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Masaaki Tezuka

Masaaki Tezuka

Director and writer · Born January 24, 1955 (71) · 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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Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 24, 1955 (71)
From
Tochigi, Japan
Works as
Director and writer
Titles
8 on MovieCove · 17 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Up 37% in 30 days

What are Masaaki Tezuka's films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Ideas and Survival.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Grounded 0 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 2

Gentle 0 · Charged 0 · Intense 3

A split, not a type: Steady 2 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1

Casual 2 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
3
Thrilling
3
Dread
1
Absurd
1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Masaaki Tezuka's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Masaaki Tezuka's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

17 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Rescue Wings (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director · Writer

  • Go Forth! Godman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director

  • Samurai Commando Mission 1549 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Director

  • Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.(2003)

    Director · Screenplay · as Scientist in monster DNA repository (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
  • Shinsengumi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Assistant Director

  • Hypnosis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Assistant Director

  • Rebirth of Mothra III(1998)

    First Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
  • Rebirth of Mothra II(1997)

    First Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
  • Yukai(1997)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • The 8-Tomb Village (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Assistant Director

  • Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II(1993)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
  • Kogarashi Monjirō Returns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Assistant Director

  • Sayonara Jupiter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Assistant Director

  • White Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Assistant Director

Career shape

A full career of 17 titles from 1979 to 2008.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 17: 1 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting6 of 17: 4 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting2 of 17: 0 only writing, 2 with another roleOther crew10 of 17: 10 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1970s1 · crew1980s1 · crew1990s7 · crew2000s8 · 2 acting · 7 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

How do Masaaki Tezuka's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 64th percentile, the median of all 8; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 67th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

67thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

62ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

89thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 8 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th1

Reviewers score the atmosphere 53/100 and the pacing 50/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Masaaki Tezuka work with?

People who share at least 2 of Masaaki Tezuka's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kôichi Ueda shares the most, 3.

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