Koichi Kawakita
- Known for
- Visual Effects
- Born
- December 5, 1942
- Died
- December 5, 2014
- Birthplace
- Tokyo, Japan
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
The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga 2019
as Self - Filmmaker
The God of Clay 2011
Director, Editor, Visual Effects, Production Supervisor
Making of Godzilla vs. Mothra 2010
as Himself
Super Star Fleet Sazer-X the Movie: Fight! Star Warriors 2005
Visual Effects Director
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack 2001
as Air SDF officer (uncredited)
Rebirth of Mothra II 1997
Visual Effects Director, Visual Effects, Special Effects
Rebirth of Mothra 1996
Visual Effects, Special Effects, Visual Effects Director
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah 1995
Special Effects, Visual Effects Director
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla 1994
Visual Effects Director, Special Effects, Visual Effects
Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon 1994
Special Effects
Monster Planet of Godzilla 1994
Director
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II 1993
Special Effects
Making of Godzilla vs. Biollante 1993
as Himself
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah 1991
Special Effects, Visual Effects, Visual Effects Director
Godzilla vs. Biollante 1989
Special Effects, Visual Effects Director
Gunhed 1989
Special Effects, Visual Effects Director, Visual Effects
Ultraman: Terror on Route 87 1989
Title Designer
Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection 1986
Director, Writer
Making of The Return of Godzilla 1985
Director
Zero 1984
Special Effects
Sayonara Jupiter 1984
Special Effects, Visual Effects, Visual Effects Director
The Last Days of Planet Earth 1981
Visual Effects Director
Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1 1980
Special Effects
The War in Space 1977
Special Effects, Visual Effects Director
The Mighty Peking Man 1977
Special Effects, Special Effects Assistant
Zero Pilot 1976
Special Effects, Visual Effects Director
The Corporation 1976
Special Effects
Conflagration 1975
Special Effects, Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects Director
Prophecies of Nostradamus 1974
Special Effects, Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects Director
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla 1974
Visual Effects, Special Effects, Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects Director, Compositing Supervisor
Godzilla vs. Hedorah 1971
Third Assistant Director
Space Amoeba 1970
Visual Effects, Visual Effects Camera
Latitude Zero 1969
Visual Effects, Visual Effects Camera
Son of Godzilla 1967
Visual Effects, Visual Effects Camera
King Kong Escapes 1967
Visual Effects, Visual Effects Camera
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep 1966
Visual Effects Camera, Special Effects, Special Effects Assistant
The War of the Gargantuas 1966
Visual Effects, Visual Effects Camera, Visual Effects Compositor
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster 1964
Special Effects, Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects Camera
Dogora 1964
Special Effects, Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects Camera
Mothra vs. Godzilla 1964
Special Effects, Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects Camera
King Kong vs. Godzilla 1963
Special Effects, Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects Camera
King Kong vs. Godzilla 1962
Special Effects, Visual Effects Camera, Special Effects Assistant
Credits from TMDB.