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{{Quote|I actually entered Toho Studios in order to create Godzilla movies. This was the whole reason why I joined the company. Back then we had a specialized special effects cinematography team that worked just on these type of movies and at one point that team kind of fell apart, it went away. I am the last special effects cinematographer for Toho Studios.|Sakurai, paraphrased from an interview with Famous Monsters TV}}
{{Quote|I actually entered Toho Studios in order to create Godzilla movies. This was the whole reason why I joined the company. Back then we had a specialized special effects cinematography team that worked just on these type of movies and at one point that team kind of fell apart, it went away. I am the last special effects cinematographer for Toho Studios.|Keiichi Sakurai, paraphrased from an interview with Famous Monsters TV}}
'''Keiichi Sakurai''' {{Nihongo|桜井 景一|Sakurai Keiichi}} is a [[Japan]]ese cameraman. A lifelong fan of [[tokusatsu]], he entered the genre as an assistant on an episode of ''[[Zone Fighter (series)|Zone Fighter]]''.{{R|Matsuri}} He joined [[Toho Eizo Bijutsu|Toho Eizo]] thereafter and participated in several of the company's special effects films, including on both the drama and tokusatsu units of ''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla]]''.{{R|Matsuri}} In the 1990s, Sakurai served as an adviser on three of the [[Heisei era|Heisei]] ''[[Godzilla (franchise)|Godzilla]]'' films, and was the director of photography of ''[[Rebirth of Mothra 3]]''{{'}}s special effects unit. Sakurai has continued to shoot special effects films and TV series, and is a frequent collaborator of [[Shinji Higuchi]].
'''Keiichi Sakurai''' {{Nihongo|桜井 景一|Sakurai Keiichi}} is a [[Japan]]ese cinematographer. A lifelong fan of [[tokusatsu]], he entered the genre as an assistant on the [[1973]] television series ''[[Zone Fighter (series)|Zone Fighter]]'', and was initially tasked with disguising the piano wires used to hold up scale models.{{R|Homenick|Matsuri}} He joined [[Toho Eizo Bijutsu|Toho Eizo]] thereafter and participated in several of the company's subsequent special effects productions, including [[1974]]'s ''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla]]'', for which he was a member of both the drama and effects crews.{{R|Matsuri}} In the 1990s, Sakurai served as a tertiary cameraman on three of the [[Heisei era|Heisei]] ''[[Godzilla (franchise)|Godzilla]]'' films{{R|Homenick}} before finally receiving billing as a cinematographer on ''[[Rebirth of Mothra 3]]''. Sakurai has continued to shoot special effects for films and TV, and is a frequent collaborator of [[Shinji Higuchi]].
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==Selected filmography==
==Selected filmography==
===Assistant special effects cinematographer===
===Assistant special effects cinematographer===
*''[[Zone Fighter (series)|Zone Fighter]]'' (TV 1973) [episode 4; uncredited]{{R|Matsuri}}
*''[[Zone Fighter (series)|Zone Fighter]]'' (TV 1973) [approximately episodes 4-10, 12-26; uncredited]{{R|Matsuri|Homenick}}
*''[[Submersion of Japan]]'' (1973) [uncredited]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://31fb9f38.viewer.kintoneapp.com/public/0a3f41a74b8bb9e879c82e5240035410e01df4c27f0dfc1d2ef44495962b1f44#/detail/def50200497bcbddad31ef7cb337b05c2ced3f474d1d8810d570874d022fe892f55177105b982b1263b358b504d8b7b6fd3910a500c537fa792cd230dacfa4a8b1b4547dd577e2e5fce9062115f645c5a5cf6c532c217445fb964a00c04142de90b37d61f7b7b4b8c154867544bc7a7c003845ed430b2d1f54f16cc6a097e71f7cd0cc11391eb3e69ede9a87535f166ddca6d692fa706cdb7e|title=日本沈没|work=Toho Reference Room|accessdate=19 November 2022}}</ref>
*''[[Submersion of Japan]]'' (1973) [uncredited]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://31fb9f38.viewer.kintoneapp.com/public/0a3f41a74b8bb9e879c82e5240035410e01df4c27f0dfc1d2ef44495962b1f44#/detail/def50200497bcbddad31ef7cb337b05c2ced3f474d1d8810d570874d022fe892f55177105b982b1263b358b504d8b7b6fd3910a500c537fa792cd230dacfa4a8b1b4547dd577e2e5fce9062115f645c5a5cf6c532c217445fb964a00c04142de90b37d61f7b7b4b8c154867544bc7a7c003845ed430b2d1f54f16cc6a097e71f7cd0cc11391eb3e69ede9a87535f166ddca6d692fa706cdb7e|title=日本沈没|trans-title=''Submersion of Japan''|work=Toho Reference Room|accessdate=19 November 2022}}</ref>
