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.
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Filmography
all 106
Movies 106
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
Art Direction
Admiral Yamamoto (1968)
Movie
Production Design / Set Designer
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
Production Design
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
Production Design
The Retreat from Kiska (1965)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
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
Production Design
Tiger Flight (1964)
Movie
Production Design
Atragon (1963)
Movie
Production Design
Samurai Pirate (1963)
Movie
Production Design
King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963)
Movie
7.5
Production Design
Attack Squadron (1963)
Movie
Production Design
King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
Movie
5.35
Production Design
Gorath (1962)
Movie
Production Design
The Last War (1961)
Movie
Art Direction
Mothra (1961)
Movie
Production Design
Sazae-san Plays Cupid (1961)
Movie
Production Design
Sazae And Aunt Apron (1960)
Movie
Art Direction
The Angry Sea (1960)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
The Gambling Samurai (1960)
Movie
Production Design / Art Direction
Sazae-san's Baby (1960)
Movie
Art Direction
Saga of the Vagabonds (1959)
Movie
Production Design
Gigantis, the Fire Monster (1959)
Movie
Art Direction
The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung (1959)
Movie
Production Designer
Echo Mountain (1959)
Movie
Art Direction
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman (1958)
Movie
Art Direction
The Spell of the Hidden Gold (1958)
Movie
Art Direction
Sazae's Engagement Trip (1958)
Movie
Production Design
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
Production Design
Teenage Sazae (1957)
Movie
Art Direction
The Living Koheiji (1957)
Movie
Production Design
Sazae-san Sequel (1957)
Movie
Art Direction
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2) (1957)
Movie
Production Design / Art Direction
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean (1957)
Movie
Art Direction
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1) (1956)
Movie
Production Design
Sazae-san (1956)
Movie
Production Design
The Storm (1956)
Movie
Production Design
Rebels on the High Sea (1956)
Movie
Production Design / Art Direction
Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)
Movie
5.68
Art Direction
The Vampire Moth (1956)
Movie
Production Design
Settlement of Love (1956)
Movie
Production Design
Rainy Night Duel (1956)
Movie
Art Direction
The Maiden Courtesan (1956)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
The Lone Journey (1955)
Movie
Art Direction
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
Art Direction
Jirocho's New Year (1954)
Movie
Art Direction
Jirocho, the Hunted (1953)
Movie
Art Direction
Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow (1953)
Movie
Production Design
Youth of Heiji Senigata (1953)
Movie
Art Direction
Jirocho's Home-Coming (1953)
Movie
Art Direction
Her Captive Gamblers (1953)
Movie
Art Direction
An Edoite Judge (1953)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
Shanghai Rose (1952)
Movie
Production Design
Tokyo Sweetheart (1952)
Movie
Production Design
Sword for Hire (1952)
Movie
6
Production Design
Zoku Sasaki Kojiro (1951)
Movie
Art Direction
The White Orchid (1951)
Movie
Production Design
Sasaki Kojiro (1950)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho (1947)
Movie
Production Design
Those Who Make Tomorrow (1946)
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
Settings
Shanghai Landing Party (1939)
Movie
Art Direction
Rainbow Hill (1938)
Movie
Art Direction
The Abe Clan (1938)
Movie
Art Direction
The Giant (1938)
Movie
Settings
Learn from Experience, Part Two (1937)
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
Production Design
Avalanche (1937)
Movie
Production Design
Japanese Women's Textbook (1937)
Movie
Production Design
A Tale of Thieves in War Time: Part 1 - Tiger and Wolf (1937)
Movie
Settings
Morning's Tree-Lined Street (1936)
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
Production Design
Botchan (1935)
Movie
Art Direction
Romantic and Crazy (1934)
Movie
Set Decoration
Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown (1930)
Movie
Ratings
Average 4.68
Based on 150 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1930
1947
1956
1952
1977
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Information
Known ForArt
GenderMale
Birthday1907-01-09
Deathday1979-09-01 (72 years old)
Birth PlaceOsaka Prefecture, Japan
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known As北猛夫
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