Akitaka Kimata

Biography

Yakitaka Kimata is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film producer, film artist, playwright, director, actor, and sculptor. His real name is Saburo Kimata, but he has many aliases, including Kyosuke Koromo as a stage actor and film artist, Hyosuke Kinami as a historical drama actor, and Daikichi Onizuka as a contemporary drama actor. He was the founder and former representative director of Production Taka and Nitto Television Movies, and co-representative of Movie Brothers. He is also known as the model for the main character of Jun Takami's short story ``Oobe no Tomo'' and as a sculptor who created the relief sculpture for the ``Monument to the Unknown Soldier'' at Gotokuji Temple in Setagaya Ward.