Takao Okawara

Takao Okawara (born December 20, 1949 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese film director, writer and producer.

Biography
Most famous for directing three Heisei Godzilla films, Okawara joined Akira Kurosawa and Ishirō Honda on the film Kagemusha (1980). Four years later, Okawara became the assistant director for the first Heisei Godzilla film: The Return of Godzilla (1984). Okawara directed his first film Reiko, the Psyche Resurrected (1991), which he also wrote. Okawara directed the most profitable Heisei Godzilla film, Godzilla vs. Mothra, in 1992. He also directed the first film Millennium Godzilla film, Godzilla 2000 (1999).

Director

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

Writer

 * Reiko, the Psyche Resurrected (1991)

Special Effects

 * Yamato Takeru (1994)

Takao Okawara 大河原孝夫