Takashi Yamazaki is a Japanese film director, screenwriter and visual effects director. He won the Best Director and Best Screenplay prizes at the Japanese Academy Awards in 2006 for Always: Sunset on Third Street. He is a member of the animation and film visual effects studio Shirogumi.
Known For
Godzilla Minus One
(2023)
Director
Stand by Me Doraemon
(2014)
Director
Stand by Me Doraemon 2
(2020)
Director
Parasyte: Part 1
(2014)
Director
Parasyte: Part 2
(2015)
Director
Lupin III: The First
(2019)
Director
Space Battleship Yamato
(2010)
Director
Dragon Quest: Your Story
(2019)
Director
The Fighter Pilot
(2013)
Director
Friends: Naki on Monster Island
(2011)
Director
Always - Sunset on Third Street
(2005)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
Juvenile
(2000)
Director
Returner
(2002)
Director
Always - Sunset on Third Street
(2005)
Director
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
(2007)
Director
Ballad
(2009)
Director
Space Battleship Yamato
(2010)
Director
Friends: Naki on Monster Island
(2011)
Director
Always: Sunset on Third Street '64
(2012)
Director
The Fighter Pilot
(2013)
Director
Stand by Me Doraemon
(2014)
Director
Parasyte: Part 1
(2014)
Director
Parasyte: Part 2
(2015)
Director
Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Autumn Special: Film Directors Collection
(2015)
Director
Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"
(2016)
Director
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
(2017)
Director
The Great War of Archimedes
(2019)
Director
Lupin III: The First
(2019)
Director
Dragon Quest: Your Story
(2019)
Director
Stand by Me Doraemon 2
(2020)
Director
Godzilla the Ride
(2021)
Director
Ghost Book: Obake Zukan
(2022)
Director
Godzilla Minus One
(2023)
Director
Ultraman the Ride
(2023)
Director
Foodlosslla
(2024)
Director
Godzilla Minus One / Minus Color
(2024)
Director
Acting
Visual Effects
Marina the Manga Artist Goes to Camelot
(1990)
Key Animation
Yu Yu Hakusho: Poltergeist Report
(1994)
Key Animation
Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness
(1995)
Special Effects Supervisor
The iDol
(2006)
Visual Effects
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
(2007)
Visual Effects Supervisor
K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces
(2008)
Visual Effects Supervisor
Space Battleship Yamato
(2010)
Visual Effects Supervisor
Always: Sunset on Third Street '64
(2012)
Visual Effects Supervisor
The Fighter Pilot
(2013)
Visual Effects Supervisor
Parasyte: Part 1
(2014)
Visual Effects Supervisor
Parasyte: Part 2
(2015)
Visual Effects Supervisor
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
(2017)
Visual Effects Supervisor
Godzilla Minus One
(2023)
Visual Effects Supervisor
Crew
Writing
Juvenile
(2000)
Writer
Returner
(2002)
Screenplay
Always - Sunset on Third Street
(2005)
Writer
The iDol
(2006)
Writer
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
(2007)
Writer
K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces
(2008)
Writer
Ballad
(2009)
Screenplay
Friends: Naki on Monster Island
(2011)
Screenplay
Always: Sunset on Third Street '64
(2012)
Writer
The Fighter Pilot
(2013)
Writer
Stand by Me Doraemon
(2014)
Screenplay
Parasyte: Part 1
(2014)
Screenplay
Parasyte: Part 2
(2015)
Screenplay
Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"
(2016)
Screenplay
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
(2017)
Screenplay
Lupin III: The First
(2019)
Writer
Dragon Quest: Your Story
(2019)
Screenplay
The Great War of Archimedes
(2019)
Writer
Stand by Me Doraemon 2
(2020)
Screenplay
Ghost Book: Obake Zukan
(2022)
Writer
Godzilla Minus One
(2023)
Screenplay
Godzilla Minus One / Minus Color
(2024)
Screenplay
Production