Koichi Kawakita
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.
- Known for
- Visual Effects
- Born
- 1942-12-05 · Tokyo, Japan
- Died
- 2014-12-05
Known for
- Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) — Special Effects
- King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) — Visual Effects Camera
- Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) — Special Effects
- Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995) — Special Effects
- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) — Visual Effects
- Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) — Special Effects Assistant
- Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) — Air SDF officer (uncredited)
- King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963) — Special Effects Assistant
- Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) — Special Effects
- Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) — Third Assistant Director
- Son of Godzilla (1967) — Visual Effects
- Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994) — Visual Effects Director
- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993) — Special Effects
- Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) — Special Effects
- King Kong Escapes (1967) — Visual Effects
- The War of the Gargantuas (1966) — Visual Effects