---
name: "Hajime Koizumi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/hajime-koizumi"
fi1m_id: "hajime-koizumi"
imdb_id: "nm0463589"
tmdb_id: 18614
wikidata_id: "Q11462473"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "8 April 1926"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-28T20:39:39.899614+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Hajime Koizumi

## Identity

Hajime Koizumi

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/hajime-koizumi
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** hajime-koizumi
- **IMDb ID:** nm0463589
- **TMDB ID:** 18614
- **Wikidata ID:** Q11462473
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11462473, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0463589/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18614

Cinematographer. Born 8 April 1926 in Saitama, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 8 April 1926, Saitama, Japan
- **Active:** 1962–1965
- **Also known as:** Koizumi Hajime
- **Frequently works with:** [Ishirō Honda](https://film.one/person/ishiro-honda.md), [Shinichi Sekizawa](https://film.one/person/shinichi-sekizawa.md), [Akira Takarada](https://film.one/person/akira-takarada.md), [Hiroshi Koizumi](https://film.one/person/hiroshi-koizumi.md), [Jun Tazaki](https://film.one/person/jun-tazaki.md), [Kenji Sahara](https://film.one/person/kenji-sahara.md), [Yuriko Hoshi](https://film.one/person/yuriko-hoshi.md), Yū Fujiki
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11462473, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0463589/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18614

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster*](https://film.one/film/ghidorah-the-three-headed-monster.md) (70)

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## Biography

Hajime Koizumi is a Japanese cinematographer. He graduated from the Japan Institute of the Moving Image in 1945 and joined Toho as an assistant cameraman. He was promoted to cinematographer following his work on *The Legend of the White Serpent* (1956).

Koizumi served as director of photography on numerous Toho tokusatsu productions. His credits include *King Kong vs. Godzilla* (1962), *Mothra vs. Godzilla* (1964), *Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster* (1964), *Invasion of Astro-Monster* (1965), *The War of the Gargantuas* (1966) and *King Kong Escapes* (1967). He also worked on television series such as *Ultraman Ace* (1972–1973).

*Sources: wikizilla.org, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster* (1964), Fi1m 70, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/ghidorah-the-three-headed-monster.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Katango's War* (1973), Director of Photography
- *King Kong Escapes* (1967), Director of Photography
- *The War of the Gargantuas* (1966), Director of Photography
- *Ultra Q* (1966), series, Special Effects, Visual Effects, Visual Effects Director
- *Invasion of Astro-Monster* (1965), Director of Photography
- *Frankenstein Conquers the World* (1965), Director of Photography
- *Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster* (1964), Director of Photography — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/ghidorah-the-three-headed-monster.md)
- *Dogora* (1964), Director of Photography
- *Mothra vs. Godzilla* (1964), Director of Photography
- *Atragon* (1963), Director of Photography
- *Matango* (1963), Director of Photography
- *King Kong vs. Godzilla* (1963), Director of Photography
- *A Salaryman's Reckless Family* (1963), Director of Photography
- *King Kong vs. Godzilla* (1962), Director of Photography
- *Gorath* (1962), Director of Photography
- *A Man in Red* (1961), Director of Photography
- *Mothra* (1961), Director of Photography
- *The Human Vapor* (1960), Director of Photography
- *Battle in Outer Space* (1959), Director of Photography
- *Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers* (1959), Cinematography
- *The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung* (1959), Director of Photography
- *The Path Under the Platanes* (1959), Cinematography
- *Adults Cannot Understand - Record of Youth* (1958), Cinematography
- *Varan* (1958), Director of Photography
- *The H-Man* (1958), Director of Photography
- *Song for a Bride* (1958), Cinematography
- *The Mysterians* (1957), Director of Photography
- *Atarashii Sebiro* (1957), Director of Photography
- *Elephant from "Zoo Story"* (1957), Camera Department Manager
- *Good Luck to These Two* (1957), Cinematography
- *The Legend of the White Serpent* (1956), Assistant Camera

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