Koichi Kawakita

ActorDirectorWriterEditorProduction Dec 5 (died age 72) Tokyo, Japan 1962–2019 (57 year career)

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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.

Known For

Film

Godzilla vs. Destoroyah

Special Effects

Film

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack

Air SDF officer

Film

Godzilla vs. Biollante

Special Effects

Film

Mothra vs. Godzilla

Special Effects

Film

King Kong vs. Godzilla

Special Effects

Film

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

Special Effects

Film

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II

Special Effects

Film

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla

Compositing Supervisor

Filmography

Acting (4)

Movies (4)

The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga

2019

as Self - Filmmaker

8.6

Making of Godzilla vs. Mothra

2010

as Himself

9.3

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack

2001

as Air SDF officer

7.5

Making of Godzilla vs. Biollante

1993

as Himself

9.2

Crew (93)

Movies (83)

The God of Clay

2011

Director

The God of Clay

2011

Editor

The God of Clay

2011

Production Supervisor

The God of Clay

2011

Visual Effects

Super Star Fleet Sazer-X the Movie: Fight! Star Warriors

2005

Visual Effects Director

Rebirth of Mothra II

Special Effects

Rebirth of Mothra II

Visual Effects

Rebirth of Mothra II

Visual Effects Director

Rebirth of Mothra

Special Effects

Rebirth of Mothra

Visual Effects

Rebirth of Mothra

Visual Effects Director

6.2

Godzilla vs. Destoroyah

1995

Special Effects

7.8

Godzilla vs. Destoroyah

1995

Visual Effects Director

7.8

Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla

1994

Special Effects

6.7

Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla

1994

Visual Effects

6.7

Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla

1994

Visual Effects Director

6.7

Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon

1994

Special Effects

6.1

Monster Planet of Godzilla

1994

Director

8.8

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II

1993

Special Effects

7.3

Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

1991

Special Effects

7.0

Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

1991

Visual Effects

7.0

Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

1991

Visual Effects Director

7.0

Godzilla vs. Biollante

1989

Special Effects

7.4

Godzilla vs. Biollante

1989

Visual Effects Director

Gunhed

Special Effects

Gunhed

Visual Effects

Gunhed

Visual Effects Director

4.6

Ultraman: Terror on Route 87

1989

Title Designer

8.0

Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection

1986

Director

6.0

Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection

1986

Writer

6.0

Making of The Return of Godzilla

1985

Director

Zero

Special Effects

Sayonara Jupiter

Special Effects

Sayonara Jupiter

Visual Effects

Sayonara Jupiter

Visual Effects Director

5.5

The Last Days of Planet Earth

1981

Visual Effects Director

Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1

Special Effects

The War in Space

Special Effects

The Mighty Peking Man

1977

Special Effects

5.1

The Mighty Peking Man

1977

Special Effects Assistant

The Corporation

Special Effects

Conflagration

Special Effects

Conflagration

Special Effects Assistant

Conflagration

Visual Effects

Conflagration

Visual Effects Director

7.0

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla

1974

Compositing Supervisor

7.0

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla

1974

Special Effects

7.0

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla

1974

Special Effects Assistant

7.0

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla

1974

Visual Effects

7.0

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla

1974

Visual Effects Director

7.0

Prophecies of Nostradamus

1974

Special Effects

5.9

Prophecies of Nostradamus

1974

Special Effects Assistant

5.9

Prophecies of Nostradamus

1974

Visual Effects

5.9

Prophecies of Nostradamus

1974

Visual Effects Director

5.9

Godzilla vs. Hedorah

1971

Third Assistant Director

Space Amoeba

Visual Effects

Space Amoeba

Visual Effects Camera

Latitude Zero

Visual Effects

Latitude Zero

Visual Effects Camera

Son of Godzilla

Visual Effects

Son of Godzilla

Visual Effects Camera

King Kong Escapes

Visual Effects

King Kong Escapes

Visual Effects Camera

6.2

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

1966

Special Effects

6.3

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

1966

Visual Effects Camera

6.3

The War of the Gargantuas

1966

Visual Effects

6.3

The War of the Gargantuas

1966

Visual Effects Camera

6.3

The War of the Gargantuas

1966

Visual Effects Compositor

6.3

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

1964

Special Effects

7.0

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

1964

Special Effects Assistant

7.0

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

1964

Visual Effects Camera

Mothra vs. Godzilla

Special Effects

Mothra vs. Godzilla

Special Effects Assistant

7.0

Mothra vs. Godzilla

1964

Visual Effects Camera

Dogora

Special Effects

Dogora

Special Effects Assistant

6.8

Dogora

1964

Visual Effects Camera

6.8

King Kong vs. Godzilla

1963

Special Effects

6.5

King Kong vs. Godzilla

1963

Special Effects Assistant

6.5

King Kong vs. Godzilla

1963

Visual Effects Camera

6.5

King Kong vs. Godzilla

1962

Special Effects

6.9

King Kong vs. Godzilla

1962

Special Effects Assistant

6.9

King Kong vs. Godzilla

1962

Visual Effects Camera

6.9

Television (10)

Gunbot the Armored Robot

2014

Director

Gunbot the Armored Robot

2014

Writer

Kawaii! JeNny

2007

Director

Submersion of Japan

1974

Special Effects

Zone Fighter

Special Effects

Zone Fighter

Visual Effects

Zone Fighter

Visual Effects Director

Ultraman

Title Designer

Ultraman

Visual Effects

Ultraman

Visual Effects Compositor

8.4