Personal Info

Known For

Art

Known Credits

117

Gender

Male

Birthday

1907-01-09

Deathday

1979-09-01 (72 years old)

Place of Birth

Also Known As

Kita Takeo
Takee Kita

Takeo Kita

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.

Known For

7.6%

Godzilla

Nov 3, 1954

7.6%

Godzilla

Nov 3, 1954

6.9%

King Kong vs. Godzilla

Aug 11, 1962

7.1%

Mothra vs. Godzilla

Apr 29, 1964

7.1%

Mothra vs. Godzilla

Apr 29, 1964

6.0%

Godzilla Raids Again

Apr 24, 1955

6.6%

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

May 18, 1956

6.6%

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

May 18, 1956

7.0%

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

Dec 20, 1964

7.0%

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

Dec 20, 1964

6.6%

King Kong vs. Godzilla

Jun 26, 1963

6.9%

Destroy All Monsters

Aug 1, 1968

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Art

1977		Godzilla as Production Design
1977		Godzilla as Art Direction

1970

Space Amoeba as Production Design

1969		All Monsters Attack as Production Design
1969		Battle of the Japan Sea as Production Design
1969		Latitude Zero as Production Design

1968		Admiral Yamamoto as Art Direction
1968		Destroy All Monsters as Set Designer
1968		Destroy All Monsters as Production Design

1967		Son of Godzilla as Production Design
1967		King Kong Escapes as Production Design

1966		Ebirah, Horror of the Deep as Production Design
1966		Ebirah, Horror of the Deep as Art Direction
1966		The War of the Gargantuas as Production Design
1966		Zero Fighter as Production Design

1965		Invasion of Astro-Monster as Production Design
1965		Invasion of Astro-Monster as Art Direction
1965		Frankenstein Conquers the World as Production Design
1965		Frankenstein Conquers the World as Art Direction
1965		The Retreat from Kiska as Production Design

1964		Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster as Production Design
1964		Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster as Art Direction
1964		Car Thieves as Art Direction
1964		Dogora as Production Design
1964		Mothra vs. Godzilla as Production Design
1964		Mothra vs. Godzilla as Art Direction
1964		Tiger Flight as Production Design

1963		Atragon as Production Design
1963		Samurai Pirate as Production Design
1963		King Kong vs. Godzilla as Production Design
1963		Siege of Fort Bismarck as Production Design
1963		Attack Squadron as Production Design

1962		King Kong vs. Godzilla as Production Design
1962		Gorath as Production Design

1961		The Last War as Production Design
1961		Mothra as Art Direction
1961		Sazae-san Plays Cupid as Production Design

1960		Sazae And Aunt Apron as Production Design
1960		The Angry Sea as Art Direction
1960		The Storm of the Pacific as Production Design
1960		Sazae-san's Baby as Production Design
1960		Sazae-san's Baby as Art Direction

1959		Saga of the Vagabonds as Art Direction
1959		Gigantis, the Fire Monster as Production Design
1959		The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung as Art Direction

1958		Who's The Informant? as Art Designer
1958		The Spell of the Hidden Gold as Art Direction
1958		Sazae's Engagement Trip as Art Direction
1958		The Child Writers as Production Design
1958		The H-Man as Production Design
1958		Yaji and Kita on the Road as Art Direction
1958		A Boy and Three Mothers as Production Design

1957		Teenage Sazae as Production Design
1957		The Living Koheiji as Art Direction
1957		Sazae-san Sequel as Production Design
1957		The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2) as Art Direction
1957		Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean as Art Direction
1957		Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean as Production Design

1956		The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1) as Art Direction
1956		Sazae-san as Production Design
1956		The Storm as Production Design
1956		Rebels on the High Sea as Production Design
1956		Godzilla, King of the Monsters! as Art Direction
1956		Godzilla, King of the Monsters! as Production Design
1956		The Vampire Moth as Art Direction
1956		Settlement of Love as Production Design
1956		Rainy Night Duel as Production Design
1956		The Maiden Courtesan as Art Direction

1955		Stray Sheep as Art Direction
1955		The Lone Journey as Production Design
1955		Godzilla Raids Again as Production Design
1955		Diary of the First Incredible Laughing Trip as Production Design

1954		Godzilla as Production Design
1954		Godzilla as Art Direction
1954		Farewell Rabaul as Art Direction
1954		Jirocho's New Year as Art Direction

1953		Jirocho, the Hunted as Art Direction
1953		Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow as Art Direction
1953		The Eagle of the Pacific as Production Design
1953		Youth of Heiji Senigata as Production Design
1953		Jirocho's Home-Coming as Art Direction
1953		Her Captive Gamblers as Art Direction
1953		An Edoite Judge as Art Direction

1952		Shanghai Rose as Production Design
1952		Tokyo Sweetheart as Art Direction
1952		Sword for Hire as Production Design

1951		Sasaki Kojiro as Production Design
1951		Zoku Sasaki Kojiro as Production Design
1951		The White Orchid as Art Direction

1947

A Thousand and One Nights with Toho as Production Design

1946

Those Who Make Tomorrow as Production Design

1943

音楽大進軍 as Art Direction

1942

The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya as Production Design

1941

Story of Leadership as Production Design

1940

The Burning Sky as Production Design

1939		Song of the White Orchid as Art Direction
1939		Shanghai Landing Party as Settings

1938		Rainbow Hill as Art Direction
1938		The Abe Clan as Art Direction
1938		The Giant as Art Direction

1937		Learn from Experience, Part Two as Settings
1937		Avalanche as Production Design
1937		Japanese Women's Textbook as Production Design
1937		Saga of the Vagabonds, Part One: Tiger and Wolf as Production Design

1936		Morning's Tree-Lined Street as Settings
1936		The Road I Travel with You as Art Direction
1936		Enoken’s Ten Millions Sequel as Production Design
1936		Enoken’s Ten Millions as Production Design
1936		Man of the House as Production Design
1936		Enoken's Donguri Tonbei as Art Direction

1935		Radio Queen as Production Design
1935		Drifting as Settings
1935		Botchan as Production Design

1934

Romantic and Crazy as Art Direction

1930

Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown as Set Decoration

Production

1959

Echo Mountain as Production Designer

1954

Invisible Man as Producer