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'''Takashi Yamazaki''' {{Nihongo|山崎 貴|Yamazaki Takashi}} is a [[Japan]]ese director and screenwriter. Inspired to enter the filmmaking 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 on films such as [[wikipedia:Juzo Itami|Juzo Itami]]'s ''[[wikipedia:A Taxing Woman's Return|A Taxing Woman's Return]]'' and [[wikipedia:Kiyoshi Kurosawa|Kiyoshi Kurosawa]]'s ''[[wikipedia:Sweet Home (1989 film)|Sweet Home]]''. He made his directorial debut on the [[2000]] [[IMAGICA GROUP|ROBOT]] science fiction film ''[[wikipedia:Juvenile (2000 film)|Juvenile]]''. His third film, ''[[wikipedia:Always: Sunset on Third Street|Always: Sunset on Third Street]]'' (2005), won | '''Takashi Yamazaki''' {{Nihongo|山崎 貴|Yamazaki Takashi}} is a [[Japan]]ese director and screenwriter. Inspired to enter the filmmaking 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 on films such as [[wikipedia:Juzo Itami|Juzo Itami]]'s ''[[wikipedia:A Taxing Woman's Return|A Taxing Woman's Return]]'' and [[wikipedia:Kiyoshi Kurosawa|Kiyoshi Kurosawa]]'s ''[[wikipedia:Sweet Home (1989 film)|Sweet Home]]''. He made his directorial debut on the [[2000]] [[IMAGICA GROUP|ROBOT]] 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 those sequels]], released two years later, featured [[Godzilla (Always: Sunset on Third Street 2)|Godzilla]] in an imaginary sequence. In 2012, he married fellow director [[wikipedia:Shimako Satō|Shimako Sato]]; they had previously worked together on 2008's ''[[wikipedia:K-20: Legend of the Mask|K-20: Legend of the Mask]]''. In [[2021]], Yamazaki directed ''[[Godzilla the Ride: Giant Monsters Ultimate Battle]]'', a flying theater motion simulator ride in [[wikipedia:Seibu-en|Seibuen]] amusement park, [[wikipedia:Tokorozawa, Saitama|Tokorozawa, Saitama]], Japan. Yamazaki is the director and screenwriter of the [[2022]] fantasy film ''[[Ghostbook]]'', co-produced by [[Toho]], [[Kodansha]], Shirogumi Inc., ROBOT, and Abe Shuji, Inc. He is also directing another upcoming ROBOT-Toho co-production entitled ''[[Blockbuster Monster Movie]]''. | ||
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Takashi Yamazaki (山崎 貴 Yamazaki Takashi) is a Japanese director and screenwriter. Inspired to enter the filmmaking 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 on films such as Juzo Itami's A Taxing Woman's Return and Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Sweet Home. He made his directorial debut on the 2000 ROBOT 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 those sequels, released two years later, featured Godzilla in an imaginary sequence. In 2012, he married fellow director Shimako Sato; they had previously worked together on 2008's K-20: Legend of the Mask. In 2021, Yamazaki directed Godzilla the Ride: Giant Monsters Ultimate Battle, a flying theater motion simulator ride in Seibuen amusement park, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan. Yamazaki is the director and screenwriter of the 2022 fantasy film Ghostbook, co-produced by Toho, Kodansha, Shirogumi Inc., ROBOT, and Abe Shuji, Inc. He is also directing another upcoming ROBOT-Toho co-production entitled Blockbuster Monster Movie.
Selected filmography
Director
- Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007)
- Godzilla the Ride: Giant Monsters Ultimate Battle (2021)
- Ghostbook (2022)
- Blockbuster Monster Movie (TBA)
Screenwriter
- Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007) [with Ryota Kosawa]
- Ghostbook (2022)
Trivia
- In 2008, Yamazaki told Kadokawa Shoten that he intended to direct a remake of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, though the project has yet to come to fruition.[2]
References
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