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|birthday       =December 20, [[1949]]
|birthplace       =[[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
|birthplace     =Chiba, [[Japan]]
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'''Takao Okawara''' {{Nihongo|大河原 孝夫|Ōkawara Takao}} is a [[Japan]]ese film director, writer and producer.
'''Takao Okawara''' {{Nihongo|大河原 孝夫|Ōkawara Takao}} is a [[Japan]]ese film director and writer. After graduating from [[wikipedia:Waseda University|Waseda University]] in 1972, Okawara worked under directors like [[wikipedia:Shirō Moritani|Shiro Moritani]] and [[wikipedia:Toshio Masuda (director)|Toshio Masuda]]. He won the second prize at the 13th Kido Awards in [[1991]] for ''[[Reiko, Psyche Resurrected]]'', his first film as a director and the only film for which he is credited as screenwriter.  
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==Selected Filmography==
==Selected filmography==
*''[[Prophecies of Nostradamus]]'' (1974) - Fourth assistant director
===Assistant director===
*''[[The Return of Godzilla]]'' (1984) - Chief assistant director
*''[[Submersion of Japan]]'' (1973)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]'' (1992) - Director
*''[[Prophecies of Nostradamus]]'' (1974)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II]]'' (1993) - Director
===First assistant director===
*''[[Yamato Takeru (film)|Yamato Takeru]]'' (1994) - Director
*''[[The Return of Godzilla]]'' (1984)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]'' (1995) - Director
===Director===
*''[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium]]'' (1999) - Director
*''[[Reiko, Psyche Resurrected]]'' (1991)
==External Links==
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]'' (1992)
*[http://www.davmil.org/www.kaijuconversations.com/okawar.htm Interview by David Milner (December 1993)]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II]]'' (1993)
*[http://www.davmil.org/www.kaijuconversations.com/okawar2.htm Interview by David Milner (July 1994)]
*''[[Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon]]'' (1994)
*[http://www.davmil.org/www.kaijuconversations.com/okawar3.htm Interview by David Milner (December 1995)]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]'' (1995)
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*''[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium]]'' (1999)
===Miscellaneous===
*''[[Reiko, Psyche Resurrected]]'' (1991) - Screenwriter
==Trivia==
*As of 2022, Okawara is the last living director of any pre-[[Millennium era|Millennium series]] ''Godzilla'' movie.
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20210429074203/www.davmil.org/www.kaijuconversations.com/okawar.htm Interview by David Milner (December 1993, archived)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20210613234237/www.davmil.org/www.kaijuconversations.com/okawar2.htm Interview by David Milner (July 1994, archived)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20210225115936/www.davmil.org/www.kaijuconversations.com/okawar3.htm Interview by David Milner (December 1995, archived)]
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Latest revision as of 05:03, 31 December 2023

Takao Okawara
Takao Okawara in 2020. Photo by Brett Homenick.
Born December 20, 1949
Chiba, Japan
Occupation Director, screenwriter
First work Submersion of Japan (1973)
Notable work Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993)
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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, Psyche Resurrected, his first film as a director and the only film for which he is credited as screenwriter.

Selected filmography

Assistant director

First assistant director

Director

Miscellaneous

Trivia

  • As of 2022, Okawara is the last living director of any pre-Millennium series Godzilla movie.

External links

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