Koichi Kawakita
Born: 1942-12-05 in Tokyo, Japan
Died: 2014-12-05
Known For: Visual Effects
Biography
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.
Filmography
2019
- The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga as Self - Filmmaker
2014
- Gunbot the Armored Robot ... (Director)
2011
- The God of Clay ... (Editor)
2010
- Making of Godzilla vs. Mothra as Himself
2007
- Kawaii! JeNny ... (Director)
2005
- Super Star Fleet Sazer-X the Movie: Fight! Star Warriors ... (Visual Effects Director)
2001
- Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack as Air SDF officer
1997
- Rebirth of Mothra II ... (Visual Effects Director)
1996
- Rebirth of Mothra ... (Visual Effects)
1995
- Godzilla vs. Destoroyah ... (Special Effects)
1994
- Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla ... (Visual Effects Director)
- Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon ... (Special Effects)
- Monster Planet of Godzilla ... (Director)
1993
- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II ... (Special Effects)
- Making of Godzilla vs. Biollante as Himself
1991
- Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah ... (Special Effects)
1989
- Godzilla vs. Biollante ... (Special Effects)
- Gunhed ... (Special Effects)
1986
- Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection ... (Director)
1985
- Making of The Return of Godzilla ... (Director)
1984
- Sayonara Jupiter ... (Special Effects)
- Zero ... (Special Effects)
1981
- The Last Days of Planet Earth ... (Visual Effects Director)
1980
- Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1 ... (Special Effects)
1977
- The War in Space ... (Special Effects)
- The Mighty Peking Man ... (Special Effects)
1976
- The Corporation ... (Special Effects)
1975
- Conflagration ... (Special Effects)
1974
- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla ... (Visual Effects)
- Prophecies of Nostradamus ... (Special Effects)
- Submersion of Japan ... (Special Effects)
1973
- Zone Fighter ... (Special Effects)
1971
- Godzilla vs. Hedorah ... (Third Assistant Director)
1970
- Space Amoeba ... (Visual Effects Camera)
1967
- Son of Godzilla ... (Visual Effects)
- King Kong Escapes ... (Visual Effects)
1966
- Ultraman ... (Visual Effects)
- Ebirah, Horror of the Deep ... (Special Effects)
- The War of the Gargantuas ... (Visual Effects)
1964
- Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster ... (Special Effects Assistant)
- Mothra vs. Godzilla ... (Special Effects)
- Dogora ... (Special Effects)
1963
- King Kong vs. Godzilla ... (Special Effects Assistant)
1962
- King Kong vs. Godzilla ... (Visual Effects Camera)