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name: "Ryuhei Kitamura"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ryuhei-kitamura"
fi1m_id: "ryuhei-kitamura"
imdb_id: "nm0457565"
tmdb_id: 45996
wikidata_id: "Q2088074"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "30 May 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-28T21:04:06.865690+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."
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# Ryuhei Kitamura

## Identity

Ryuhei Kitamura

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ryuhei-kitamura
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ryuhei-kitamura
- **IMDb ID:** nm0457565
- **TMDB ID:** 45996
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2088074
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryuhei_Kitamura, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2088074, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0457565/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/45996

Director. Born 30 May 1969 in Osaka, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 30 May 1969, Osaka, Japan
- **Also known as:** Ryûhei Kitamura
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryuhei_Kitamura, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2088074, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0457565/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/45996

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Godzilla: Final Wars*](https://film.one/film/godzilla-final-wars.md) (54)

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## Biography

Ryuhei Kitamura (also credited as Ryûhei Kitamura) is a Japanese film director, screenwriter and producer. Born on 30 May 1969 in Osaka, he moved to Australia at the age of 17 to study cinematography at the School of Visual Arts in Sydney. He returned to Japan and began his career with short films, including *Down to Hell* (1997).

Kitamura’s feature debut *Versus* (2000) gained international attention on the festival circuit. He went on to direct *Azumi* (2003) and *Godzilla: Final Wars* (2004), for which he also received a screenplay credit. Subsequent films include the American productions *The Midnight Meat Train* (2008) and *No One Lives* (2013), as well as *Lupin the 3rd* (2014) and *Downrange* (2018).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Godzilla: Final Wars* (2004), Fi1m 54, Screenplay, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-final-wars.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

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

- *Labyrinth* (2025), Director
- *The Price We Pay* (2023), Director
- *The Night Before Upheaval* (2022), Actor
- *The Three Sisters of Tenmasou Inn* (2022), Director
- *The Doorman* (2020), Director
- *Nightmare Cinema* (2018), Director
- *Downrange* (2018), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Lupin the 3rd* (2014), Director
- *No One Lives* (2013), Director
- *Hellgate* (2011), Producer
- *Baton* (2009), Director
- *Baton* (2009), series, Director
- *The Midnight Meat Train* (2008), Director
- *Samurai Zombie* (2008), Screenplay, Original Story
- *LoveDeath* (2006), Director, Screenplay
- *Godzilla: Final Wars* (2004), Director, Screenplay — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-final-wars.md)
- *Katanas, yakuzas y cintas de video* (2004), as (archive footage)
- *The Spear of Longinus* (2004), Director, Writer
- *Nervous Part 2: Versus Side Story* (2004), Original Story
- *Nervous Part 1: Versus Side Story* (2004), Director
- *Sky High* (2003), Director
- *Battlefield Baseball* (2003), Producer
- *The Messenger: Tomurai wa yoru no hate de* (2003), Director
- *Alive* (2003), Director, Screenplay
- *Cop Festival: New Beginning* (2003), Actor
- *Azumi* (2003), Director
- *Aragami* (2003), Director, Writer
- *Jam Films* (2002), Director
- *Versus* (2000), Director, Screenplay
- *Down to Hell* (1997), as Ponytail thug with truncheon · Producer, Director, Writer, Music, Editor
- *Heat After Dark* (1996), Director, Writer
- *Thrill Ride*, Director

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