Directed credits
14
Active
Regular directing credits.
Director
Masaaki Tezuka
Directing
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Directed movies: 14Directed series: 0All crew credits: 15
TMDB ID: 73189
IMDb ID: nm0856803
Known for: Directing
Born: January 24, 1955
Age: 71
Place of birth: Tochigi, Japan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1979 - 2019
Years active: 41
Average TMDB rating: 6.83
Wikidata: Q6206687
Also known as
手冢昌明
Frequent jobs
Assistant Director (7)Director (5)First Assistant Director (2)Screenplay (1)
Biography
Masaaki Tezuka (手塚昌明, Tedzuka Masāki) is a Japanese director. He became interested in filmmaking after seeing King Kong vs. Godzilla in a sold-out theater. After graduating Nihon University, he directed made-for-TV films for Hori Productions. His work with Toho began in 1978, when he served as an assistant director and producer for Oyome ni Yukimasu. Toho hired him as an in-house assistant director following the production of 47 Ronin (1994). His first directorial assignment for them was Godzilla vs. Megaguirus, and he went on to helm Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla and Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Masaaki Tezuka.
8.0
Rescue Wings
Director
2008 Movie
Go Forth! Godman
Director
2008 Movie
5.2
Samurai Commando Mission 1549
Director
2005 Movie
7.4
Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla
Director
2002 Movie
6.6
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
Director
2000 Movie
Shinsengumi
Assistant Director
2000 Movie
6.2
Rebirth of Mothra III
First Assistant Director
1998 Movie
5.7
Rebirth of Mothra II
First Assistant Director
1997 Movie
Abduction
Assistant Director
1997 Movie
5.7
The 8-Tomb Village
Assistant Director
1996 Movie
7.3
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
Assistant Director
1993 Movie
Kogarashi Monjirō Returns
Assistant Director
1993 Movie
5.3
Sayonara Jupiter
Assistant Director
1984 Movie
5.0
White Love
Assistant Director
1979 Movie
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Masaaki Tezuka.
7.5
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
as Ground SDF officer
2001 Movie
7.4
Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla
Director
2002 Movie
7.3
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
Assistant Director
1993 Movie
7.1
Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
Screenplay
2003 Movie
6.6
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
Director
2000 Movie
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Masaaki Tezuka.
6.6
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
Director
2000 Movie
7.4
Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla
Director
2002 Movie
7.3
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
Assistant Director
1993 Movie
7.5
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
as Ground SDF officer
2001 Movie
7.1
Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
Screenplay
2003 Movie
5.2
Samurai Commando Mission 1549
Director
2005 Movie
5.3
Sayonara Jupiter
Assistant Director
1984 Movie
5.7
Rebirth of Mothra II
First Assistant Director
1997 Movie
8.6
The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga
as Self - Filmmaker
2019 Movie
Shinsengumi
Assistant Director
2000 Movie
6.2
Rebirth of Mothra III
First Assistant Director
1998 Movie
5.7
The 8-Tomb Village
Assistant Director
1996 Movie
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Masaaki Tezuka.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Masaaki Tezuka.
8.6
The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga
as Self - Filmmaker
2019 Movie
8.7
Making of Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
as Self
2004 Movie
7.1
Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
as Scientist in monster DNA repository (uncredited)
2003 Movie
7.5
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
as Ground SDF officer
2001 Movie