Directed credits
10
Active
Regular directing credits.
Director
Koichi Kawakita
Visual Effects
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Directed movies: 8Directed series: 2All crew credits: 41
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: 6.61
Wikidata: Q9038803
Frequent jobs
Director (5)Visual Effects Director (4)Third Assistant Director (1)Special Effects (18)Visual Effects (8)Special Effects Assistant (2)Visual Effects Camera (2)Editor (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.
6.0
Super Star Fleet Sazer-X the Movie: Fight! Star Warriors
Visual Effects Director
2005 Movie
5.7
Rebirth of Mothra II
Visual Effects Director
1997 Movie
6.7
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
Visual Effects Director
1994 Movie
8.7
Monster Planet of Godzilla
Director
1994 Movie
6.0
Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection
Director
1986 Movie
Making of The Return of Godzilla
Director
1985 Movie
The Last Days of Planet Earth
Visual Effects Director
1981 Movie
6.8
Godzilla vs. Hedorah
Third Assistant Director
1971 Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Koichi Kawakita.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Koichi Kawakita.
7.8
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
Special Effects
1995 Movie
7.5
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
as Air SDF officer
2001 Movie
7.4
Godzilla vs. Biollante
Special Effects
1989 Movie
7.3
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
Special Effects
1993 Movie
7.0
Mothra vs. Godzilla
Special Effects
1964 Movie
7.0
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
Visual Effects
1974 Movie
7.0
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Special Effects
1991 Movie
7.0
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Special Effects Assistant
1964 Movie
6.9
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Visual Effects Camera
1962 Movie
6.8
Godzilla vs. Hedorah
Third Assistant Director
1971 Movie
6.7
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
Visual Effects Director
1994 Movie
6.5
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Special Effects Assistant
1963 Movie
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Koichi Kawakita.
6.0
Super Star Fleet Sazer-X the Movie: Fight! Star Warriors
Visual Effects Director
2005 Movie
7.4
Godzilla vs. Biollante
Special Effects
1989 Movie
6.7
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
Visual Effects Director
1994 Movie
7.3
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
Special Effects
1993 Movie
7.8
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
Special Effects
1995 Movie
6.5
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Special Effects Assistant
1963 Movie
6.9
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Visual Effects Camera
1962 Movie
7.0
Mothra vs. Godzilla
Special Effects
1964 Movie
7.0
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Special Effects
1991 Movie
7.0
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
Visual Effects
1974 Movie
7.5
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
as Air SDF officer
2001 Movie
6.4
Son of Godzilla
Visual Effects
1967 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Koichi Kawakita.
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Koichi Kawakita.
The God of Clay
Editor
2011 Movie
6.2
Rebirth of Mothra
Visual Effects
1996 Movie
7.8
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
Special Effects
1995 Movie
6.0
Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon
Special Effects
1994 Movie
7.3
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
Special Effects
1993 Movie
7.0
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Special Effects
1991 Movie
7.4
Godzilla vs. Biollante
Special Effects
1989 Movie
4.7
Gunhed
Special Effects
1989 Movie
5.4
Zero
Special Effects
1984 Movie
5.3
Sayonara Jupiter
Special Effects
1984 Movie
6.0
Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1
Special Effects
1980 Movie
6.0
The War in Space
Special Effects
1977 Movie
5.1
The Mighty Peking Man
Special Effects
1977 Movie
1.0
The Corporation
Special Effects
1976 Movie
6.5
Conflagration
Special Effects
1975 Movie
6.0
Prophecies of Nostradamus
Special Effects
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.
