Takashi Yamazaki

Japanese filmmaker and visual effects artist

3.20body-of-work score · ranked #346 of 2631 directors · 3 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
June 12, 1964 · Matsumoto
Nationality
Japan
Work
film director, special effects artist, screenwriter
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Takashi Yamazaki
Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan · CC BY 2.0

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    Always Sanchōme no YūhiALWAYS 三丁目の夕日

    2005 · Japan · drama

    Japan Academy Prize winner 2006 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 2005 #2

    1.382 citations
  2. 2
    Godzilla Minus Oneゴジラ-1.0

    2023 · Japan / United States · action, sci-fi, adventure

    Japan Academy Prize winner 2024 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 2023 #8

    1.072 citations
  3. 3

    2013 · Japan · drama, war

    Japan Academy Prize winner 2015

    0.751 citation

Complete filmography

All 18 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 2000Juvenile
  • 2002Returner
  • 2005Always Sanchōme no Yūhi
  • 2007Always Zoku Sanchōme no Yūhi
  • 2009Ballad
  • 2010Space Battleship Yamato
  • 2011Friends: Mononoke Shima no Naki
  • 2012Always Sanchōme no Yūhi '64
  • 2013The Eternal Zero
  • 2014Parasyte: Part 1
  • 2015Parasyte: Part 2
  • 2016A Man Called Pirate
  • 2017Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
  • 2019Dragon Quest: Your Story
  • 2019The Great War of Archimedes
  • 2022Ghost Book
  • 2023Godzilla Minus One
  • Godzilla the Ride: Giant Monsters Ultimate Battle