Koji Hashimoto (director)

Koji Hashimoto (橋本 幸治, Hashimoto Kōji, January 21, 1936 – January 9, 2005) was a Japanese film director and producer. He directed the 1984 films Sayonara Jupiter and The Return of Godzilla. He died of coronary disease at age 69 while mountain climbing.

Filmography

Director

• Sayonara Jupiter (1984)
• The Return of Godzilla (1984)

Assistant director

• King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
• Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
• Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965)
• Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)
• Latitude Zero (1969)
• All Monsters Attack (1969)
• Dodes'ka-den (1970)
• Submersion of Japan (1973)
• Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974)
• The Gate of Youth (1975)
• The Imperial Navy (1981)

Producer

• Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992)
• Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)
• Rebirth of Mothra (1996)
• Rebirth of Mothra II (1997)
• Rebirth of Mothra III (1998)

External links

• Koji Hashimoto at IMDb
• 橋本幸治 (Hashimoto Koji) at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
• https://www.tohokingdom.com/people/koji_hashimoto.html