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Portrait of Takao Okawara

Directing

Takao Okawara

Career

Active from 1991 to 1999, with up to 1 main title a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score69/100
Highest rated
Poster for Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
GoodWatch score90/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 10 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 7.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 7.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Takao Okawara Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.3, average 5.4
  • Crime
    1.1, average 3.6
  • Romance
    1.7, average 3.8
  • Wit & Wordplay
    1.6, average 3.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Kaiju Action 2
  • Japanese Cinema 2
  • Spectacular Visuals 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

21
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1990s

7 titles · average score 69
Godzilla 2000: Millennium
Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999)
GoodWatch score 55

Original Story, Director

Abduction
Abduction (1997)

Director

Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)
GoodWatch score 90

Director

Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon
Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon (1994)
GoodWatch score 52

Director

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993)
GoodWatch score 76

Director

Godzilla vs. Mothra
Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992)
GoodWatch score 71

Director

Reiko, the Psyche Resurrected
Reiko, the Psyche Resurrected (1991)

Director, Writer

1980s

7 titles · average score 68
The Goodbye Girls
The Goodbye Girls (1987)

Assistant Director

Godzilla 1985
Godzilla 1985 (1985)
GoodWatch score 45

First Assistant Director

The Return of Godzilla
The Return of Godzilla (1984)
GoodWatch score 76

First Assistant Director

The Longest Tunnel
The Longest Tunnel (1982)

Assistant Director

The Imperial Navy
The Imperial Navy (1981)

Assistant Director

The Last Days of Planet Earth
The Last Days of Planet Earth (1981)

Assistant Director

Kagemusha
Kagemusha (1980)
GoodWatch score 84

Assistant Director

1970s

7 titles · average score 61
The Gate of Youth Part 2
The Gate of Youth Part 2 (1977)

Assistant Director

Zero Fighter
Zero Fighter (1976)

Assistant Director

Human Revolution II
Human Revolution II (1976)

Assistant Director

The Gate of Youth
The Gate of Youth (1975)

Assistant Director

Tidal Wave
Tidal Wave (1975)

Assistant Director

Prophecies of Nostradamus
Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974)
GoodWatch score 59

Assistant Director

Submersion of Japan
Submersion of Japan (1973)
GoodWatch score 63

Assistant Director