Takao Okawara

Takao Okawara Born December 20, 1949 Chiba, Japan Occupation Director, screenwriter First work Submersion of Japan (1973) Notable work Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993)

Takao Okawara (大河原 孝夫,   Ōkawara Takao) is a Japanese film director and writer. After graduating from Waseda University in 1972, Okawara worked under directors like Shiro Moritani and Toshio Masuda. He won the second prize at the 13th Kido Awards in 1991 for Reiko, the Psyche Resurrected, his first film as a director and the only film for which he is credited as screenwriter.

Selected filmography

Assistant director

• Submersion of Japan (1973) [with Makoto Yasuda, Hideyuki Inoue, Kazuo Yoshida, Fumisuke Okada]
• Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974) [with Tsunesaburo Nishikawa, Makoto Yasuda, Koji Hashimoto, Kazuo Masamori]

1st assistant director

• The Return of Godzilla (1984)

Director

• Reiko, the Psyche Resurrected (1991)
• Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992)
• Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993)
• Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon (1994)
• Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)
• Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999)

Miscellaneous

• Reiko, the Psyche Resurrected (1991) - Screenwriter / director of special effects [uncredited; with Eiichi Asada]

External links

• Interview by David Milner (December 1993)
• Interview by David Milner (July 1994)
• Interview by David Milner (December 1995)

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