura (2017)

Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate" (2016)

寄生兽 中国版 (2016)

Shin Godzilla (2016)

Parasyte: Part 2 (2015)

Parasyte: Part 1 (2014)

Stand by Me Doraemon (2014)

The Fighter Pilot (2013)

Aikatsu! (2012)

Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 (2012)

Friends: Naki on Monster Island (2011)

Space Battleship Yamato (2010)

Ballad (2009)

K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces (2008)

Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007)

The iDol (2006)

Always - Sunset on Third Street (2005)

Aquarion (2005)

Kibakichi 2 (2004)

Heat Guy J (2002)

Returner (2002)

Juvenile (2000)

Eko Eko Azarak II: Birth of the Wizard (1996)

Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness (1995)

Yu Yu Hakusho (1992)

Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still (1992)

Marina the Manga Artist Goes to Camelot (1990)

Grandgear

Untitled Godzilla Film
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1964-06-12 (60 years old)
Birth PlaceMatsumoto, Japan
SpouseShimako Satō
CitizenshipsJapan
ResidencesNagano Prefecture, Japan
Also Known As山崎 貴, やまざきたかし, تاکاشی یامازاکی
AwardsJapan Academy Prize for Screenplay of the Year, Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Director, Bram Stoker Award for Best Screenplay, Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year, Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year
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