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'''Takashi Yamazaki''' {{Nihongo|山崎 貴|Yamazaki Takashi}} is a [[Japan]]ese filmmaker. Inspired to enter the movie business after seeing [[1972]]'s ''[[wikipedia:Encounter with the Unknown|Encounter with the Unknown]]'' and [[1977]]'s ''[[wikipedia:Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'' at the age of 13,<ref name="Zakzak">{{cite web|url=https://www.zakzak.co.jp/people/news/20131220/peo1312200720000-n1.htm|title=【山崎貴】「永遠の0」こだわったリアリティー 映像効果の第一人者が大事にする“重なり” (1/2ページ)|date=20 December 2013|work=zakzak|publisher=Yukan Fuji|accessdate=20 July 2022}}</ref> Yamazaki began his career in the late 1980s working for [[wikipedia:Shirogumi|Shirogumi]]'s special effects department. His earliest jobs included [[wikipedia:Juzo Itami|Juzo Itami]]'s ''[[wikipedia:A Taxing Woman's Return|A Taxing Woman's Return]]'' in 1988 and [[wikipedia:Kiyoshi Kurosawa|Kiyoshi Kurosawa]]'s ''[[wikipedia:Sweet Home (1989 film)|Sweet Home]]'' in 1989. He made his directorial debut on [[IMAGICA GROUP|ROBOT]]'s [[2000]] science fiction film ''[[wikipedia:Juvenile (2000 film)|Juvenile]]''. His third film, ''[[wikipedia:Always: Sunset on Third Street|Always: Sunset on Third Street]]'' (2005), won the Japanese Academy Award for Best Picture, and was followed by two sequels. [[wikipedia:Always: Sunset on Third Street 2|The first of them]], released in [[2007]], featured [[Godzilla (Always: Sunset on Third Street 2)|Godzilla]] in an imaginary sequence. In [[2021]], Yamazaki directed the short film ''[[Godzilla the Ride: Giant Monsters Ultimate Battle]]'' for a motion simulator ride at the [[wikipedia:Seibu-en|Seibuen]] amusement park in [[wikipedia:Tokorozawa, Saitama|Tokorozawa, Saitama]], Japan. He is also the director and screenwriter of the [[2022]] fantasy film ''[[yokaipedia]]'' and will direct Toho's next live-action [[Blockbuster Monster Movie|''Godzilla'' film]], due for release in [[2023]].<ref name="G30">{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2255634/full/|title=山崎貴監督で新作『ゴジラ』2023年11月3日公開決定 『シン・ゴジラ』以来、国内30作目 |date=3 November 2022|work=ORICON NEWS}}</ref>
'''Takashi Yamazaki''' {{Nihongo|山崎 貴|Yamazaki Takashi}} is a [[Japan]]ese filmmaker. Inspired to enter the movie business after seeing [[1972]]'s ''[[wikipedia:Encounter with the Unknown|Encounter with the Unknown]]'' and [[1977]]'s ''[[wikipedia:Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'' at the age of 13,<ref name="Zakzak">{{cite web|url=https://www.zakzak.co.jp/people/news/20131220/peo1312200720000-n1.htm|title=【山崎貴】「永遠の0」こだわったリアリティー 映像効果の第一人者が大事にする“重なり” (1/2ページ)|date=20 December 2013|work=zakzak|publisher=Yukan Fuji|accessdate=20 July 2022}}</ref> Yamazaki began his career in the late 1980s working for [[wikipedia:Shirogumi|Shirogumi]]'s special effects department. His earliest jobs included [[wikipedia:Juzo Itami|Juzo Itami]]'s ''[[wikipedia:A Taxing Woman's Return|A Taxing Woman's Return]]'' in 1988 and [[wikipedia:Kiyoshi Kurosawa|Kiyoshi Kurosawa]]'s ''[[wikipedia:Sweet Home (1989 film)|Sweet Home]]'' in 1989. He made his directorial debut on [[IMAGICA GROUP|ROBOT]]'s [[2000]] science fiction film ''[[wikipedia:Juvenile (2000 film)|Juvenile]]''. His third film, ''[[wikipedia:Always: Sunset on Third Street|Always: Sunset on Third Street]]'' (2005), won the Japanese Academy Award for Best Picture, and was followed by two sequels. [[wikipedia:Always: Sunset on Third Street 2|The first of them]], released in [[2007]], featured [[Godzilla (Always: Sunset on Third Street 2)|Godzilla]] in an imaginary sequence. In [[2021]], Yamazaki directed the short film ''[[Godzilla the Ride: Giant Monsters Ultimate Battle]]'' for a motion simulator ride at the [[wikipedia:Seibu-en|Seibuen]] amusement park in [[wikipedia:Tokorozawa, Saitama|Tokorozawa, Saitama]], Japan. He is also the director and screenwriter of the [[2022]] fantasy film ''[[yokaipedia]]'' and will direct Toho's next live-action [[Blockbuster Monster Movie|''Godzilla'' film]], due for release in [[2023]].<ref name="G30">{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2255634/full/|title=山崎貴監督で新作『ゴジラ』2023年11月3日公開決定 『シン・ゴジラ』以来、国内30作目 |date=3 November 2022|work=ORICON NEWS}}</ref>


