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Takeo Kimura(1918-2010)

  • Art Director
  • Production Designer
  • Writer
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Takeo Kimura
Takeo Kimura was born on 1 April 1918 in Tokyo, Japan. He was an art director and production designer, known for Hong Kong Paradise (1990), Dreaming Awake (2008) and Branded to Kill (1967). He died on 21 March 2010 in Tokyo, Japan.
BornApril 1, 1918
DiedMarch 21, 2010(91)
BornApril 1, 1918
DiedMarch 21, 2010(91)
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  • Awards
    • 7 wins & 7 nominations total

Known for

Hong Kong Paradise (1990)
Hong Kong Paradise
7.1
  • Art Director
  • 1990
Dreaming Awake (2008)
Dreaming Awake
7.7
  • Writer
  • 2008
Annu Mari, Mariko Ogawa, and Jō Shishido in Branded to Kill (1967)
Branded to Kill
7.2
  • Writer(as Hachirō Guryu)
  • 1967
To Sleep So as to Dream (1986)
To Sleep So as to Dream
7.2
  • Art Director
  • 1986

Credits

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Art Director

  • Komori seikatsu kôjô kurabu (2008)
    Komori seikatsu kôjô kurabu
    5.8
    • Art Director
    • 2008
  • Don't Laugh at My Romance (2007)
    Don't Laugh at My Romance
    6.2
    • Art Director
    • 2007
  • Faces of a Fig Tree (2006)
    Faces of a Fig Tree
    6.5
    • Art Director
    • 2006
  • Kamiya Etsuko no seishun (2006)
    Kamiya Etsuko no seishun
    7.4
    • Art Director
    • 2006
  • Tadanobu Asano in Portrait of the Wind (2005)
    Portrait of the Wind
    6.9
    • supervising art director
    • 2005
  • Rie Miyazawa in The Face of Jizo (2004)
    The Face of Jizo
    7.1
    • Art Director
    • 2004
  • The Sea Is Watching (2002)
    The Sea Is Watching
    7.0
    • Art Director
    • 2002
  • Inochi no umi (2000)
    Inochi no umi
    7.7
    • Art Director
    • 2000
  • 'Kurenai no kenjû' yo eien ni
    4.8
    • Art Director
    • 2000
  • Suri (2000)
    Suri
    6.7
    • Art Director
    • 2000
  • Deep River (1995)
    Deep River
    7.3
    • Art Director
    • 1995
  • The Stairway to the Distant Past (1995)
    The Stairway to the Distant Past
    6.9
    • Art Director
    • 1995
  • A Dedicated Life (1994)
    A Dedicated Life
    7.2
    • Art Director
    • 1994
  • The Most Terrible Time in My Life (1993)
    The Most Terrible Time in My Life
    6.9
    • Art Director
    • 1993
  • Yume no onna (1993)
    Yume no onna
    5.8
    • Art Director
    • 1993

Production Designer

  • Mitsuhiro Oikawa in The Clone Returns Home (2008)
    The Clone Returns Home
    6.5
    • Production Designer
    • 2008
  • Vitamin I
    • Production Designer
    • 2007
  • Don't Laugh at My Romance (2007)
    Don't Laugh at My Romance
    6.2
    • Production Designer
    • 2007
  • Princess Raccoon (2005)
    Princess Raccoon
    6.6
    • Production Designer
    • 2005
  • Jôhatsu tabinikki (2003)
    Jôhatsu tabinikki
    6.6
    • Production Designer
    • 2003
  • Pistol Opera (2001)
    Pistol Opera
    6.3
    • Production Designer
    • 2001
  • Darkness in the Light (2001)
    Darkness in the Light
    5.9
    • Production Designer
    • 2001
  • To Love (1997)
    To Love
    6.4
    • Production Designer
    • 1997
  • The Last Bullet (1996)
    The Last Bullet
    6.6
    TV Movie
    • Production Designer
    • 1996
  • How Old Is the River? (1994)
    How Old Is the River?
    6.3
    • Production Designer
    • 1994
  • The Most Terrible Time in My Life (1993)
    The Most Terrible Time in My Life
    6.9
    • Production Designer
    • 1993
  • Shikibu monogatari (1990)
    Shikibu monogatari
    5.7
    • Production Designer
    • 1990
  • Death of a Tea Master (1989)
    Death of a Tea Master
    6.8
    • Production Designer
    • 1989
  • Tampopo (1985)
    Tampopo
    7.9
    • Production Designer
    • 1985
  • Fire Festival (1985)
    Fire Festival
    7.1
    • Production Designer
    • 1985

Writer

  • Golden Flower: What Is Hidden Is the True Flower, What Is Gone Is the Butterfly
    • screenplay
    • 2009
  • Dreaming Awake (2008)
    Dreaming Awake
    7.7
    • screenplay
    • 2008
  • Matouqin Nocturne
    • Writer
    • 2007
  • Pistol Opera (2001)
    Pistol Opera
    6.3
    • Writer
    • 2001
  • Capone Cries a Lot (1985)
    Capone Cries a Lot
    6.2
    • Writer
    • 1985
  • Annu Mari, Mariko Ogawa, and Jō Shishido in Branded to Kill (1967)
    Branded to Kill
    7.2
    • screenplay (as Hachirō Guryu)
    • 1967
  • The Flowers and the Angry Waves (1964)
    The Flowers and the Angry Waves
    6.6
    • screenplay
    • 1964

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Hachirō Guryu
  • Born
    • April 1, 1918
    • Tokyo, Japan
  • Died
    • March 21, 2010
    • Tokyo, Japan(interstitial pneumonia)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Takeo Kimura is the oldest person ever to direct a feature film: He was 90 years old when his debut Dreaming Awake (2008) was released. ['Oldest debut as a feature film director', Guinness World Records].

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