is a Japanese film director, writer, and producer.
Biography
Most famous for his entries in the Heisei ''Godzilla'' series, Takao Okawara joined
Tōhō in 1973, but would not get his first shot in the director's chair until 1980, when he joined
Akira Kurosawa
was a Japanese filmmaker and painter who directed thirty films in a career spanning over five decades. He is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. Kurosawa displayed a bold, dyna ...
and
Ishirō Honda
was a Japanese filmmaker who directed 44 feature films in a career spanning 59 years. The most internationally successful Japanese filmmaker prior to Hayao Miyazaki, his films have had a significant influence on the film industry.
Honda enter ...
on the film ''
Kagemusha
is a 1980 jidaigeki film directed by Akira Kurosawa. It is set in the Sengoku period of Japanese history and tells the story of a lower-class criminal who is taught to impersonate the dying ''daimyō'' Takeda Shingen to dissuade opposing lords fr ...
'' (1980). Four years later, he worked as an assistant director for the first ''Godzilla'' film of the Heisei series: ''
The Return of Godzilla
is a 1984 Japanese ''kaiju'' film directed by Koji Hashimoto, with special effects by Teruyoshi Nakano. The film features the fictional monster character Godzilla. Distributed by Toho and produced under their subsidiary Toho Pictures, it is ...
'' (1984). Okawara debuted as primary director seven years later on the film ''Reiko, the Psyche Resurrected'' (1991), which he also wrote. His most notable credit is perhaps the crafting the most profitable ''Godzilla'' film, ''
Godzilla vs. Mothra
is a 1992 Japanese ''kaiju'' film directed by Takao Okawara, written by Kazuki Ōmori, and produced by Shogo Tomiyama. Produced and distributed by Toho Studios, it is the 19th film in the ''Godzilla'' franchise, and is the fourth film in the ...
'', in 1992. The director stated that his work on the first film in the Millennium series, ''
Godzilla 2000: Millennium'' (1999), would be his last for the series. It would also mark the end of his career at Tōhō.
Filmography
References
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1949 births
Living people
Japanese male actors
People from Tokyo
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