Koichi Kawakita

Personal Info

Know For

Visual Effects

Gender

Male

Birthday

1942-12-05 (72 years old)

Deathday

2014-12-05

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.

Production

1995

Godzilla vs. Destoroyah

as Special Effects

1991

Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

as Special Effects

1994

1980

1974

1976

The Corporation

as Special Effects

1996

Rebirth of Mothra

as Special Effects

1996

Rebirth of Mothra

as Visual Effects

1964

Mothra vs. Godzilla

as Special Effects Assistant

1964

Mothra vs. Godzilla

as Visual Effects Camera

1964

Mothra vs. Godzilla

as Special Effects

1962

King Kong vs. Godzilla

as Visual Effects Camera

1962

King Kong vs. Godzilla

as Special Effects

1966

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

as Visual Effects Camera

1966

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

as Special Effects

1962

King Kong vs. Godzilla

as Special Effects Assistant

1963

King Kong vs. Godzilla

as Special Effects

1963

King Kong vs. Godzilla

as Special Effects Assistant

1963

King Kong vs. Godzilla

as Visual Effects Camera

1964

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

as Special Effects Assistant

1964

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

as Visual Effects Camera

1970

Space Amoeba

as Visual Effects Camera

1970

Space Amoeba

as Visual Effects

1995

Godzilla vs. Destoroyah

as Visual Effects Director

1989

Godzilla vs. Biollante

as Visual Effects Director

1977

The Mighty Peking Man

as Special Effects

1989

Godzilla vs. Biollante

as Special Effects

1996

Rebirth of Mothra

as Visual Effects Director

1997

Rebirth of Mothra II

as Visual Effects Director

1994

Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla

as Visual Effects Director

1977

The War in Space

as Special Effects

1984

Zero

as Special Effects

2011

The God of Clay

as Director

2011

2011

The God of Clay

as Visual Effects

1974

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla

as Special Effects

1974

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla

as Special Effects Assistant

1974

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla

as Visual Effects Director

1974

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla

as Compositing Supervisor

1967

King Kong Escapes

as Visual Effects

1967

King Kong Escapes

as Visual Effects Camera

1974

Prophecies of Nostradamus

as Special Effects

1974

Prophecies of Nostradamus

as Special Effects Assistant

1974

Prophecies of Nostradamus

as Visual Effects

1974

Prophecies of Nostradamus

as Visual Effects Director

1964

Dogora

as Special Effects

1964

Dogora

as Special Effects Assistant

1964

Dogora

as Visual Effects Camera

1993

1981

The Last Days of Planet Earth

as Visual Effects Director

1997

Rebirth of Mothra II

as Visual Effects

1997

Rebirth of Mothra II

as Special Effects

1984

Sayonara Jupiter

as Special Effects

1984

Sayonara Jupiter

as Visual Effects

1984

Sayonara Jupiter

as Visual Effects Director

1966

The War of the Gargantuas

as Visual Effects

1966

The War of the Gargantuas

as Visual Effects Camera

1966

The War of the Gargantuas

as Visual Effects Compositor

1991

1991

Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

as Visual Effects Director

1971

Godzilla vs. Hedorah

as Third Assistant Director

1989

Gunhed

as Special Effects

1989

Gunhed

as Visual Effects Director

1989

Gunhed

as Visual Effects

1967

Son of Godzilla

as Visual Effects

1967

Son of Godzilla

as Visual Effects Camera

1994

Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla

as Special Effects

1994

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