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla]]'' (1974) [uncredited]{{R|Matsuri}}{{#tag:ref|Also an assistant on the drama unit.{{R|Matsuri}}|group=note}}
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla]]'' (1974) [uncredited]{{R|Matsuri}}{{#tag:ref|Also an assistant on the drama unit.{{R|Matsuri|Homenick}}|group=note}}
*''[[Prophecies of Nostradamus]]'' (1974) [uncredited]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://31fb9f38.viewer.kintoneapp.com/public/0a3f41a74b8bb9e879c82e5240035410e01df4c27f0dfc1d2ef44495962b1f44#/detail/def50200dec046cb75549bb67a9c02089e0a876708ba3859090cf42ee486d0e15bcdae251bef2a7f9699773fbe2191ea7b6741239e201d80a2b5fbfc4bd2ed271f344d2b79e23dad5ad5053c43449132768ffd32ce6dbb1446618cf6e547b39ccb374249fda9f122e5c07147dc08e904354eccedc2322a00514bc54e1f2bd9b68014a3724685aa2120bfdaa8834635ebc775470e2f2c6f9391|title=ノストラダムスの大予言|work=Toho Reference Room|accessdate=19 November 2022}}</ref>
*''[[Prophecies of Nostradamus]]'' (1974) [uncredited]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://31fb9f38.viewer.kintoneapp.com/public/0a3f41a74b8bb9e879c82e5240035410e01df4c27f0dfc1d2ef44495962b1f44#/detail/def50200dec046cb75549bb67a9c02089e0a876708ba3859090cf42ee486d0e15bcdae251bef2a7f9699773fbe2191ea7b6741239e201d80a2b5fbfc4bd2ed271f344d2b79e23dad5ad5053c43449132768ffd32ce6dbb1446618cf6e547b39ccb374249fda9f122e5c07147dc08e904354eccedc2322a00514bc54e1f2bd9b68014a3724685aa2120bfdaa8834635ebc775470e2f2c6f9391|title=ノストラダムスの大予言|trans-title=''Prophecies of Nostradamus''|work=Toho Reference Room|accessdate=19 November 2022}}</ref>
*''[[Submersion of Japan: Television Series]]'' (TV 1974-1975) [unknown number of episodes; uncredited]{{R|Matsuri}}
*''[[Submersion of Japan: Television Series]]'' (TV 1974-1975) [unknown number of episodes; uncredited]{{R|Matsuri}}
*''[[The War in Space]]'' (1977) [uncredited]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://31fb9f38.viewer.kintoneapp.com/public/0a3f41a74b8bb9e879c82e5240035410e01df4c27f0dfc1d2ef44495962b1f44#/detail/def502005317025f4f439cab918cd7ceb1adf031130421f65a85daed255c504d86598e6b74d3e8568bf8da377471e318489895d353c1df7c31610c50e2c98f72a8aa2067d9b9bef0270c9725432b72c2f63cd9cd841a1d6e0e028d0ec5f7f724d71a4edf75eece3248a608da2bd8e44cc5ef848bc4b21b5351df92a3eab7d4e9699d0ed3d5af6c747dbcccc8b2a3d0fa22f1603f94ce894cf4|title=惑星大戦争|work=Toho Reference Room|accessdate=19 November 2022}}</ref>
*''[[The War in Space]]'' (1977) [uncredited]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://31fb9f38.viewer.kintoneapp.com/public/0a3f41a74b8bb9e879c82e5240035410e01df4c27f0dfc1d2ef44495962b1f44#/detail/def502005317025f4f439cab918cd7ceb1adf031130421f65a85daed255c504d86598e6b74d3e8568bf8da377471e318489895d353c1df7c31610c50e2c98f72a8aa2067d9b9bef0270c9725432b72c2f63cd9cd841a1d6e0e028d0ec5f7f724d71a4edf75eece3248a608da2bd8e44cc5ef848bc4b21b5351df92a3eab7d4e9699d0ed3d5af6c747dbcccc8b2a3d0fa22f1603f94ce894cf4|title=惑星大戦争|trans-title=''The War in Space''|work=Toho Reference Room|accessdate=19 November 2022}}</ref>
*''[[Magnitude 7.9]]'' (1980) [uncredited]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://31fb9f38.viewer.kintoneapp.com/public/0a3f41a74b8bb9e879c82e5240035410e01df4c27f0dfc1d2ef44495962b1f44#/detail/def50200f8d22e1deb47f32150aac129957a77251f2c7a453f4abfa4d69181e87a92be20f72a42469e623fc6d903738acc6097c84fa3f43b9b4ee604c923c4dad390137c1c3c9530cacfd79a416c032feb0dcdc3768182cbff461e0e483897c26f81707f344e1ddeb0c1739d0543ce76c5655a6ff2f241e94d6ea8c5d885481c9ce73383ee348472fe29ba0ac227eb624c53c1d66a5397cd5a|title=地震列島|work=Toho Reference Room|accessdate=19 November 2022}}</ref>
*''[[Magnitude 7.9]]'' (1980) [uncredited]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://31fb9f38.viewer.kintoneapp.com/public/0a3f41a74b8bb9e879c82e5240035410e01df4c27f0dfc1d2ef44495962b1f44#/detail/def50200f8d22e1deb47f32150aac129957a77251f2c7a453f4abfa4d69181e87a92be20f72a42469e623fc6d903738acc6097c84fa3f43b9b4ee604c923c4dad390137c1c3c9530cacfd79a416c032feb0dcdc3768182cbff461e0e483897c26f81707f344e1ddeb0c1739d0543ce76c5655a6ff2f241e94d6ea8c5d885481c9ce73383ee348472fe29ba0ac227eb624c53c1d66a5397cd5a|title=地震列島|trans-title=''Magnitude 7.9''|work=Toho Reference Room|accessdate=19 November 2022}}</ref>
