Masaaki Tezuka

Template:Infobox Director Masaaki Tezuka (手塚昌明,   Tezuka Masaaki) is a Japanese director. He became interested in filmmaking after seeing King Kong vs. Godzilla in a sold-out theater. After graduating Nihon University, he directed made-for-TV films for Hori Productions. His work with Toho began in 1981, when he served as Kon Ichikawa's assistant director for Lonely Heart. Toho hired him as an in-house assistant director following the production of 47 Ronin (1994). His first directorial assignment for them was Godzilla vs. Megaguirus, and he went on to helm Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla and Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.

Kaiju Filmography

Director

• Sayonara Jupiter (1984) - Assistant Director
• Princess from the Moon (1987) - Assistant Director
• Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992) - Assistant Director
• Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla 2 (1993) - Assistant Director
• Rebirth of Mothra II (1997) - Assistant Director
• Rebirth of Mothra III (1998) - Assistant Director
• Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000) - Director
• Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) - Assistant Special Effects Director
• Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002) - Director
• Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003) - Screenwriter / Director
• Go! Godman (2008) - Director

Actor

• Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000) as Teacher
• Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) as J.S.D.F. Officer
• Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2003) as J.X.S.D.F. Officer

Trivia

• Both of Tezuka's cameos in the Godzilla films he directed are in their post-credit scenes.

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