KOICHI KAWAKITA

Koichi Kawakita
Koichi Kawakita
Gender: Male
Known for: Visual Effects
Birthday: December 5, 1942
Deathday: December 5, 2014
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan

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.

Notable work

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Filmography

Production

2014·
Gunbot the Armored Robot
Writer, Director
2011·
The God of Clay
Visual Effects, Editor, Director
2007·
Kawaii! JeNny
Director
2005·
Super Star Fleet Sazer-X the Movie: Fight! Star Warriors
Visual Effects Director
1997·
Rebirth of Mothra II
Special Effects, Visual Effects, Visual Effects Director
1996·
Rebirth of Mothra
Visual Effects Director, Special Effects, Visual Effects
1995·
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
Visual Effects Director, Special Effects
1994·
Monster Planet of Godzilla
Director
1994·
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
Visual Effects Director
1994·
Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon
Special Effects
1993·
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
Special Effects
1991·
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Visual Effects Director, Visual Effects, Special Effects
1989·
Godzilla vs. Biollante
Visual Effects Director, Special Effects
1989·
Gunhed
Special Effects
1986·
Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection
Writer, Director
1985·
Making of The Return of Godzilla
Director
1984·
Sayonara Jupiter
Visual Effects Director, Visual Effects, Special Effects
1984·
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
1977·
The Mighty Peking Man
Special Effects
1976·
The Corporation
Special Effects
1974·
Submersion of Japan
Visual Effects, Special Effects
1974·
Prophecies of Nostradamus
Visual Effects Director, Visual Effects, Special Effects Assistant, Special Effects
1974·
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
Compositing Supervisor, Visual Effects Director, Special Effects Assistant, Special Effects, Visual Effects
1973·
Zone Fighter
Visual Effects Director, Visual Effects, Special Effects
1970·
Space Amoeba
Visual Effects Camera, Visual Effects
1967·
King Kong Escapes
Visual Effects Camera, Visual Effects
1966·
Ultraman
Title Designer, Visual Effects Compositor, Visual Effects
1966·
The War of the Gargantuas
Visual Effects Compositor, Visual Effects Camera, Visual Effects
1966·
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
Visual Effects Camera, Special Effects
1964·
Dogora
Visual Effects Camera, Special Effects Assistant, Special Effects
1964·
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Visual Effects Camera, Special Effects Assistant, Special Effects
1964·
Mothra vs. Godzilla
Visual Effects Camera, Special Effects Assistant, Special Effects
1963·
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Visual Effects Camera, Special Effects Assistant, Special Effects
1962·
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects Camera, Special Effects