Takeo Kimura
Japanese film director (1918-2010) · Japan · On the map · Directors · Died at 91
Takeo Kimura was a Japanese art director, writer and film director. Beginning his career in 1945 he art-directed well over 200 films.
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Golden Flower: What Is Hidden Is the True Flower, What Is Gone Is the ButterflyFilm, Director, Writer2008Dreaming AwakeFilm, Director, Writer2007
Matouqin NocturneFilm, Director2006
Old SalmonFilm, Director, Writer2005From the Ruins: Making 'Gate of Flesh'Film2002
Seijun Suzuki: kabuki & yakuzasFilm1992
I've Heard the Ammonite MurmurFilm, Professor1985
Capone Cries a LotFilm, Writer1967
Branded to KillFilm, Writer1964
The Flower and the Angry WavesFilm, Writer1918Born1 April 1918People around Takeo
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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.
