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
Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999) — Director · Original StoryAbduction (1997) — DirectorGodzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995) — DirectorOrochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon (1994) — DirectorGodzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993) — DirectorGodzilla vs. Mothra (1992) — DirectorReiko, the Psyche Resurrected (1991) — Director · Writer · Visual Effects DirectorThe Goodbye Girls (1987) — Assistant DirectorGodzilla 1985 (1985) — First Assistant DirectorThe Return of Godzilla (1984) — First Assistant DirectorThe Longest Tunnel (1982) — Assistant DirectorThe Imperial Navy (1981) — Assistant DirectorThe Last Days of Planet Earth (1981) — Assistant DirectorKagemusha (1980) — Assistant DirectorThe Gate of Youth Part 2 (1977) — Assistant DirectorHuman Revolution II (1976) — Assistant DirectorZero Fighter (1976) — Assistant DirectorThe Gate of Youth (1975) — Assistant DirectorTidal Wave (1975) — Assistant DirectorProphecies of Nostradamus (1974) — Assistant DirectorSubmersion of Japan (1973) — Assistant Director