Masaaki Tezuka

Masaaki Tezuka Born January 24, 1955 Tochigi, Japan Occupation Director, special effects director Notable role(s) Teacher, JSDF officer, JXSDF officer, scientist First work Oyome ni Yukimasu (1978) Notable work Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.

Masaaki Tezuka (手塚昌明,   Tedzuka Masāki) 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 1978, when he served as an assistant director and producer for Oyome ni Yukimasu. 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.

Selected Filmography

Director

• Bye-Bye Jupiter (1984) - Assistant director
• Princess from the Moon (1987) - Assistant director
• Reiko, the Psyche Resurrected (1991) - Assistant director
• Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992) - Assistant director
• Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (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 Director of Special Effects
• 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 JSDF officer
• Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002) as JXSDF officer
• Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003) as Scientist in monster DNA repository

Gallery

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  Masaaki Tezuka (left) with Kenji Suzuki, Godzilla, and Megaguirus on the Shibuya set of Godzilla vs. Megaguirus

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  Tezuka (right)'s cameo in Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack

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Trivia

• All of Tezuka's cameos in the Godzilla films he directed are in their post-credit scenes.
• Each of Tezuka's Godzilla films features a prominent actor from the Showa era in a supporting role: Yuriko Hoshi in Godzilla vs. Megaguirus, Kumi Mizuno in Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla, and Hiroshi Koizumi in Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S..

External Links

• Masaaki Tezuka on Toho Official Site.

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