Takeo Kimura
Screenwriter, Film director
1918 – 2010
Who was Takeo Kimura?
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. 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. He had also worked as a critic, writer, painter, photographer and teacher.
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- Born
- Apr 1, 1918
Tokyo - Also known as
- Kimura Takeo
- 木村 威夫
- きむら たけお
- Isao Kimura
- Nationality
- Japan
- Profession
- Died
- Mar 21, 2010
Tokyo
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on July 23, 2013
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