Directed credits
12
Active
Regular directing credits.
Director
Koichi Kawakita
Visual Effects
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Directed movies: 10Directed series: 2All crew credits: 42
TMDB ID: 115913
IMDb ID: nm0442811
Known for: Visual Effects
Born: December 5, 1942
Died: December 5, 2014
Age: 72
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1962 - 2019
Years active: 58
Average TMDB rating: 6.63
Wikidata: Q9038803
Frequent jobs
Director (6)Visual Effects Director (5)Third Assistant Director (1)Special Effects (18)Visual Effects (6)Visual Effects Camera (3)Special Effects Assistant (2)Title Designer (1)
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.
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Koichi Kawakita.
Director
The God of Clay
2011 • Movie
Visual Effects Director
Super Star Fleet Sazer-X the Movie: Fight! Star Warriors
2005 • Movie
Visual Effects Director
Rebirth of Mothra II
1997 • Movie
Visual Effects Director
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
1994 • Movie
Director
Monster Planet of Godzilla
1994 • Movie
Visual Effects Director
Godzilla vs. Biollante
1989 • Movie
Director
Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection
1986 • Movie
Director
Making of The Return of Godzilla
1985 • Movie
Visual Effects Director
The Last Days of Planet Earth
1981 • Movie
Third Assistant Director
Godzilla vs. Hedorah
1971 • Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Koichi Kawakita.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Koichi Kawakita.
Special Effects
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
1995 • Movie
as Air SDF officer (uncredited)
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
2001 • Movie
Visual Effects Director
Godzilla vs. Biollante
1989 • Movie
Special Effects
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
1993 • Movie
Special Effects Assistant
Mothra vs. Godzilla
1964 • Movie
Special Effects
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
1991 • Movie
Visual Effects
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
1974 • Movie
Special Effects Assistant
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
1964 • Movie
Visual Effects Camera
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1962 • Movie
Third Assistant Director
Godzilla vs. Hedorah
1971 • Movie
Visual Effects Director
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
1994 • Movie
Special Effects
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1963 • Movie
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Koichi Kawakita.
Visual Effects Director
Godzilla vs. Biollante
1989 • Movie
Special Effects
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
1993 • Movie
Visual Effects Director
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
1994 • Movie
Visual Effects Camera
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1962 • Movie
Special Effects
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
1995 • Movie
Special Effects
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
1991 • Movie
Visual Effects
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
1974 • Movie
Special Effects
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1963 • Movie
Visual Effects
Son of Godzilla
1967 • Movie
Special Effects Assistant
Mothra vs. Godzilla
1964 • Movie
Third Assistant Director
Godzilla vs. Hedorah
1971 • Movie
as Air SDF officer (uncredited)
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
2001 • Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Koichi Kawakita.
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Koichi Kawakita.
Special Effects
Rebirth of Mothra
1996 • Movie
Special Effects
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
1995 • Movie
Special Effects
Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon
1994 • Movie
Special Effects
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
1993 • Movie
Special Effects
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
1991 • Movie
Special Effects
Gunhed
1989 • Movie
Title Designer
Ultraman: Terror on Route 87
1989 • Movie
Special Effects
Zero
1984 • Movie
Special Effects
Sayonara Jupiter
1984 • Movie
Special Effects
Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1
1980 • Movie
Special Effects
The War in Space
1977 • Movie
Special Effects
The Mighty Peking Man
1977 • Movie
Special Effects
The Corporation
1976 • Movie
Special Effects
Conflagration
1975 • Movie
Special Effects
Prophecies of Nostradamus
1974 • Movie
Visual Effects
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
1974 • Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Koichi Kawakita.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Koichi Kawakita.
