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Apr 01, 1918 Tokyo, Japan Died on 21 Mar 2010 (aged 91)
Japanese film director
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About Takeo Kimura
- Takeo Kimura (?? ??, 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 Dreaming Awake (2008).
- He had also worked as a critic, writer, painter, photographer and teacher.
