---
name: "Kazunari Yamanaka"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kazunari-yamanaka"
fi1m_id: "kazunari-yamanaka"
tmdb_id: 4902658
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 60
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-28T21:15:48.440650+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Kazunari Yamanaka

## Identity

Kazunari Yamanaka

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kazunari-yamanaka
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kazunari-yamanaka
- **TMDB ID:** 4902658
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4902658

Producer. Born 1 January 1970 in Aichi, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1970, Aichi, Japan
- **Active:** 1999–2004
- **Also known as:** Yamanaka Kazunari
- **Average Fi1m score:** 60, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 63 (1), 2000s 59 (2)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 3, Adventure 3, Science Fiction 3, Fantasy 2, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $49m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4902658

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Godzilla: Final Wars*](https://film.one/film/godzilla-final-wars.md) (54)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Kazunari Yamanaka is a Japanese producer. He joined Toho Pictures in 1997, initially working as an assistant production manager on *Rebirth of Mothra 2* (1997) and later as an assistant producer on several Millennium-era *Godzilla* films.

Yamanaka served as producer on *Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.* (2003) and *Godzilla: Final Wars* (2004). He has since worked for TOHO Visual Entertainment as part of the Godzilla Strategic Conference and produced the fourth season of the web series *Godziban* (2022–2023). He was also involved in planning for several later short *Godzilla* films.

*Sources: wikizilla.org, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Godzilla: Final Wars* (2004), Fi1m 54, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-final-wars.md)
- *Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.* (2003), Fi1m 64, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-tokyo-s-o-s.md)
- *Godzilla 2000: Millennium* (1999), Fi1m 63, Producer's Assistant — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-2000-millennium.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Say Hello for Me* (2007), Producer
- *Touch* (2005), Producer
- *Godzilla: Final Wars* (2004), Producer — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-final-wars.md)
- *Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.* (2003), Producer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-tokyo-s-o-s.md)
- *Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla* (2002), Producer's Assistant
- *Godzilla vs. Megaguirus* (2000), Producer's Assistant
- *Godzilla 2000: Millennium* (1999), Producer's Assistant — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-2000-millennium.md)
- *Rebirth of Mothra II* (1997), Assistant Production Manager

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