---
name: "Kumiko Ogawa"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kumiko-ogawa"
fi1m_id: "kumiko-ogawa"
imdb_id: "nm0644555"
tmdb_id: 1309945
wikidata_id: "Q138314413"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "1 January 1949"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T16:44:20.197172+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."
---

# Kumiko Ogawa

## Identity

Kumiko Ogawa

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kumiko-ogawa
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kumiko-ogawa
- **IMDb ID:** nm0644555
- **TMDB ID:** 1309945
- **Wikidata ID:** Q138314413
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138314413, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0644555/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1309945

Costume designer. Born 1 January 1949 in Fukuoka Prefecture.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 1 January 1949, Fukuoka Prefecture
- **Active:** 2003–2004
- **Frequently works with:** [Catherine Marie Thomas](https://film.one/person/catherine-marie-thomas.md), [Daryl Hannah](https://film.one/person/daryl-hannah.md), [David Carradine](https://film.one/person/david-carradine.md), [Lawrence Bender](https://film.one/person/lawrence-bender.md), [Quentin Tarantino](https://film.one/person/quentin-tarantino.md), [Uma Thurman](https://film.one/person/uma-thurman.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138314413, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0644555/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1309945

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Kill Bill: Vol. 2*](https://film.one/film/kill-bill-vol-2.md) (77), [*Kill Bill: Vol. 1*](https://film.one/film/kill-bill-vol-1.md) (72)

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## Biography

Kumiko Ogawa is a Japanese costume designer. She received credit for costume design on *Kill Bill: Vol. 1* (2003) and *Kill Bill: Vol. 2* (2004), working alongside Catherine Marie Thomas.

Her other film credits include *Shinobi: Heart Under Blade* (2005), *Earthquake Bird* (2019), *Manhunt* (2017) and *City Hunter* (2024). Television work includes *The Naked Director* (2019), *Tokyo Vice* (2022) and *House of Ninjas* (2024).

*Sources: imdb.com, vogue.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Kill Bill: Vol. 2* (2004), Fi1m 77, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/kill-bill-vol-2.md)
- *Kill Bill: Vol. 1* (2003), Fi1m 72, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/kill-bill-vol-1.md)

## Complete filmography (39)

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

- *Kokuho* (2025), Costume Design
- *City Hunter* (2024), Costume Design
- *House of Ninjas* (2024), series, Costume Designer
- *Under the Open Sky* (2021), Costume Design
- *A Life Turned Upside Down: My Dad's an Alcoholic* (2020), Costume Designer
- *Earthquake Bird* (2019), Costume Designer
- *It Feels So Good* (2019), Costumer
- *The Naked Director* (2019), series, Costume Designer
- *A Banana? At This Time of Night?* (2018), Costume Design
- *Nisekoi: False Love* (2018), Costume Design
- *Room Laundering* (2018), Costume Design
- *Manhunt* (2017), Costume Designer
- *Rage* (2016), Costumer
- *Journey to the Shore* (2015), Costume Supervisor
- *Unforgiven* (2013), Costume Design
- *Yellow Elephant* (2013), Costume Designer
- *The Castle of Crossed Destinies* (2012), Costume Design
- *Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair* (2011), Costume Designer
- *The Lady Shogun and Her Men* (2010), Costume Design
- *Villain* (2010), Costume Design
- *Flowers* (2010), Costume Design
- *A Midsummer Night's Dream* (2009), Costume Design
- *All Around Us* (2008), Costume Design
- *Koishikute* (2007), Costume Design
- *Freesia: Bullet Over Tears* (2007), Costume Design
- *What the Snow Brings* (2005), Costume Design
- *Shinobi: Heart Under Blade* (2005), Costume Designer
- *Blood and Bones* (2004), Costume Design
- *Translucent Tree* (2004), Costume Design
- *Kill Bill: Vol. 2* (2004), Costume Design — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/kill-bill-vol-2.md)
- *Kill Bill: Vol. 1* (2003), Costume Design — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/kill-bill-vol-1.md)
- *Nabbie's Love* (1999), Costume Design
- *20th Century Nostalgia* (1997), Costume Design
- *The Friends* (1994), Costume Supervisor
- *Graduation Journey: I Came from Japan* (1993), Costume Design
- *Moving* (1993), Costume Design
- *The Gentlemen’s Alliance* (1986), Costume Design
- *Lost Chapter of Snow: Passion* (1985), Costume Coordinator
- *Love Hotel* (1985), Makeup Artist

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