Yamazaki is married to fellow director [[wikipedia:Shimako Satō|Shimako Sato]], who he had previously worked with on 2008's ''[[wikipedia:K-20: Legend of the Mask|K-20: Legend of the Mask]]''.
Yamazaki is married to fellow director [[wikipedia:Shimako Satō|Shimako Sato]], who he had previously worked with on her 2008 film ''[[wikipedia:K-20: Legend of the Mask|K-20: Legend of the Mask]]''.
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==Selected filmography==
==Selected filmography==
*''[[wikipedia:Always: Sunset on Third Street 2|Always: Sunset on Third Street 2]]'' (2007) - Director / screenwriter [with Ryota Kosawa] / VFX supervisor
*''[[wikipedia:Always: Sunset on Third Street 2|Always: Sunset on Third Street 2]]'' (2007) - Director / screenwriter [with Ryota Kosawa] / VFX supervisor
*''[[Godzilla the Ride: Giant Monsters Ultimate Battle]]'' (2021) - Director
*''[[Godzilla the Ride: Giant Monsters Ultimate Battle]]'' (2021) - Director / storyboardist / designer<ref name="CGWorld">{{cite web|url=https://cgworld.jp/article/202212-291-godzilla.html|title=高解像度ドームスクリーンで魅せる60fpsの大迫力映像〜ライドアトラクション『ゴジラ・ザ・ライド大怪獣頂上決戦』VFXメイキング|author=Miyake, Tomoyuki|date=19 December 2022|work=CGWORLD}}</ref>
*''[[yokaipedia]]'' (2022) - Director / screenwriter / storywriter / VFX supervisor / character designer
*''[[yokaipedia]]'' (2022) - Director / screenwriter / storywriter / VFX supervisor / character designer
*''[[Blockbuster Monster Movie]]'' (2023) [working title] - Director / screenwriter / VFX supervisor{{R|G30}}
*''[[Blockbuster Monster Movie]]'' (2023) [working title] - Director / screenwriter / VFX supervisor{{R|G30}}

Revision as of 08:41, 4 January 2023

Takashi Yamazaki
Yamazaki in 2019
Born June 12, 1964
Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan
Occupation Director, screenwriter
First work A Taxing Woman's Return (1988)
Notable work Always: Sunset on
Third Street
(2005)
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Takashi Yamazaki (山崎 貴,   Yamazaki Takashi) is a Japanese filmmaker. Inspired to enter the movie business after seeing 1972's Encounter with the Unknown and 1977's Star Wars at the age of 13,[1] Yamazaki began his career in the late 1980s working for Shirogumi's special effects department. His earliest jobs included Juzo Itami's A Taxing Woman's Return in 1988 and Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Sweet Home in 1989. He made his directorial debut on ROBOT's 2000 science fiction film Juvenile. His third film, Always: Sunset on Third Street (2005), won the Japanese Academy Award for Best Picture, and was followed by two sequels. The first of them, released in 2007, featured Godzilla in an imaginary sequence. In 2021, Yamazaki directed the short film Godzilla the Ride: Giant Monsters Ultimate Battle for a motion simulator ride at the Seibuen amusement park in Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan. He is also the director and screenwriter of the 2022 fantasy film yokaipedia and will direct Toho's next live-action Godzilla film, due for release in 2023.[2]

Yamazaki is married to fellow director Shimako Sato, who he had previously worked with on her 2008 film K-20: Legend of the Mask.

Selected filmography

Trivia

References

This is a list of references for Takashi Yamazaki. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]

  1. "【山崎貴】「永遠の0」こだわったリアリティー 映像効果の第一人者が大事にする"重なり" (1/2ページ)". zakzak. Yukan Fuji. 20 December 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "山崎貴監督で新作『ゴジラ』2023年11月3日公開決定 『シン・ゴジラ』以来、国内30作目". ORICON NEWS. 3 November 2022.
  3. Miyake, Tomoyuki (19 December 2022). "高解像度ドームスクリーンで魅せる60fpsの大迫力映像〜ライドアトラクション『ゴジラ・ザ・ライド大怪獣頂上決戦』VFXメイキング". CGWORLD.
  4. Bessatsu Kadokawa Special Issue: "Ponyo". Kadokawa Mook. 279. Kadokawa Shoten. 10 September 2008. p. 61.

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