Takeo Kimura

Biography

Career Overview

Takeo Kimura has 149 screen credits in a career dating back to 1946. Their work spans 3 cinematic universes — most prominently Barefoot Gen (Live-Action) Collection with 1 titles. Signature works include Tokyo Drifter, Tampopo, Cat's Eye. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For: Art
Gender: male
Known Credits: 149
Birth Date: 1918-04-01 00:00:00
Birth Place: Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Known For

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 3 universes

Barefoot Gen (Live-Action) Collection (1 titles)
Tokyo Drifter Collection (1 titles)
The Drifter Series (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

Tamio Kawachi (2 collaborations)
Isao Tamagawa (2 collaborations)
Eimei Esumi (2 collaborations)
Yuzo Kiura (2 collaborations)
Hiroshi Chō (2 collaborations)
Shinzō Shibata (2 collaborations)
Shiro Tonami (2 collaborations)
Hiroshi Takao (2 collaborations)
Ken Mizoguchi (2 collaborations)
Akira Hisamatsu (2 collaborations)

Credits

directing (4 credits)
- Golden Flower: What Is Hidden Is the True Flower, What Is Gone Is the Butterfly
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2009
- Dreaming Awake
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2008
- Matouqin Nocturne
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2007
- Old Salmon
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2006
writing (7 credits)
- Golden Flower: What Is Hidden Is the True Flower, What Is Gone Is the Butterfly
  
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  2009
- Dreaming Awake
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2008
- Matouqin Nocturne
  
  original concept
  
  writing
  
  2007
- Old Salmon
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2006
- Capone Cries a Lot
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1985
- Branded to Kill
  
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1967
- The Flower and the Angry Waves
  
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1964
art (135 credits)
- Life Improvement Club
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  2008
- The Clone Returns Home
  
  production design
  
  art
  
  2008
- Tombstone of the Fireflies
  
  supervising art director
  
  art
  
  2008
- Sex Is No Laughing Matter
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  2008
- The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  2006
- The Face of Jizo
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  2004
- The Soul Odyssey
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  2003
- The Sea Is Watching
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  2002
- Pistol Opera
  
  production design
  
  art
  
  2001
- Closed Ward
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  2001
- Darkness in the Light
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  2001
- To Love
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1997
- Cat's Eye
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1997
- The Trap
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1996
- How Old Is the River?
  
  production design
  
  art
  
  1995
- The Breath
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1995
- Deep River
  
  production design
  
  art
  
  1995
- The Stairway to the Distant Past
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1995
- The Most Terrible Time in My Life
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1994
- Yearning
  
  production design
  
  art
  
  1993
- About Love, Tokyo
  
  production design
  
  art
  
  1992
- Luminous Moss
  
  production design
  
  art
  
  1992
- Shikibu monogatari
  
  production design
  
  art
  
  1990
- The Legend of Zipang
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1990
- Takeshi: Childhood Days
  
  production design
  
  art
  
  1990
- Circus Boys
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1989
- Death of a Tea Master
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1989
- Tokyo: The Last War
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1989
- Dogra Magra
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1988
- Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1988
- The House of Wedlock
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1986
- The Sea and Poison
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1986
- Monster Heaven
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1986
- Beyond the Shining Sea
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1986
- To Sleep So as to Dream
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1986
- Tampopo
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1985
- Fire Festival
  
  production design
  
  art
  
  1985
- A Bridge of Tears
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1983
- Yukko no Okurimono: Cosmos no Yō ni
  
  production design
  
  art
  
  1982
- The Go Masters
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1982
- Willful Murder
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1981
- The Wandering of the Naked General: The Kiyoshi Yamashita Story
  
  production design
  
  art
  
  1981
- The Woman
  
  production design
  
  art
  
  1980
- Drive for the Future
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1980
- Barefoot Gen Part 3: Battle of Hiroshima
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1980
- Zigeunerweisen
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1980
- An Ocean to Cross
  
  production design
  
  art
  
  1980
- The Skies of Haruo
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1977
- Barefoot Gen: Explosion of Tears
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1977
- Preparation for the Festival
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1975
- Waga seishun no toki
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1975
- Sandakan No. 8
  
  production design
  
  art
  
  1974
- The Long Darkness
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1972
- Bad Girl Mako
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1971
- Challenge at Dawn
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1971
- The Cleanup
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1969
- Gambler's Dilemma
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1969
- Savage Wolf Pack
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1969
- Monument to the Girl's Corps
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1968
- Man of a Stormy Era
  
  production design
  
  art
  
  1968
- Song of my Life
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1968
- Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1968
- Outlaw: Gangster VIP
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1968
- Velvet Hustler
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1967
- Massacre Gun
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1967
- Oyuki
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1966
- Fighting Elegy
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1966
- Tokyo Drifter
  
  production design
  
  art
  
  1966
- Carmen from Kawachi
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1966
- Tattooed Life
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1965
- Born Under Crossed Stars
  
  production design
  
  art
  
  1965
- Ochiba no honō
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1965
- Story of a Prostitute
  
  production design
  
  art
  
  1965
- The Call of Blood
  
  production design
  
  art
  
  1964
- Gate of Flesh
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1964
- The Flower and the Angry Waves
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1964
- Kanto Wanderer
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1963
- The Incorrigible
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1963
- Foggy Night Blues
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1963
- Notorious Bastard
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1963
- Attack Squadron
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1963
- Glass-Hearted Johnny
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1962
- Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1962
- The Black Scar
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1961
- A Killer Without a Grave
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1961
- He Killed Dad
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1961
- Yakuza sensei
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1960
- The Call of the Foghorn
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1960
- Volcano Wind
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1960
- The Ghost of Iwojima
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1959
- The Echo of Love
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1959
- The Fugitive
  
  art designer
  
  art
  
  1959
- Masked Woman
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1959
- The Stream of Youth
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1959
- Showdown in the Storm
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1958
- A Slope in the Sun
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1958
- The Awakening
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1957
- Birth of a Jazz Maiden
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1957
- This Is Home
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1956
- Confession
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1956
- Cell No. 8
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1956
- Jazz on Parade (1956): The Tomboy from the Backstreets
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1956
- Policeman's Diary, Part 2
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1955
- A Hole of My Own Making
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1955
- The Maid's Kid
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1955
- Policeman's Diary
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1955
- His Highness Surabaya
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1955
- The Moon Has Risen
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1955
- The Black Current
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1954
- A Certain Woman
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1954
- Red Camellia
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1953
- Asakusa monogatari
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1953
- The Wild Geese
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1953
- Haha nami
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1953
- Gendai shojo
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1953
- Kanpai! Tokyo Musume
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1952
- Asu wa Nichiyōbi
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1952
- Ikinokotta benten-sama
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1952
- The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1952
- The Singing Baseball Kid
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1951
- Saijoke no kyoen
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1951
- Koi no Oranda-zaka
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1951
- San akunin to akanbō
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1950
- Escape Between Midnight and Dawn
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1950
- City of the Spider
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1950
- I Am Being Targeted
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1950
- Lone Wolf
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1950
- Bibō no kaoyaku
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1949
- Kenji to onnakanshu
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1949
- Jōnetsu no ningyo
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1948
- Platform at Night
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1948
- Oyabaka taishō
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1948
- The Orion Constellation
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1948
- Nusumarekaketa ongakusai
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1946
- Kenrantaru fukushū
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1946
actors (3 credits)
- From the Ruins: Making 'Gate of Flesh'
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2005
- Seijun Suzuki: kabuki & yakuzas
  Self - Art Director & Screenwriter
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2002
- I've Heard the Ammonite Murmur
  Professor
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1992