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.
Personal Details
Movies (40)
The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga
as Self - Filmmaker
2019
The God of Clay
Director (Directing)
2011
Making of Godzilla vs. Mothra
as Himself
2010
Super Star Fleet Sazer-X the Movie: Fight! Star Warriors
Visual Effects Director (Visual Effects)
2005
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
as Air SDF officer
2001
Rebirth of Mothra II
Visual Effects Director (Visual Effects)
1997
Rebirth of Mothra
Special Effects (Crew)
1996
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
Special Effects (Crew)
1995
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
Visual Effects Director (Visual Effects)
1994
Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon
Special Effects (Crew)
1994
Monster Planet of Godzilla
Director (Directing)
1994
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
Special Effects (Crew)
1993
Making of Godzilla vs. Biollante
as Himself
1993
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Special Effects (Crew)
1991
Godzilla vs. Biollante
Visual Effects Director (Visual Effects)
1989
Gunhed
Special Effects (Crew)
1989
Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection
Director (Directing)
1986
Making of The Return of Godzilla
Director (Directing)
1985
Zero
Special Effects (Crew)
1984
Sayonara Jupiter
Special Effects (Crew)
1984
The Last Days of Planet Earth
Visual Effects Director (Visual Effects)
1981
Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1
Special Effects (Crew)
1980
The War in Space
Special Effects (Crew)
1977
The Mighty Peking Man
Special Effects (Crew)
1977
The Corporation
Special Effects (Crew)
1976
Conflagration
Special Effects (Crew)
1975
Prophecies of Nostradamus
Special Effects (Crew)
1974
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
Visual Effects (Visual Effects)
1974
Godzilla vs. Hedorah
Third Assistant Director (Directing)
1971
Space Amoeba
Visual Effects Camera (Visual Effects)
1970
Latitude Zero
Visual Effects (Visual Effects)
1969
Son of Godzilla
Visual Effects (Visual Effects)
1967
King Kong Escapes
Visual Effects (Visual Effects)
1967
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
Visual Effects Camera (Visual Effects)
1966
The War of the Gargantuas
Visual Effects (Visual Effects)
1966
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Special Effects Assistant (Crew)
1964
Dogora
Special Effects (Crew)
1964
Mothra vs. Godzilla
Special Effects Assistant (Crew)
1964
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Special Effects (Crew)
1963
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Visual Effects Camera (Visual Effects)
1962
