Takashi Yamazaki

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Takashi Yamazaki

Born June 12, 1964 · Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan (age 62)

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 …

Known For

Godzilla Minus OneGodzilla Minus One · 2023
Godzilla Minus One
7.62023
MovieScience FictionHorror
In postwar Japan, Godzilla brings new devastation to an already scorched landscape. With no military intervention or government help in sight, the survivors must join together in the face of despair and fight back against an unrelenting horror.
Stand by Me DoraemonStand by Me Doraemon · 2014
Stand by Me Doraemon
7.42014
MovieAnimationAdventure
Sewashi and Doraemon find themselves way back in time and meet Nobita. It is up to Doraemon to take care of Nobita or else he will not return to the present.
Lupin III: The FirstLupin III: The First · 2019
Lupin III: The First
7.32019
MovieAdventureAnimation
The iconic "gentleman thief" Lupin III returns in an action-packed, continent-spanning adventure, as Lupin III and his colorful underworld companions race to uncover the secrets of the mysterious Bresson Diary, before it falls into the hands of a dark cabal that will stop at nothing to resurrect the Third Reich.
Godzilla Minus Zero
Nov 3, 2026
Godzilla Minus Zero · 2026
Godzilla Minus Zero
2026
MovieScience FictionHorror
War reduced Japan to zero, and Godzilla plunged it into minus. Two years have passed since then, and the country has faced agonizing struggles to achieve recovery and finally reclaim its daily life. Just as humanity managed to cling to a hard-won peace, a new threat strikes, crushing hope in an instant.
Space Battleship YamatoSpace Battleship Yamato · 2010
Space Battleship Yamato
6.42010
MovieScience FictionAction
In 2199, five years after the Gamilons began an invasion of Earth, the planet has been ravaged by the aliens' bombs. The remnants of humanity have fled underground to escape the irradiated surface. One day, former pilot Susumu Kodai discovers a capsule sent from the planet Iscandar that tells of a device that can remove the radiation from the Earth's surface. The Earth Defense Force rebuilds the battleship Yamato with a new type of propulsion system to make the 148,000 light year trip to Iscandar in hopes of saving the Earth. Within one year, the radiation will drive the rest of humanity to extinction.
The Eternal ZeroThe Eternal Zero · 2013
The Eternal Zero
7.02013
MovieWarDrama
A brother and sister learn their biological grandfather was a kamikaze pilot who died during World War II. During their research into his life, they get conflicting accounts from his former comrades about his character and how he joined his squadron.
Parasyte: Part 1Parasyte: Part 1 · 2014
Parasyte: Part 1
7.02014
MovieScience FictionHorror
Humanity is suffering from a series of mysterious murders across the globe, known as the 'Mincemeat murders'. High school student Izumi Shinichi has a parasite living off him, having replaced his right hand, and he might be the discoverer of truth.
Stand by Me Doraemon 2Stand by Me Doraemon 2 · 2020
Stand by Me Doraemon 2
7.82020
MovieAnimationAdventure
Nobita travels to the future to show his beloved grandma his bride, but adult Nobita has fled his own wedding.

Filmography

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Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of DarknessEko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness · 1995
Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness
5.61995
MovieHorror
Misa Kuroi is an adorable high-school girl who arrives at her new school when it is falling under an evil supernatural force. Trying to figure out who's behind the supernatural attack, Misa also has to deal with assumptions by her fellow classmates that believe she is the one behind it all. Misa and twelve other students are kept late after school hours one day to retake an exam. Then, after sunset, the entire school is deserted, and the students find themselves trapped inside and their teacher no where to be found. One by one, the thirteen students are picked up and disposed of in horrific and graphic fashion. It is up to Misa to try and gain the trust of her fellow students so that she can protect them and stop the evil before it's too late.

Special Effects Supervisor

K-20: The Fiend with Twenty FacesK-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces · 2008
K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces
6.12008
MovieActionAdventure
In an alternate version of 1949 Japan in which World War II never happened, the Japanese capital of Teito is home to both an ultra rich upper class and the dirt poor masses. The city is thrown into a state of panic when a phantom thief called “The Kaijin (Fiend) with 20 Faces” (K-20 for short) begins to use his mysterious abilities to steal from the rich and give to the poor. One day a circus acrobat named Heikichi Endo (Takeshi Kaneshiro) is framed for K-20’s crimes and becomes determined to clear his name. He teams up with K-20’s next target, a wealthy duchess named Yoko Hashiba (Takako Matsu) and her detective fiancé (Toru Nakamura), to take K-20 down once and for all.

Visual Effects Supervisor