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.
Filmography
all 115
Movies 115
Producer 1
Production Design / Art Direction
Godzilla (1977)
Movie
Production Design
Space Amoeba (1970)
Movie
Production Design
All Monsters Attack (1969)
Movie
5.4
ProductionDesigner
Battle of the Japan Sea (1969)
Movie
Production Design
Latitude Zero (1969)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
Admiral Yamamoto (1968)
Movie
Set Designer / Production Design
Destroy All Monsters (1968)
Movie
5.38
Production Design
Son of Godzilla (1967)
Movie
5.16
Production Design
King Kong Escapes (1967)
Movie
Production Design / Art Direction
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)
Movie
5.43
Production Design
The War of the Gargantuas (1966)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
Zero Fighter (1966)
Movie
Production Design / Art Direction
Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)
Movie
5.45
Production Design / Art Direction
Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965)
Movie
3.67
ProductionDesigner
The Retreat from Kiska (1965)
Movie
Production Design / Art Direction
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
Movie
4.98
Art Direction
Car Thieves (1964)
Movie
Production Design
Dogora (1964)
Movie
Production Design / Art Direction
Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
Movie
5.49
ProductionDesigner
Tiger Flight (1964)
Movie
Production Design
Atragon (1963)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
Samurai Pirate (1963)
Movie
Production Design
King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963)
Movie
7.5
ProductionDesigner
Siege of Fort Bismarck (1963)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
Attack Squadron (1963)
Movie
Production Design
King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
Movie
5.35
Production Design / Art Direction
Gorath (1962)
Movie
Production Design
The Last War (1961)
Movie
Art Direction
Mothra (1961)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
Sazae-san Plays Cupid (1961)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
Sazae And Aunt Apron (1960)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
The Angry Sea (1960)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
The Storm of the Pacific (1960)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
The Gambling Samurai (1960)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
Sazae-san's Baby (1960)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
Saga of the Vagabonds (1959)
Movie
Production Design
Gigantis, the Fire Monster (1959)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung (1959)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
Echo Mountain (1959)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku (1958)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
The Spell of the Hidden Gold (1958)
Movie
Art Direction
Sazae's Engagement Trip (1958)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
The Child Writers (1958)
Movie
Production Design
The H-Man (1958)
Movie
Art Direction
Yaji and Kita on the Road (1958)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
A Boy and Three Mothers (1958)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II (1958)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
Teenage Sazae (1957)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
The Living Koheiji (1957)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
Last Days of the Samurai (1957)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
Yagyu Secret Scrolls (1957)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
Sazae-san Sequel (1957)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2) (1957)
Movie
Production Design / Art Direction
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean (1957)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1) (1956)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
Sazae-san (1956)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
The Storm (1956)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
Rebels on the High Sea (1956)
Movie
Art Direction / Production Design
Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)
Movie
5.68
ProductionDesigner
Scoundrel (1956)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
The Vampire Moth (1956)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
Settlement of Love (1956)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
Rainy Night Duel (1956)
Movie
Art Direction
The Maiden Courtesan (1956)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
The Lone Journey (1955)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
Stray Sheep (1955)
Movie
Production Design
Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
Movie
5.32
ProductionDesigner
Diary of the First Incredible Laughing Trip (1955)
Movie
Producer
Invisible Man (1954)
Movie
Production Design / Art Direction
Godzilla (1954)
Movie
5.66
Art Direction
Farewell Rabaul (1954)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
Jirocho's New Year (1954)
Movie
Art Direction
Jirocho, the Hunted (1953)
Movie
Art Direction
Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow (1953)
Movie
Production Design
The Eagle of the Pacific (1953)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
Youth of Heiji Senigata (1953)
Movie
Art Direction
Jirocho's Home-Coming (1953)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
Her Captive Gamblers (1953)
Movie
Art Direction
An Edoite Judge (1953)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
Fuun Senryobune (1952)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
Shanghai Rose (1952)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
Tokyo Sweetheart (1952)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
Sword for Hire (1952)
Movie
6
ProductionDesigner
Sasaki Kojiro (1951)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
Zoku Sasaki Kojiro (1951)
Movie
Art Direction
The White Orchid (1951)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho (1947)
Movie
Production Design
Those Who Make Tomorrow (1946)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
Until Victory Day (1945)
Movie
Art Direction
音楽大進軍 (1943)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya (1942)
Movie
Production Design
Story of Leadership (1941)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
Roppa's Honeymoon (1940)
Movie
Art Direction
Song of the White Orchid (1939)
Movie
Art Direction
Rainbow Hill (1938)
Movie
Art Direction
The Abe Clan (1938)
Movie
Art Direction
The Giant (1938)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
Enoken's Chakkiri Kinta Part 2: Returning Is Scary, But the Weather Will Clear If You Wait (1937)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
Enoken’s Kinta the Pickpocket (1937)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
Avalanche (1937)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
Japanese Women's Textbook (1937)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
A Tale of Thieves in War Time: Part 1 - Tiger and Wolf (1937)
Movie
Art Direction
The Road I Travel with You (1936)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
Enoken's The Millionaire, Part 2 (1936)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
Enoken's The Millionaire, Part 1 (1936)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
Man of the House (1936)
Movie
Art Direction
Enoken's Donguri Tonbei (1936)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
Radio Queen (1935)
Movie
Settings
Drifting (1935)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
Botchan (1935)
Movie
Art Direction
Romantic and Crazy (1934)
Movie
Set Decoration
Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown (1930)
Movie
Information
Known ForArt
GenderMale
Birthday1907-01-09
Deathday1979-09-01 (72 years old)
Birth PlaceOsaka Prefecture, Japan
CitizenshipsEmpire of Japan, Japan
Also Known AsKita Takeo, Takee Kita
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