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Koichi Kawakita

Name in Native Language: "川北紘一" (Japanese/JA)
Film Director | * 12/05/1942 († 72, 12/05/2014) | Nihonbashi (Japan)
Kōichi Kawakita (川北 紘一, Kawakita Kōichi, December 5, 1942 – December 5, 2014) was a Japanese special effects director, cinematographer, and optical photographer. ()

Koichi Kawakita was a Japanese director, cinematographer, and optical photographer best known for his work on most of the Heisei era Godzilla films and the first two Rebirth of Mothra films. He also occasionally appeared in cameos in some of Toho's tokusastu productions.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Science Fiction | Action | Adventure

Known for these Movies & Shows

US version. The re-edited John Beck version of the film: released outside of Japan and restructured with new footage of American actors centering around a news report plot not present in the original. ...

King Kong vs. Godzilla

NR

1963 | 3.4/5 | 1h 31min
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
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A burning Godzilla, on the verge of meltdown, emerges to lay siege to Hong Kong. At the same time horrifying new organisms are discovered in Japan. These crustacean-like beings are seemingly born of t ...

Godzilla vs. Destoroyah

NR

1995 | 3.9/5 | 1h 43min
Action, Science Fiction, Horror
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The Futurians, time-travelers from the 23rd century, arrive in Japan to warn them of the nation's destruction under Godzilla. They offer to help erase Godzilla from history by preventing his creation. ...

Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

NR

1991 | 3.4/5 | 1h 43min
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
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A team of geophysicists investigating seismic activity on the seafloor discover that the islands of Japan, after suffering from massive volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, will be pulled into the ocea ...

Submersion of Japan

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1973 | 3.4/5 | 2h 23min
Thriller, Science Fiction, Drama
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Ultraman Leo is an Ultra foreign to the Land of Light, instead hailing from the fallen Planet L77 of the Leo constellation, where he and his brother Astra were royalty. After his planet was destroyed ...

Ultraman Leo

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1974 | 3.9/5 | 25min per episode
Action & Adventure, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
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Movies with Koichi Kawakita as Actor(1)

as Himself - Filmmaker2019 The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga

Movies with Koichi Kawakita as Crew(20)

Directing/Director2011 The God of Clay
Editing/Editor2011 The God of Clay
Visual Effects/Visual Effects2011 The God of Clay
Visual Effects/Visual Effects Director2005 Super Star Fleet Sazer-X the Movie: Fight! Star Warriors
Visual Effects/Visual Effects Director1997 Rebirth of Mothra II
Visual Effects/Visual Effects Director1996 Rebirth of Mothra
Crew/Special Effects1995 Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
Visual Effects/Visual Effects Director1995 Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
Directing/Director1994 Monster Planet of Godzilla
Crew/Special Effects1994 Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon
Visual Effects/Visual Effects Director1994 Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
Crew/Special Effects1993 Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
Crew/Visual Effects Editor1993 Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
Crew/Special Effects1991 Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Crew/Special Effects1989 Godzilla vs. Biollante
Visual Effects/Visual Effects Director1989 Godzilla vs. Biollante
Crew/Special Effects1984 Zero
Crew/Special Effects1980 Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1
Crew/Special Effects1977 The War in Space
Crew/Special Effects1977 The Mighty Peking Man

TV Shows/Series with Koichi Kawakita as Crew(4)

Directing/Director2014 Gunbot the Armored Robot
Writing/Writer2014 Gunbot the Armored Robot
Crew/Special Effects1974 Submersion of Japan
Visual Effects/Visual Effects1974 Submersion of Japan

Citizenship: Japan
Born: Saturday, 12/05 1942 (December) in Nihonbashi (Japan)
Died: Friday, 12/05 2014 (December) (aged: 72)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Other names for Koichi Kawakita (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"川北紘一"
"かわきた こういち" (Kana/Japanese)
"Kōichi Kawakita"
Koichi Kawakita frequently works together with these people:
Tomoyuki Tanaka (9x, Crew)
Kenpachirō Satsuma (7x, Actor)
Kazuki Ōmori (7x, Crew)
Shogo Tomiyama (7x, Crew)
Megumi Odaka (6x, Actress)
Koichi Ueda (5x, Actor)
Yoshinori Sekiguchi (5x, Crew)
Akira Ifukube (4x, Crew)
Tetuzo Osawa (4x, Crew)
Jonathan Bellés (4x, Crew)
Wataru Fukuda (3x, Cast)
Mari-Christine Jeanney (1x, Cast)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1330820, Added: 09/03/2019, Last updated: 04/14/2024