Masaaki Tezuka

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 soldout theater After graduating Nihon University he directed madeforTV 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 inhouse 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 SOS