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Takashi Yamazaki

Director, Writer, Actor, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn June 12, 1964 (61 years)
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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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Great War of Archimedes
  • The iDol

Known For

  • Godzilla Minus One
  • Returner
  • Stand by Me Doraemon
  • Space Battleship Yamato
  • Parasyte: Part 1
  • Stand by Me Doraemon 2
  • Lupin III: The First
  • Parasyte: Part 2
  • Dragon Quest: Your Story
  • The Fighter Pilot
  • Always: Sunset on Third Street
  • Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
  • The Great War of Archimedes
  • Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
  • Food Wars!
  • Always: Sunset on Third Street '64
  • K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces
  • Kiteretsu Encyclopedia
  • Golden Time
  • Friends: Naki on the Monster Island
  • Fueled: The Man They Called 'Pirate'
  • Ballad
  • Ghost Book
  • The iDol

Filmography

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