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Sadamasa Arikawa

Sadamasa Arikawa

Special Effects

Sadamasa Arikawa (Arikawa Sadamasa, June 17, 1925 - September 22, 2005), also known as Teisho Arikawa (Arikawa Teishō), 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 cinematographer for all of the special effects scenes in Toho's Tokusatsu films from "Godzilla" (1954) to "The War of the Gargantuas" (1966). As a student of original Godzilla special effects director Eiji Tsuburaya, Arikawa was promoted to director of special effects for Toho's Tokusatsu films after Tsuburaya stepped down due to health issues and work with his own company, Tsuburaya Productions. Arikawa was the special effects director for "Ebirah, Horror of the Deep" (1966), "Son of Godzilla" (1967), "Destroy all Monsters" (1968), and "Space Amoeba" (1970), as well as some episodes in Tsuburaya's television productions, like "Ultra Q" (TV 1966-1967), "Ultraman" (TV 1966-1967), and "Ultraseven" (TV 1967-1968). He would leave Toho after the production of "Space Amoeba" (1970), and was employed as director of special effects (alongside other former Toho staff) on the Hong Kong special effects monster film "The Mighty Peking Man" (1977). His final film as a special effects director and final work overall was "The Phoenix" (1978). Arikawa passed away due to lung cancer on September 22, 2005, at age 80.

Born: June 17, 1925 in Tokyo, Japan

Died: September 22, 2005 (Age 80)

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Sadamasa Arikawa  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
5.7
Visual EffectsVisual Effects Camera1959
Movie
5.2
DirectingSpecial Effects, VFX Director of Photography1958
Movie
6.6
CrewSpecial Effects, Visual Effects1968
Movie
5.7
Visual EffectsVisual Effects Camera1965
Movie
6.7
DirectingSpecial Effects, VFX Director of Photography1964
Movie
5.4
DirectingVisual Effects Camera, Visual Effects, Special Effects, VFX Director of Photography1977
Movie
7.6
DirectingSpecial Effects, VFX Director of Photography1954
Movie
5.5
DirectingSpecial Effects, VFX Director of Photography1955
Movie
5.7
DirectingVisual Effects Director, Visual Effects, Special Effects1966
Movie
6.5
DirectingSpecial Effects, VFX Director of Photography1956
Movie
5.6
Visual EffectsVisual Effects Camera1962
Movie
3.6
DirectingVFX Director of Photography, Special Effects1958
Movie
6.4
DirectingSpecial Effects, VFX Director of Photography1965
Movie
5.2
DirectingVFX Director of Photography, Special Effects1955
Movie
6.1
DirectingSpecial Effects, VFX Director of Photography1962
Movie
6.7
DirectingSpecial Effects, VFX Director of Photography1964
Movie
6.3
Visual EffectsVisual Effects1959
Movie
6.1
DirectingVFX Director of Photography, Special Effects1956
Movie
5.6
DirectingSpecial Effects, Visual Effects, Visual Effects Director1970
Movie
5.9
Visual EffectsVisual Effects1958
Movie
5.5
CrewSpecial Effects1977
Movie
6.2
DirectingVisual Effects, Special Effects, VFX Director of Photography1957
Movie
5.7
DirectingVFX Director of Photography, Special Effects1954
Movie
6.2
DirectingVisual Effects Director1978
Movie
7.3
DirectingVFX Director of Photography, Special Effects1953
Movie
4.4
DirectingSpecial Effects, VFX Director of Photography1959
Movie
7.6
DirectingVFX Director of Photography, Special Effects1957
Movie
6.9
DirectingSpecial Effects, VFX Director of Photography1957
Movie
5.9
DirectingSpecial Effects, VFX Director of Photography1963
TV Show
7.9
CrewSpecial Effects
52 Episodes
1972-1973
Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
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