Masaaki Tezuka
Tochigi, Japan

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.

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Roles

Crew

Rescue Wings (2008)
Director | Writer
Go Forth! Godman (2008)
Director
Samurai Commando Mission 1549 (2005)
Director
Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003)
Director | Screenplay
Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla (2002)
Director
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000)
Director
Shinsengumi (2000)
Assistant Director
Abduction (1997)
Assistant Director
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993)
Assistant Director
Kogarashi Monjirō Returns (1993)
Assistant Director
White Love (1979)
Assistant Director