Takeo Kimura
Japanese film director
Died when: 91 years 354 days (1103 months)Star Sign: Aries
Takeo Kimura (木村 威夫, Kimura Takeo, April 1, 1918 – March 21, 2010) 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 (2008).
He had also worked as a critic, writer, painter, photographer and teacher.
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