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Koichi Kawakita

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Koichi Kawakita

Dec 5, 1942 – Dec 5, 201446 titles 41 movies · 5 TV
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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.

Born

Dec 5, 1942 – Dec 5, 2014

Tokyo, Japan

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

4

Acting credits

21

Directing

2

Writing

34

Other crew

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Career timeline

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1963 1 title(s)

1964 3 title(s)

1966 3 title(s)

1967 2 title(s)

1969 1 title(s)

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