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==Selected filmography==
==Selected filmography==
===Assistant director===
===Assistant director===
*''[[Submersion of Japan]]'' (1973) [with Makoto Yasuda, Hideyuki Inoue, Kazuo Yoshida, Fumisuke Okada]
*''[[Submersion of Japan]]'' (1973)
*''[[Prophecies of Nostradamus]]'' (1974) [with Tsunesaburo Nishikawa, Makoto Yasuda, [[Koji Hashimoto]], Kazuo Masamori]
*''[[Prophecies of Nostradamus]]'' (1974)
===1st assistant director===
===1st assistant director===
*''[[The Return of Godzilla]]'' (1984)
*''[[The Return of Godzilla]]'' (1984)
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*''[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium]]'' (1999)
*''[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium]]'' (1999)
===Miscellaneous===
===Miscellaneous===
*''[[Reiko, the Psyche Resurrected]]'' (1991) - Screenwriter / director of special effects [uncredited]
*''[[Reiko, the Psyche Resurrected]]'' (1991) - Screenwriter / director of special effects [uncredited; with [[Eiichi Asada]]]
==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*As of 2022, Okawara is the last living director of any pre-[[Millennium era|Millennium series]] ''Godzilla'' movie.
*As of 2022, Okawara is the last living director of any pre-[[Millennium era|Millennium series]] ''Godzilla'' movie.
==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.davmil.org/www.kaijuconversations.com/okawar.htm Interview by David Milner (December 1993)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20210429074203/www.davmil.org/www.kaijuconversations.com/okawar.htm Interview by David Milner (December 1993, archived)]
*[http://www.davmil.org/www.kaijuconversations.com/okawar2.htm Interview by David Milner (July 1994)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20210613234237/www.davmil.org/www.kaijuconversations.com/okawar2.htm Interview by David Milner (July 1994, archived)]
*[http://www.davmil.org/www.kaijuconversations.com/okawar3.htm Interview by David Milner (December 1995)]
*[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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Revision as of 02:10, 7 March 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, the Psyche Resurrected, his first film as a director and the only film for which he is credited as screenwriter.

Selected filmography

Assistant director

1st assistant director

Director

Miscellaneous

Trivia

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

External links

Comments

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