Koichi Kawakita

Personal Info

Known For Crew

Gender Male

Birthday 1942-12-05

Deathday 2014-12-05 (72 years old)

Place of Birth Tokyo, Japan

Koichi Kawakita

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

Crew

1996
Rebirth of Mothra

as Special Effects

1995
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah

as Special Effects

1994
1993
1993
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II

as Visual Effects Editor

1991
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

as Special Effects

1989
Gunhed

as Special Effects

1989
Godzilla vs. Biollante

as Special Effects

1989
Godzilla vs. Biollante

as Special Effects

1984
Zero

as Special Effects

1980
1977
The Mighty Peking Man

as Special Effects

1977
The War in Space

as Special Effects

1976
The Corporation

as Special Effects

1974
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla

as Special Effects

1974
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla

as Special Effects Assistant

1974
Prophecies of Nostradamus

as Special Effects

1974
Prophecies of Nostradamus

as Special Effects Assistant

1974
Submersion of Japan

as Special Effects

1973
Zone Fighter

as Special Effects

1966
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

as Special Effects

1964
Mothra vs. Godzilla

as Special Effects

1964
Mothra vs. Godzilla

as Special Effects Assistant

1964
1964
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

as Special Effects Assistant

1963
King Kong vs. Godzilla

as Special Effects

1963
King Kong vs. Godzilla

as Special Effects Assistant

1962
King Kong vs. Godzilla

as Special Effects

1962
King Kong vs. Godzilla

as Special Effects Assistant

Visual Effects

2011
The God of Clay

as Visual Effects

1997
Rebirth of Mothra II

as Visual Effects Director

1996
Rebirth of Mothra

as Visual Effects

1996
Rebirth of Mothra

as Visual Effects Director

1995
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah

as Visual Effects Director

1994
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla

as Visual Effects Director

1989
Godzilla vs. Biollante

as Visual Effects Director

1974
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla

as Visual Effects

1974
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla

as Visual Effects Director

1974
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla

as Compositing Supervisor

1974
Prophecies of Nostradamus

as Visual Effects

1974
Prophecies of Nostradamus

as Visual Effects Director

1974
Submersion of Japan

as Visual Effects

1973
Zone Fighter

as Visual Effects

1973
Zone Fighter

as Visual Effects Director

1970
Space Amoeba

as Visual Effects

1970
Space Amoeba

as Visual Effects Camera

1967
King Kong Escapes

as Visual Effects

1967
King Kong Escapes

as Visual Effects Camera

1966
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

as Visual Effects Camera

1966
Ultraman

as Visual Effects

1966
Ultraman

as Visual Effects Compositor

1964
Mothra vs. Godzilla

as Visual Effects Camera

1964
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

as Visual Effects Camera

1963
King Kong vs. Godzilla

as Visual Effects Camera

1962
King Kong vs. Godzilla

as Visual Effects Camera

Director

Actor

Editor

2011
The God of Clay

as Editor

Art

1966
Ultraman

as Title Designer