Takashi Yamazaki (山崎 貴, Yamazaki Takashi, born June 12, 1964 in Matsumoto, Nagano) is a Japanese visual effects artist, television producer, director, screenwriter, and actor. He won the Director of the Year and Screenplay of the Year awards at the Japan Academy Film Prize in 2006 for Always: Sunset on Third Street.[1] He is a member of the animation and visual effects studio Shirogumi.

Takashi Yamazaki
Born	(1964-06-12) June 12, 1964 (age 58) Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan
Occupation	Visual effects artist, television producer, director, screenwriter, actor
Spouse	Shimako Satō ​ (m. 2012)​
Awards	Japan Academy Film Prize for Director of the Year Japan Academy Film Prize for Screenplay of the Year

Filmography

Films

• Juvenile (2000)
• Returner (2002)
• Always: Sunset on Third Street (2005)
• Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007)
• Ballad (2009)
• Space Battleship Yamato (2010)
• Friends: Naki on Monster Island (2011)
• Always: Sunset on Third Street 3 (2012)
• The Eternal Zero (2013)
• Stand by Me Doraemon (2014)
• Parasyte: Part 1 (2014)
• The Fighter Pilot (2014)
• Parasyte: Part 2 (2015)
• Fueled: The Man They Called Pirate (2016)
• Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura (2017)
• The Great War of Archimedes (2019)
• Dragon Quest: Your Story (2019)
• Lupin III: The First (2019)
• Stand by Me Doraemon 2 (2020)
• Ghost Book (2022)[2]
• Untitled Toho Godzilla film (2023)

Original video animations

• BALDR FORCE EXE Resolution (2006 - 2007)

Commercials

• Lotte: Airs (2006)

Music videos

• Bump of Chicken: "Namida no Furusato" (2006)
• Bump of Chicken: "Good Luck" (2012)

Theme park attraction

• Godzilla the Ride: Giant Monsters Ultimate Battle - Seibu-en (2021)

References

External links

• Takashi Yamazaki at IMDb

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