Takao Okawara (born December 20, 1949 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese film director, writer and producer. He is known for directing Godzilla vs. Mothra, Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II, Godzilla vs. Destoroyah and Godzilla 2000: Millennium.

Filmography[]

Directing credits[]

• Reiko, the Psyche Resurrected (1991)
• Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992)
• Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993)
• Yamato Takeru (1994)
• Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)
• Abduction (1997)
• Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999)

Writing credits[]

• Reiko, the Psyche Resurrected (1991)

Special effects credits[]

• Yamato Takeru (1994)

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Showa era	Directors: Ishiro Honda • Eiji TsuburayaSFX director • Motoyoshi Oda • Koji Hashimoto • Koichi KawakitaAssistant SFX director • Jun Fukuda • Yoshimitsu Banno • Mikio Naruse Producers: Tomoyuki Tanaka Writers: Shinichi Sekizawa • Takeo Murata • Takeshi Kimura Composers: Akira Ifukube • Masaru Sato Actors and actresses: Akira Takarada • Akihiko Hirata • Momoko Kochi • Takashi Shimura • Fuyuki Murakami • Raymond Burr • Hiroshi Koizumi • Tadao Takashima • Hideyo Amamoto • Kumi Mizuno • Susumu Kurobe • Seiji Ōnaka • Koji Furuhata • Don MessickTGPH Suit actors: Haruo Nakajima • Katsumi Tezuka • Hiroshi Sekita • Kōji Sora • Satoshi Furuya • Koetsu Omiya • Shinji Takagi • Hideto Odachi • Isao Zushi • Tadakki Watanabe • Toru Kawai
Heisei era	Directors: Kazuki Omori • Takao OkawaraWriters: Kazuki Omori Composers: Reijiro Koroku • Kouichi Sugiyama • Takayuki Hattori Actors and actresses: Megumi Odaka • Masahiro Takashima • Jirō Dan • Mayumi Ōkuwa • Kaori Aizawa • Kenichirō Shimamura Suit actors: Wataru Fukuda • Ryō Haritani • Kenpachiro Satsuma • Hurricane Ryu Hariken • Tsutomu Kitagawa • Mizuho Yoshida • Akira Ohashi • Toshinori Sasaki Printed media: Noriyoshi Ohrai • Hurricane Ryu Hariken
Millennium series	Directors: Takao Okawara • Masaaki Tezuka • Shusuke Kaneko • Hirofumi Ishigaki • Ryuhei Kitamura Producers: Shogo Tomiyama Writers: Wataru Mimura Composers: Michiru Oshima • Kow Otani Actors and actresses:Natalia D. AdamsOrga vocalizations Suit actors: Rie Ota • Toshinori Sasaki • Hirofumi Ishigaki • Kazuhiro Yoshida
TriStar Pictures	Directors: Roland Emmerich Producers: Dean Devlin Writers: Dean Devlin Actors and actresses: Frank WelkerGodzilla vocalizations Suit actors: Kurt Carley
MonsterVerse	Directors: Gareth Edwards • Jordan Vogt-Roberts Producers: Thomas Tull • Jon Jashni • Mary Parent • Brian Rogers • Yoshimitsu Banno Writers: Max Borenstein Composers: Alexandre Desplat • Henry Jackman Actors and actresses: Aaron Taylor-Johnson • Ken Watanabe • Elizabeth Olsen • Juliette Binoche • Sally Hawkins • David Strathairn • Bryan Cranston • Carson Bolde • CJ Adams • Al Sapienza • Tom Hiddleston • Samuel L. Jackson • John Goodman • Brie Larson • Jing Tian • Toby Kebbell • John Ortiz • Corey Hawkins • Jason Mitchell • Shea Whigham • Thomas Mann • John C. Reilly • Millie Bobby Brown • Kyle Chandler • Vera Farmiga • O'Shea Jackson Jr. • Aisha Hinds • Anthony Ramos • Charles Dance • Randell Havens • Thomas Middleditch • Bradley Whitford • Zhang Ziyi Suit actors: T.J. Storm
Reiwa era	Directors: Hideaki Anno • Shinji Higuchi • Kobun Shizuno • Hiroyuki Seshita Writers: Hideaki Anno Composers: Shiro Sagisu • Takayuki Hattori Actors and actresses: Ren Matsuzawa • Miwa Sasaki • Hiroki Hasegawa • Yutaka Takenouchi • Satomi Ishihara • Mamoru Miyano • Takahiro Sakurai • Kana Hanazawa • Tomokazu Sugita • Yuuki Kaji • Junichi Suwabe Suit actors: Mansai Nomura
Miscellaneous	Directors: Willis O'Brien Actors and actresses: Peter CullenKing Kong vocalizations IDW Publishing: Chris Mowry • Matt Frank • Jeff Zornow • Priscilla Tramontano