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The Matsumoto City Museum of Art presents an exhibition of Takashi Yamazaki's works. Photo courtesy of Matsumoto City Museum of Art. © MATSUMOTO CITY MUSEUM OF ART All rights reserved.
"The Visual World-crafting of YAMAZAKI Takashi, Film Director" (映画監督 山崎貴の世界, Eiga Kantoku Yamazaki Takashi no Sekai)
Matsumoto native director Takashi Yamazaki (born 1964) makes masterful use of visual effects in such films as ALWAYS -SUNSET ON THIRD STREET- (ALWAYS 三丁目の夕日, Ōruweizu: San-chōme no Yūhi, 2005), SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO (SPACE BATTLESHIP ヤマト, Supēsu Batorushippu Yamato, 2010), THE ETERNAL ZERO (永遠の0, Eien no Zero, 2013), DESTINY: THE TALE OF KAMAKURA (DESTINY 鎌倉ものがたり, DESTINY Kamakura Monogatari, 2017) and is known for images so detailed it hardly seems possible they’re digital composited. He has also garnered high praise in the field of 3D CG animation for his works as co-director on the STAND BY ME DORAEMON (STAND BY ME ドラえもん, Sutando Bai Mī Doraemon) series. He also writes the scripts for many of his films, his directing prowess doesn’t disappoint fans of the original works, and he has been making highly entertaining movies that touch the hearts of the Japanese people.
This exhibition introduces the world of images Takashi Yamazaki has created not only through storyboards and design sketches, model miniatures crafted for filmmaking, and costumes for the performers, but also through the process of digital compositing and completed films.
Come enjoy a behind-the-scenes look at movie-making on everything from Takashi Yamazaki’s directorial debut JUVENILE (ジュブナイル, Jubunairu, 2000) to his latest work.
Filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki. Photo courtesy of Matsumoto City Museum of Art.
Full-size replica of Tetra from JUVENILE. Photo courtesy of Matsumoto City Museum of Art. ©2000 Juvenile Project
Costume for Tentouki from DESTINY: THE TALE OF KAMAKURA. Photo courtesy of Matsumoto City Museum of Art. ©2017 DESTINY Kamakura Monogatari Production Committee
Zukanbo mock-up from GHOST BOOK. Photo courtesy of Matsumoto City Museum of Art. ©2022 GHOSTBOOK Obake Zukan Production Committee © Hiroshi Saito, Etsushi Miyamoto / Kodansha
Model of Hirayama's battleship from THE GREAT WAR OF ARCHIMEDES. Photo courtesy of Matsumoto City Museum of Art. ©2019 Great War of Archimedes. Production Committee
JUVENILE Storyboard. Photo courtesy of Matsumoto City Museum of Art. ©2000 Juvenile Project
THE ETERNAL ZERO Storyboard. Photo courtesy of Matsumoto City Museum of Art. ©2013 Eternal 0 Production Committee
Logo courtesy of Matsumoto City Museum of Art. © MATSUMOTO CITY MUSEUM OF ART All rights reserved.
Event Details
Term: Saturday, July 15 〜 Sunday, October 29, 2023
Opening Hours: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm (Last admission is 4:30 pm)
Closed Days: Every Monday (Except in August when the museum is open everyday)
Exhibition Hall: Special Exhibition Gallery
Admission Fees: Adults - ￥1,300 (Approximately $9.43 U.S.)
College, university and high school students - ￥900 (Approximately $6.53 U.S.)
Junior high school students or younger - Free
*Note: GODZILLA MINUS ONE merchandise will be on sale at the exhibition.
© MATSUMOTO CITY MUSEUM OF ART All rights reserved.
About Matsumoto City Museum of Art
Encouraging the citizens’ artistic activities and contributing to the civic life rich in high culture, expressed in the Civic Charter, this Museum aims to mediate worldwide and culture, and to set a foundation to create new art