---
name: "Wataru Mimura"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/wataru-mimura"
fi1m_id: "wataru-mimura"
imdb_id: "nm0590840"
tmdb_id: 50652
wikidata_id: "Q11355785"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 May 1954"
died: "26 August 2021"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 58
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-28T21:15:48.432194+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."
---

# Wataru Mimura

## Identity

Wataru Mimura

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/wataru-mimura
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** wataru-mimura
- **IMDb ID:** nm0590840
- **TMDB ID:** 50652
- **Wikidata ID:** Q11355785
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wataru_Mimura, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11355785, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0590840/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/50652

Writer. Born 1 May 1954 in Mie Prefecture, Japan. Died 26 August 2021.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 May 1954, Mie Prefecture, Japan
- **Died:** 26 August 2021
- **Active:** 1992–2004
- **Frequently works with:** [Hiroshi Kashiwabara](https://film.one/person/hiroshi-kashiwabara.md), [Masaaki Tezuka](https://film.one/person/masaaki-tezuka.md), [Takao Okawara](https://film.one/person/takao-okawara.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 58, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 63 (1), 2000s 54 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wataru_Mimura, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11355785, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0590840/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/50652

## 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

Wataru Mimura was a Japanese screenwriter. Born in Mie Prefecture, he graduated from the College of Art at Nihon University. He won the Sanrio Screenwriter Award in 1982, which led to work on films including Shochiku's *Green Boy* (1989) and other theatrical and V-Cinema projects.

Mimura wrote the screenplay for *Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II* (1993) and contributed to four of the six films in Toho's Millennium *Godzilla* series, including *Godzilla 2000: Millennium* (1999), *Godzilla vs. Megaguirus* (2000), *Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla* (2002) and *Godzilla: Final Wars* (2004). He also wrote the screenplay for Toho's *Yamato Takeru* (1994). He died on 26 August 2021 in Mie Prefecture from multiple system atrophy.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Godzilla: Final Wars* (2004), Fi1m 54, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-final-wars.md)
- *Godzilla 2000: Millennium* (1999), Fi1m 63, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-2000-millennium.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *Godzilla: Final Wars* (2004), Screenplay — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-final-wars.md)
- *ROUND1* (2003), Screenplay
- *Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla* (2002), Screenplay
- *Godzilla vs. Megaguirus* (2000), Screenplay
- *Godzilla 2000: Millennium* (1999), Screenplay — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-2000-millennium.md)
- *Bad Guy Beach* (1995), Writer
- *Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon* (1994), Screenplay
- *Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II* (1993), Screenplay
- *Godzilla vs. Mothra* (1992), Story
- *Big Boss* (1992), Screenplay
- *Pretty Girls 2* (1991), Screenplay
- *Pretty Girls* (1991), Screenplay
- *The Voyage Of Little Sinbad* (1991), Writer
- *King's Playing With Fire* (1991), Screenplay
- *Green Boy* (1989), Screenplay
- *Love is Always Almond Pink* (1988), Screenplay

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