Sadamasa Arikawa
Sadamasa Arikawa (有川 貞昌, Arikawa Sadamasa, June 17, 1925 - September 22, 2005), also known as Teisho Arikawa, was a Japanese special effects director and cinematographer. Arikawa's first film was Daiei's "The Invisible Man Appears" (1949), and he was also the primary cinematographer for the special effects sequences in Toho's tokusatsu films from "Godzilla" (1954) to "The War of the Gargantuas" (1966). A student of original Godzilla special effects director Eiji Tsuburaya, Arikawa was promoted to director of special effects for Toho's Godzilla series after Tsuburaya stepped down due to health issues and work with his own company, Tsuburaya Productions, in 1966. Arikawa would serve as special effects director for the Godzilla films "Ebirah, Horror of the Deep" (1966), "Son of Godzilla" (1967), and "Destroy all Monsters" (1968), as well as several episodes of Tsuburaya Productions' television output, including "Ultra Q" (1966), "Ultraman" (1966-1967), and "Ultraseven" (1967-1968). Following his final directorial assignment for Toho with "Space Amoeba" in 1970, Arikawa would leave the company due to the death of Eiji Tsuburaya and the dissolution of Toho's in-house special effects department, and was later employed as director of special effects (above other former Toho staff) on the Shaw Brothers monster film "The Mighty Peking Man" (1977). His final film as director of special effects and final work overall was Taiwanese-Japanese co-production "The Phoenix" (1978). Sadamasa Arikawa passed away due to lung cancer on September 22, 2005, at the age of 80.
Fotos
Filme (43)
Ultra Q: Goro and Goro
1990 · Special Effects, Visual Effects Director
Ultra Q: The 1/8 Project
1990 · Special Effects, Visual Effects Director
The Phoenix
1978 · Visual Effects Director, Special Effects
The Mighty Peking Man
1977 · Special Effects
Godzilla
1977 · Special Effects, VFX Director of Photography
Monster No. 1 Godzilla
1972 · Special Effects
Space Amoeba
1970 · Special Effects, Visual Effects Director
Motta, the Flying Dracula Monster
1969 · Special Effects
Destroy All Monsters
1968 · Special Effects, Visual Effects Director
Son of Godzilla
1967 · Special Effects, Visual Effects Director
Do Your Best! Godzilla
1967 · Special Effects, Director, Director of Photography
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
1966 · Visual Effects Director, Special Effects
The War of the Gargantuas
1966 · Special Effects, VFX Director of Photography
Invasion of Astro-Monster
1965 · Special Effects, VFX Director of Photography
The Crazy Adventure
1965 · Special Effects, VFX Director of Photography
Frankenstein Conquers the World
1965 · Visual Effects Camera
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
1964 · Special Effects, VFX Director of Photography
Dogora
1964 · Special Effects, VFX Director of Photography
Mothra vs. Godzilla
1964 · Special Effects, VFX Director of Photography
Matango
1963 · Special Effects, VFX Director of Photography
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1963 · Special Effects, VFX Director of Photography
Siege of Fort Bismarck
1963 · VFX Director of Photography, Special Effects
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1962 · Special Effects, VFX Director of Photography
Gorath
1962 · Visual Effects Camera
The Last War
1961 · VFX Director of Photography, Special Effects
Battle in Outer Space
1959 · Visual Effects Camera
The Three Treasures
1959 · VFX Director of Photography, Special Effects
Gigantis, the Fire Monster
1959 · Special Effects, VFX Director of Photography
Varan
1958 · VFX Director of Photography, Special Effects
The H-Man
1958 · VFX Director of Photography, Special Effects
The Mysterians
1957 · Special Effects, VFX Director of Photography
Tokyo 1960
1957 · VFX Director of Photography, Special Effects
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
1957 · VFX Director of Photography, Special Effects
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
1957 · Special Effects, VFX Director of Photography
Rodan
1956 · VFX Director of Photography, Special Effects
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
1956 · Special Effects, VFX Director of Photography
Beast Man Snow Man
1955 · VFX Director of Photography, Special Effects
Godzilla Raids Again
1955 · Special Effects, VFX Director of Photography
Invisible Man
1954 · VFX Director of Photography, Special Effects
Godzilla
1954 · Special Effects, VFX Director of Photography
Farewell Rabaul
1954 · Special Effects, VFX Director of Photography
The Eagle of the Pacific
1953 · VFX Director of Photography, Special Effects
The Invisible Man Appears
1949 · Special Effects, VFX Director of Photography
