Biography
Takeo Kimura (木村 威夫, Kimura Takeo, April 1, 1918 – March 21, 2010) was a Japanese art director, writer and film director. Beginning his career in 1945 he art-directed well over 200 films. He was one of Japan's best known art directors, most famously for his collaborations with cult director Seijun Suzuki through the 1960s at the Nikkatsu Company, exemplified by Tokyo Drifter (1966). Other directors with whom he frequently worked include Toshio Masuda, Kazuo Kuroki, Kei Kumai and Kaizo Hayashi. At age 90 he made his feature film directorial debut with Dreaming Awake (2008). He had also worked as a critic, writer, painter, photographer and teacher.
Filmography
all 108
Movies 108
Director 4
Writer 4
self 2
Director
Golden Flower: What Is Hidden Is the True Flower, What Is Gone Is the Butterfly (2009)
Movie
Production Design
Life Improvement Club (2008)
Movie
Production Design
The Clone Returns Home (2008)
Movie
Director
Dreaming Awake (2008)
Movie
Production Design / Art Direction
Sex Is No Laughing Matter (2008)
Movie
1
Director
Matouqin Nocturne (2007)
Movie
Art Direction
The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya (2006)
Movie
Director / Writer
Old Salmon (2006)
Movie
Self
From the Ruins: Making 'Gate of Flesh' (2005)
Movie
Art Direction
The Face of Jizo (2004)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
The Soul Odyssey (2003)
Movie
Art Direction
The Sea Is Watching (2002)
Movie
Self
Seijun Suzuki: kabuki & yakuzas (2002)
Movie
Writer
Pistol Opera (2001)
Movie
Art Direction
Closed Ward (2001)
Movie
Art Direction
Darkness in the Light (2001)
Movie
Art Direction
To Love (1997)
Movie
Art Direction
Cat's Eye (1997)
Movie
Art Direction
The Trap (1996)
Movie
Production Design
How Old Is the River? (1995)
Movie
Art Direction
The Breath (1995)
Movie
Art Direction
Deep River (1995)
Movie
Art Direction
The Stairway to the Distant Past (1995)
Movie
Art Direction
The Most Terrible Time in My Life (1994)
Movie
Art Direction
Yearning (1993)
Movie
Production Design
About Love, Tokyo (1992)
Movie
Professor
I've Heard the Ammonite Murmur (1992)
Movie
Production Design
Luminous Moss (1992)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
Shikibu monogatari (1990)
Movie
Art Direction
The Legend of Zipang (1990)
Movie
Art Direction
Takeshi: Childhood Days (1990)
Movie
Art Direction
Circus Boys (1989)
Movie
Art Direction
Death of a Tea Master (1989)
Movie
Art Direction
Dogra Magra (1988)
Movie
Art Direction
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis (1988)
Movie
Art Direction
The House of Wedlock (1986)
Movie
Art Direction
The Sea and Poison (1986)
Movie
Art Direction
Monster Heaven (1986)
Movie
Art Direction
Beyond the Shining Sea (1986)
Movie
Art Direction
To Sleep So As To Dream (1986)
Movie
Production Design / Art Direction
Tampopo (1985)
Movie
Production Design
Fire Festival (1985)
Movie
Writer
Capone Cries a Lot (1985)
Movie
Art Direction
Sexual Crime (1983)
Movie
Art Direction
A Bridge of Tears (1983)
Movie
Art Direction
Rope and Breasts (1983)
Movie
Production Design
Yukko no Okurimono: Cosmos no Yō ni (1982)
Movie
Art Direction
Willful Murder (1981)
Movie
Production Design
The Wandering of the Naked General: The Kiyoshi Yamashita Story (1981)
Movie
Production Design
The Woman (1980)
Movie
Art Direction
Drive for the Future (1980)
Movie
Art Direction
Barefoot Gen Part 3: Battle of Hiroshima (1980)
Movie
Art Direction
Zigeunerweisen (1980)
Movie
Production Design
An Ocean to Cross (1980)
Movie
Art Direction
The Skies of Haruo (1977)
Movie
Art Direction
Barefoot Gen: Explosion of Tears (1977)
Movie
Art Direction
Preparation for the Festival (1975)
Movie
Production Design
Sandakan No. 8 (1974)
Movie
Art Direction
The Long Darkness (1972)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
Bad Girl Mako (1971)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
Profile of a Boss' Son (1970)
Movie
Art Direction
The Cleanup (1969)
Movie
Art Direction
Gambler's Dilemma (1969)
Movie
Art Direction
Savage Wolf Pack (1969)
Movie
Art Direction
Monument to the Girl's Corps (1968)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
Man of a Stormy Era (1968)
Movie
Art Direction
Song of my Life (1968)
Movie
Art Direction
Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2 (1968)
Movie
Art Direction
Outlaw: Gangster VIP (1968)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
Velvet Hustler (1967)
Movie
Art Direction
Massacre Gun (1967)
Movie
Writer
Branded to Kill (1967)
Movie
4.25
Art Direction
Fighting Elegy (1966)
Movie
Production Design
Tokyo Drifter (1966)
Movie
Art Direction
Carmen from Kawachi (1966)
Movie
Production Design
Tattooed Life (1965)
Movie
Production Design
Born Under Crossed Stars (1965)
Movie
Production Design
Story of a Prostitute (1965)
Movie
Production Design
The Call of Blood (1964)
Movie
Production Design / Art Direction
Gate of Flesh (1964)
Movie
Writer
The Flower and the Angry Waves (1964)
Movie
Art Direction
Kanto Wanderer (1963)
Movie
Art Direction
The Incorrigible (1963)
Movie
Art Direction
Notorious Bastard (1963)
Movie
Art Direction
Attack Squadron (1963)
Movie
Art Direction
Glass-Hearted Johnny (1962)
Movie
Art Direction
Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love (1962)
Movie
Art Direction
The Black Scar (1961)
Movie
Art Direction
A Killer Without a Grave (1961)
Movie
Art Direction
He Killed Dad (1961)
Movie
Art Direction
The Call of the Foghorn (1960)
Movie
Art Direction
Wind of Volcano (1960)
Movie
Art Direction
The Ghost of Iwojima (1959)
Movie
Art Designer
The Fugitive (1959)
Movie
Art Direction
A Slope in the Sun (1958)
Movie
Art Direction
Birth of a Jazz Maiden (1957)
Movie
Art Direction
Confession (1956)
Movie
Art Direction
Policeman's Diary, Part 2 (1955)
Movie
Art Direction
A Hole of My Own Making (1955)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
The Maid's Kid (1955)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
Ofukuro (1955)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
Policeman's Diary (1955)
Movie
Art Direction
The Moon Has Risen (1955)
Movie
Art Direction
The Black Current (1954)
Movie
Art Direction
A Certain Woman (1954)
Movie
Art Direction
The Wild Geese (1953)
Movie
Art Direction
The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa (1952)
Movie
Art Direction
歌う野球小僧 (1951)
Movie
Ratings
Average 4.92
Based on 67.2 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
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1964
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1966
2009
Information
Known ForArt
GenderMale
Birthday1918-04-01
Deathday2010-03-21 (91 years old)
Birth PlaceShibuya-ku, Japan
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known As木村威夫, 具流八郎 , Hachiro Guryu
AwardsOrder of the Rising Sun, 4th class
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