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: 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 (34)
Grandgear
2028 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
Godzilla Minus Zero
2026 · Director, Writer, Visual Effects Supervisor
Foodlosslla
2024 · Director
ゴジラ-1.0／Ｃ
2024 · Director, Screenplay
Godzilla Minus One
2023 · Director, Visual Effects Supervisor, Screenplay, Creature Design
Ghost Book
2022 · Writer, Director
It's a Flickering Life
2021 · VFX Supervisor
Stand by Me Doraemon 2
2020 · Director, Screenplay
Lupin III: The First
2019 · Director, Writer
Dragon Quest: Your Story
2019 · Screenplay, Director, General Manager
The Great War of Archimedes
2019 · Director, Screenplay
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
2017 · Director, Screenplay, Visual Effects Supervisor
Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"
2016 · Director, Screenplay
Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Autumn Special: Film Directors Collection
2015 · Director
Parasyte: Part 2
2015 · Screenplay, Director, Visual Effects Supervisor
Parasyte: Part 1
2014 · Director, Screenplay, Visual Effects Supervisor
Stand by Me Doraemon
2014 · Screenplay, Director
The Eternal Zero
2013 · Director, Visual Effects Supervisor, Screenplay
The Human Trust
2013 · Masami's Subordinate
Always: Sunset on Third Street '64
2012 · Director, Screenplay, Visual Effects Supervisor
Friends: Naki on Monster Island
2011 · Director, Screenplay
Space Battleship Yamato
2010 · Director, Visual Effects Supervisor
Ballad
2009 · Director, Screenplay, Visual Effects
K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces
2008 · Visual Effects Supervisor, Writer
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
2007 · Director, Screenplay, Visual Effects Supervisor
The iDol
2006 · Cameraman, Writer, Visual Effects
Always - Sunset on Third Street
2005 · Director, Screenplay
Returner
2002 · Director, Screenplay
Juvenile
2000 · Director, Writer
Eko Eko Azarak II: Birth of the Wizard
1996 · Special Effects
Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness
1995 · Special Effects Supervisor
Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie - Poltergeist Report
1994 · Key Animation
Marina the Manga Artist Goes to Camelot
1990 · Key Animation
Nue
· Director, Writer
