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Koichi Kawakita

Bio: 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

Born: Sat, Dec 05 1942

Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan

Death: Fri, Dec 05 2014

Koichi Kawakita is 72 years old

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The God of Clay

Koichi Kawakita was

68 in The God of Clay

as 'Director, Editor, Visual Effects'.

Thu, Jun 23 2011

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

Koichi Kawakita was

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

as 'Visual Effects Director'.

Sat, Dec 17 2005

Rebirth of Mothra II

Koichi Kawakita was

55 in Rebirth of Mothra II

as 'Visual Effects Director'.

Sat, Dec 13 1997

Rebirth of Mothra

Koichi Kawakita was

54 in Rebirth of Mothra

as 'Visual Effects, Special Effects, Visual Effects Director'.

Sat, Dec 14 1996

Godzilla vs. Destoroyah

Koichi Kawakita was

53 in Godzilla vs. Destoroyah

as 'Special Effects, Visual Effects Director'.

Sat, Dec 09 1995

Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla

Koichi Kawakita was

52 in Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla

as 'Visual Effects Director'.

Sat, Dec 10 1994

Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon

Koichi Kawakita was

51 in Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon

as 'Special Effects'.

Sat, Jul 09 1994

Monster Planet of Godzilla

Koichi Kawakita was

51 in Monster Planet of Godzilla

as 'Director'.

Tue, Mar 01 1994

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II

Koichi Kawakita was

51 in Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II

as 'Special Effects'.

Sat, Dec 11 1993

Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

Koichi Kawakita was

49 in Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

as 'Special Effects'.

Sat, Dec 14 1991

Godzilla vs. Biollante

Koichi Kawakita was

47 in Godzilla vs. Biollante

as 'Special Effects, Visual Effects Director'.

Sat, Dec 16 1989

Gunhed

Koichi Kawakita was

46 in Gunhed

as 'Special Effects'.

Sat, Jul 22 1989

Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection

Koichi Kawakita was

43 in Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection

as 'Director, Writer'.

Wed, Jan 01 1986

Zero

Koichi Kawakita was

41 in Zero

as 'Special Effects'.

Sat, Aug 11 1984

Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1

Koichi Kawakita was

37 in Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1

as 'Special Effects'.

Thu, Apr 17 1980

The War in Space

Koichi Kawakita was

35 in The War in Space

as 'Special Effects'.

Sat, Dec 17 1977

The Mighty Peking Man

Koichi Kawakita was

34 in The Mighty Peking Man

as 'Special Effects'.

Thu, Aug 11 1977

The Corporation

Koichi Kawakita was

33 in The Corporation

as 'Special Effects'.

Sat, Aug 14 1976

Prophecies of Nostradamus

Koichi Kawakita was

31 in Prophecies of Nostradamus

as 'Special Effects, Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects, Visual Effects Director'.

Sat, Aug 03 1974

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla

Koichi Kawakita was

31 in Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla

as 'Visual Effects, Special Effects, Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects Director, Compositing Supervisor'.

Thu, Mar 21 1974

Space Amoeba

Koichi Kawakita was

27 in Space Amoeba

as 'Visual Effects, Visual Effects Camera'.

Sat, Aug 01 1970

King Kong Escapes

Koichi Kawakita was

24 in King Kong Escapes

as 'Visual Effects, Visual Effects Camera'.

Sat, Jul 22 1967

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

Koichi Kawakita was

24 in Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

as 'Special Effects, Visual Effects Camera'.

Sat, Dec 17 1966

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

Koichi Kawakita was

22 in Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

as 'Special Effects, Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects Camera'.

Sun, Dec 20 1964

Dogora

Koichi Kawakita was

21 in Dogora

as 'Special Effects, Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects Camera'.

Tue, Aug 11 1964

Mothra vs. Godzilla

Koichi Kawakita was

21 in Mothra vs. Godzilla

as 'Special Effects, Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects Camera'.

Wed, Apr 29 1964

King Kong vs. Godzilla

Koichi Kawakita was

20 in King Kong vs. Godzilla

as 'Special Effects, Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects Camera'.

Wed, Jun 26 1963

King Kong vs. Godzilla

Koichi Kawakita was

19 in King Kong vs. Godzilla

as 'Special Effects, Visual Effects Camera, Special Effects Assistant'.

Sat, Aug 11 1962

TV Shows (As Crew)

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Gunbot the Armored Robot

Koichi Kawakita was

71+ in Gunbot the Armored Robot

as 'Director, Writer'.

First Air Date
Fri, Nov 07 2014

Kawaii! JeNny

Koichi Kawakita was

64+ in Kawaii! JeNny

as 'Director'.

First Air Date
Mon, Oct 01 2007

Submersion of Japan

Koichi Kawakita was

31+ in Submersion of Japan

as 'Special Effects, Visual Effects'.

First Air Date
Sun, Oct 06 1974

Zone Fighter

Koichi Kawakita was

30+ in Zone Fighter

as 'Special Effects, Visual Effects, Visual Effects Director'.

First Air Date
Mon, Apr 02 1973

Ultraman

Koichi Kawakita was

23+ in Ultraman

as 'Visual Effects, Visual Effects Compositor, Title Designer'.

First Air Date
Sun, Jul 17 1966