Takao Okawara
Known for: Directing
Born: December 19, 1949 in Tokyo, Japan
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 director's chair until 1980, when he joined Akira Kurosawa and Ishirō Honda on the film Kagemusha (1980). Four years later, he worked as an assistant director for the first Godzilla film of the Heisei series: The Return of Godzilla (1984). Okawara debuted as primary director seven years later on the film Reiko, the Psyche Resurrected (1991), which he also wrote. Okawara is the oldest living Godzilla film director. With Kazuki Omori's death in 2022, he also became the last living director of any pre-Millennium Godzilla movie. Where to watch the TV shows and films of Takao Okawara free? Click the title of the series or movies below to watch them in HD for free on SFlix.
Known for
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Making of Godzilla vs. Mothra
Himself
Godzilla 2000: Millennium
Director
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
Director
Godzilla vs. Mothra
Director
Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon
Director
Abduction
Director
Reiko, the Psyche Resurrected
Writer
The Return of Godzilla
First Assistant Director
Godzilla 1985
First Assistant Director
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
Director
The Last Days of Planet Earth
Assistant Director
Kagemusha
Assistant Director
Submersion of Japan
Assistant Director
The Gate of Youth
Assistant Director
Human Revolution II
Assistant Director
Tidal Wave
Assistant Director
Zero Fighter
Assistant Director
The Gate of Youth Part 2
Assistant Director
The Imperial Navy
Assistant Director
The Longest Tunnel
Assistant Director
The Goodbye Girls
Assistant Director