*''[[Bye-Bye Jupiter]]'' (1984)
*''[[Bye-Bye Jupiter]]'' (1984)
*''[[Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon]]'' (1994)
*''[[Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon]]'' (1994)
===Associate cinematographer===
===Cinematographer===
*''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]'' (1991)
*''[[Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection]]'' (VHS 1986) [with Fujio Okawa]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]'' (1992)
*''[[Kawaii! JeNny]]'' (TV 2007)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II]]'' (1993)
*''[[Go! Godman (film)|Go! Godman]]'' (2008)
*''[[The God of Clay]]'' (2011) [with Takehiro Kuramochi]
*''[[A Giant Warrior Descends on Tokyo]]'' (2012) [with [[Keizo Suzuki]]]
*''[[Dream Challenge: Godzilla Appears in Sukagawa]]'' (2019)
===Special effects cinematographer===
===Special effects cinematographer===
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra 3]]'' (1998)
*''[[Mikadoroid]]'' (1991) [with Toshimitsu Oneda]
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra 3]]'' (1998) [with [[Kenichi Eguchi]]]
*''[[The Gransazers]]'' (TV 2003-2004)
*''[[The Gransazers]]'' (TV 2003-2004)
*''[[The Gransazers: Official Super Mecha Video]]'' (video 2003)
*''[[The Justirisers]]'' (TV 2004-2005)
*''[[The Justirisers]]'' (TV 2004-2005)
*''[[Super Fleet Sazer-X]]'' (TV 2005-2006)
*''[[Super Fleet Sazer-X]]'' (TV 2005-2006)
*''[[Super Fleet Sazer-X the Movie]]'' (2005)
*''[[Super Fleet Sazer-X the Movie]]'' (2005)
*''[[Monster Magnitude: 9]]'' (TV 2010)
*''[[Monster Magnitude: 9]]'' (TV 2010)
*''[[Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1]]'' (2015)
*''[[Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1]]'' (2015) [with Keizo Suzuki]
*''[[Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 2]]'' (2015)
*''[[Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 2]]'' (2015) [with Keizo Suzuki]
*''[[Shin Godzilla]]'' (2016) [with Keizo Suzuki]
*''[[Shin Godzilla]]'' (2016) [with Keizo Suzuki]
*''[[Godzilla vs. the Tigers]]'' (2022)
*''[[Godzilla vs. the Tigers]]'' (2022)
===Cinematographer===
===Associate cinematographer===
*''[[Kawaii! JeNny]]'' (TV 2007)
*''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]'' (1991)
*''[[Go! Godman (film)|Go! Godman]]'' (2008)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]'' (1992)
*''[[The God of Clay]]'' (2011) [with Takehiro Kuramochi]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II]]'' (1993)
*''[[Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo]]'' (2012)
==Trivia{{R|Homenick}}==
*''[[Dream Challenge: Godzilla Appears in Sukagawa]]'' (2019)
*Sakurai considers ''[[Submersion of Japan]]'' to be his favorite film that he worked on, and ''[[Super Fleet Sazer-X the Movie]]'' to be his best work as a cameraman.
*Sakurai saw his first [[tokusatsu]] movie, [[1957]]'s ''[[The Mysterians]]'', while in the first grade. The first ''[[Godzilla (franchise)|Godzilla]]'' movie he saw was [[1962]]'s ''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]''.
**He would later credit ''The Mysterians'' with sparking his interest in tokusatsu, and motivating him to pursue a career in it. The movie was similarly influential for special effects director [[Koichi Kawakita]].
**Sakurai was initially disappointed with Godzilla's "cute" appearance in ''[[Godzilla vs. Megalon]]'', as his perception of the character had been shaped by the "scary-looking" suit from ''King Kong vs. Godzilla''.
*While in high school, Sakurai wrote a letter to prolific effects director [[Eiji Tsuburaya]] asking for help getting into making [[kaiju]] movies, and received a response advising him to first attend university.
==External links==
*[https://vantagepointinterviews.com/2023/10/08/godzilla-in-focus-tokusatsu-cinematographer-keiichi-sakurai-on-tohos-biggest-kaiju-movies/ Interview by Brett Homenick (conducted April 2022)]
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Latest revision as of 20:04, 23 February 2024

