# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/takeo-kimura
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:25:17.658Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/takeo-kimura"
name: "Takeo Kimura"
slug: "takeo-kimura"
description: "Takeo Kimura  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."
tagline: "Japanese film director (1918-2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Takeo_Kimura_2003-07-22.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1918-04-01"
deathDate: "2010-03-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.9
  momentum:             5.857142857142855
  historical:           6.347949333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0454118/"
    handle:    "nm0454118"
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeo_Kimura"
    title: "Takeo Kimura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "تاكيو كيمورا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeo_Kimura"
    title: "Takeo Kimura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A6%D9%88_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "تاکئو کیمورا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeo_Kimura_(d%C3%A9corateur)"
    title: "Takeo Kimura (décorateur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%A8%E6%9D%91%E5%A8%81%E5%A4%AB"
    title: "木村威夫"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7678051"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1050795"
    title: "Takeo Kimura"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump