Koichi Kawakita

Visual Effects

Born: December 5, 1942 (72 years old)

Died: 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.

Filmography (32)

• The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga (2019, ★ 8.7)
• Monster Planet of Godzilla (1994, ★ 8.8)
• Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001, ★ 7.5)
• Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995, ★ 7.8)
• Ultraman (1966, ★ 8.4)
• Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991, ★ 7)
• Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974, ★ 7)
• Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964, ★ 7)
• King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962, ★ 6.9)
• King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963, ★ 6.5)
• Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964, ★ 7)
• Space Amoeba (1970, ★ 6.5)
• Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994, ★ 6.8)
• Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989, ★ 7.4)
• Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993, ★ 7.3)
• Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon (1994, ★ 6.1)
• Rebirth of Mothra (1996, ★ 6.2)
• Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966, ★ 6.3)
• Rebirth of Mothra II (1997, ★ 5.8)
• The War in Space (1977, ★ 6.1)
• King Kong Escapes (1967, ★ 6.2)
• Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974, ★ 6.2)
• Dogora (1964, ★ 6.8)
• Zero (1984, ★ 5.8)
• Sayonara Jupiter (1984, ★ 5.6)
• The War of the Gargantuas (1966, ★ 6.4)
• Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971, ★ 6.8)
• Son of Godzilla (1967, ★ 6.4)
• Conflagration (1975, ★ 7)
• The Mighty Peking Man (1977, ★ 5.1)