Keiichi Sakurai
Keiichi Sakurai circa 2014
Born 1950
Kagoshima, Japan[1]
Occupation Cinematographer
First work Zone Fighter (TV 1973)[1][2]
Notable work Shin Godzilla (2016)
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I actually entered Toho Studios in order to create Godzilla movies. This was the whole reason why I joined the company. Back then we had a specialized special effects cinematography team that worked just on these type of movies and at one point that team kind of fell apart, it went away. I am the last special effects cinematographer for Toho Studios.
„ 

— Keiichi Sakurai, paraphrased from an interview with Famous Monsters TV

Keiichi Sakurai (桜井 景一,   Sakurai Keiichi) is a Japanese cinematographer. A lifelong fan of tokusatsu, he entered the genre as an assistant on the 1973 television series Zone Fighter, and was initially tasked with disguising the piano wires used to hold up scale models.[2][1] He joined Toho Eizo thereafter and participated in several of the company's subsequent special effects productions, including 1974's Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla, for which he was a member of both the drama and effects crews.[1] In the 1990s, Sakurai served as a tertiary cameraman on three of the Heisei Godzilla films[2] before finally receiving billing as a cinematographer on Rebirth of Mothra 3. Sakurai has continued to shoot special effects for films and TV, and is a frequent collaborator of Shinji Higuchi.

Selected filmography

Assistant special effects cinematographer

Cinematographer

Special effects cinematographer

Associate cinematographer

Trivia[2]

  • Sakurai considers Submersion of Japan to be his favorite film that he worked on, and Super Fleet Sazer-X the Movie to be his best work as a cameraman.
  • Sakurai saw his first tokusatsu movie, 1957's The Mysterians, while in the first grade. The first Godzilla movie he saw was 1962's King Kong vs. Godzilla.
    • He would later credit The Mysterians with sparking his interest in tokusatsu, and motivating him to pursue a career in it. The movie was similarly influential for special effects director Koichi Kawakita.
    • Sakurai was initially disappointed with Godzilla's "cute" appearance in Godzilla vs. Megalon, as his perception of the character had been shaped by the "scary-looking" suit from King Kong vs. Godzilla.
  • While in high school, Sakurai wrote a letter to prolific effects director Eiji Tsuburaya asking for help getting into making kaiju movies, and received a response advising him to first attend university.

External links

Notes

  1. ↑ Also an assistant on the drama unit.[1][2]

References

This is a list of references for Keiichi Sakurai. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Nakamura et al. 2014, p. 90
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Homenick, Brett (8 October 2023). "GODZILLA IN FOCUS! Tokusatsu Cinematographer Keiichi Sakurai on Toho's Biggest Kaiju Movies!". Vantage Point Interviews. Translated by Harada, Maho.
  3. ↑ "日本沈没" [Submersion of Japan]. Toho Reference Room. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  4. ↑ "ノストラダムスの大予言" [Prophecies of Nostradamus]. Toho Reference Room. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  5. ↑ "惑星大戦争" [The War in Space]. Toho Reference Room. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  6. ↑ "地震列島" [Magnitude 7.9]. Toho Reference Room. Retrieved 19 November 2022.

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