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Writer-director Takashi Yamazaki did everything he could to put the fairytale experience of Godzilla Minus One behind him as he set out to make its highly anticipated sequel, Godzilla Minus Zero .

It was a tall order, considering Minus One received rapturous reviews and became the highest-grossing Japanese live-action film ever released in the United States. The film also earned a best visual effects Oscar, making Yamazaki, who also served as VFX supervisor, the first director to win in that category since Stanley Kubrick.

Dubbed “the Japanese James Cameron,” Yamazaki earned praise from Cameron himself, as well as Christopher Nolan, Steven Spielberg and J.J. Abrams , among others.…