Takao Okawara
Directing · Director · Writer · First Assistant Director
Born Dec 20, 1949 · Tokyo, Japan
Active 1973–present
Takao Okawara (born December 20, 1949, in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese film director, writer and producer. 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…
Filmography
Kagemusha (1980) — Assistant DirectorGodzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995) — DirectorThe Return of Godzilla (1984) — First Assistant DirectorGodzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993) — DirectorGodzilla 2000: Millennium (1999) — Director · Original StoryGodzilla vs. Mothra (1992) — DirectorGodzilla 1985 (1985) — First Assistant DirectorSubmersion of Japan (1973) — Assistant DirectorThe Longest Tunnel (1982) — Assistant DirectorThe Goodbye Girls (1987) — Assistant DirectorThe Imperial Navy (1981) — Assistant DirectorThe Gate of Youth (1975) — Assistant DirectorAbduction (1997) — DirectorReiko, the Psyche Resurrected (1991) — Director · Writer · Visual Effects DirectorHuman Revolution II (1976) — Assistant DirectorProphecies of Nostradamus (1974) — Assistant DirectorThe Gate of Youth Part 2 (1977) — Assistant DirectorOrochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon (1994) — DirectorZero Fighter (1976) — Assistant DirectorThe Last Days of Planet Earth (1981) — Assistant DirectorTidal Wave (1975) — Assistant Director