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Takeo Kita

Takeo Kita

1907-01-09

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Biography

Takeo Kita was a Japanese production designer, producer, and representative director and president of the Toho film studio, Toho Built. His career spanned over four decades, beginning as an assistant for Toho's precursor, Photo Chemical Laboratory, and working in his later days on tokusatsu projects and the films of Ishiro Honda. Kita passed away on September 1, 1979, at the age of 72.

Best known for:

Godzilla

King Kong vs. Godzilla

Mothra vs. Godzilla

Godzilla Raids Again

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

Destroy All Monsters

King Kong vs. Godzilla

Invasion of Astro-Monster

Son of Godzilla

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

All Monsters Attack

Mothra

King Kong Escapes

The War of the Gargantuas

Frankenstein Conquers the World

Atragon

Space Amoeba

Godzilla

Dogora

The H-Man

Gigantis, the Fire Monster

Latitude Zero

Gorath

Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean

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Filmography:

Romantic and Crazy (1934)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Drifting (1935)
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Settings
Radio Queen (1935)
WORK AS:
Production Design
Man of the House (1936)
WORK AS:
Production Design
The Road I Travel with You (1936)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Morning's Tree-Lined Street (1936)
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Settings
Enoken’s Ten Millions (1936)
WORK AS:
Production Design
Enoken’s Ten Millions Sequel (1936)
WORK AS:
Production Design

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Learn from Experience, Part Two (1937)
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Settings
Avalanche (1937)
WORK AS:
Production Design
Saga of the Vagabonds, Part One: Tiger and Wolf (1937)
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Production Design
Japanese Women's Textbook (1937)
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Production Design
The Abe Clan (1938)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
The Giant (1938)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Rainbow Hill (1938)
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Art Direction
Shanghai Landing Party (1939)
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Settings

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The Burning Sky (1940)
WORK AS:
Production Design
Story of Leadership (1941)
WORK AS:
Production Design
The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya (1942)
WORK AS:
Production Design
音楽大進軍 (1943)
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Art Direction
Those Who Make Tomorrow (1946)
WORK AS:
Production Design
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho (1947)
WORK AS:
Production Design
Sasaki Kojiro (1951)
WORK AS:
Production Design
The White Orchid (1951)
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Art Direction
Zoku Sasaki Kojiro (1951)
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Production Design
Sword for Hire (1952)
WORK AS:
Production Design
Tokyo Sweetheart (1952)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Shanghai Rose (1952)
WORK AS:
Production Design
Jirocho's Home-Coming (1953)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow (1953)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Jirocho, the Hunted (1953)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Her Captive Gamblers (1953)
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Art Direction
The Eagle of the Pacific (1953)
WORK AS:
Production Design
Youth of Heiji Senigata (1953)
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Production Design
An Edoite Judge (1953)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Godzilla (1954)
6.7
WORK AS:
Production Design, Art Direction
Invisible Man (1954)
WORK AS:
Producer
Jirocho's New Year (1954)
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Art Direction
Farewell Rabaul (1954)
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Art Direction
Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
4.6
WORK AS:
Production Design
The Lone Journey (1955)
WORK AS:
Production Design
Diary of the First Incredible Laughing Trip (1955)
WORK AS:
Production Design
Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)
5.2
WORK AS:
Art Direction, Production Design
The Storm (1956)
WORK AS:
Production Design
The Vampire Moth (1956)
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Art Direction
The Maiden Courtesan (1956)
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Art Direction
Sazae-san (1956)
WORK AS:
Production Design
Rainy Night Duel (1956)
WORK AS:
Production Design
Rebels on the High Sea (1956)
WORK AS:
Production Design
Settlement of Love (1956)
WORK AS:
Production Design
The Living Koheiji (1957)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2) (1957)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean (1957)
WORK AS:
Art Direction, Production Design
Sazae-san Sequel (1957)
WORK AS:
Production Design
Teenage Sazae (1957)
WORK AS:
Production Design
Talkative Company President (1957)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
The H-Man (1958)
WORK AS:
Production Design
Sazae's Engagement Trip (1958)
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Art Direction
The Child Writers (1958)
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Production Design
Yaji and Kita on the Road (1958)
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Art Direction
A Boy and Three Mothers (1958)
WORK AS:
Production Design
Who Is the Informer? (1958)
WORK AS:
Art Designer
Gigantis, the Fire Monster (1959)
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Production Design
Saga of the Vagabonds (1959)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung (1959)
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Art Direction
Echo Mountain (1959)
WORK AS:
Production Designer
The Storm of the Pacific (1960)
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Production Design
The Angry Sea (1960)
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Art Direction
Sazae-san's Baby (1960)
WORK AS:
Art Direction, Production Design
Sazae And Aunt Apron (1960)
WORK AS:
Production Design
Mothra (1961)
5.8
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Art Direction
The Last War (1961)
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Production Design
Sazae-san Plays Cupid (1961)
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Production Design
King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
5.6
WORK AS:
Production Design
Gorath (1962)
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Production Design
Atragon (1963)
5.2
WORK AS:
Production Design
Samurai Pirate (1963)
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Production Design
Attack Squadron (1963)
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Production Design
Siege of Fort Bismarck (1963)
WORK AS:
Production Design
King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963)
5.3
WORK AS:
Production Design
Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
5.7
WORK AS:
Production Design, Art Direction
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
5.7
WORK AS:
Production Design, Art Direction
Dogora (1964)
5.6
WORK AS:
Production Design
Tiger Flight (1964)
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Production Design
Car Thieves (1964)
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Art Direction
Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965)
5.4
WORK AS:
Production Design, Art Direction
Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)
5.5
WORK AS:
Production Design, Art Direction
The Retreat from Kiska (1965)
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Production Design
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)
4.9
WORK AS:
Production Design, Art Direction
The War of the Gargantuas (1966)
5.1
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Production Design
Zero Fighter (1966)
WORK AS:
Production Design
Son of Godzilla (1967)
5.2
WORK AS:
Production Design
King Kong Escapes (1967)
4.8
WORK AS:
Production Design
Destroy All Monsters (1968)
5.6
WORK AS:
Set Designer, Production Design
Admiral Yamamoto (1968)
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Art Direction
All Monsters Attack (1969)
3.6
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Production Design
Latitude Zero (1969)
WORK AS:
Production Design
Battle of the Japan Sea (1969)
WORK AS:
Production Design
Space Amoeba (1970)
5.1
WORK AS:
Production Design
Godzilla (1977)
5.3
WORK AS:
Production Design, Art Direction