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|name =Sadamasa Arikawa | |name =Sadamasa Arikawa | ||
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|occupation =Special effects cinematographer,<br>director of special effects | |occupation =Special effects cinematographer,<br>director of special effects | ||
|birthday =June 17, 1925 | |birthday =June 17, [[1925]] | ||
|death =September 22, 2005 | |birthplace =[[wikipedia:Tokyo Prefecture (1868-1943)|Tokyo]], [[Japan]] | ||
| | |death =September 22, [[2005]] (aged 80) | ||
|first ='' | |deathplace =[[wikipedia:Higashiizu|Higashiizu]], [[wikipedia:Shizuoka Prefecture|Shizuoka]], [[Japan]] | ||
|first =''[[The Invisible Man Appears]]'' (1949) | |||
|notable =''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'' (1954) | |notable =''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'' (1954) | ||
|imdb =http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0034824/ | |imdb =http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0034824/ | ||
|wikipedia | |wikipedia-ja =https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/有川貞昌 | ||
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'''Sadamasa Arikawa''' {{Nihongo|有川 貞昌|Arikawa Sadamasa}}, | '''Sadamasa Arikawa''' {{Nihongo|有川 {{ruby|貞昌|さだまさ}}|Arikawa Sadamasa}}, also known as '''Teisho Arikawa''' {{Nihongo|有川 {{ruby|貞昌|ていしょう}}|Arikawa Teishō}}, was a Japanese special effects director and cinematographer. A protégé of [[Eiji Tsuburaya]], Arikawa worked first as a cameraman, shooting the effects for every [[Toho]] science fiction film from [[1954]] to [[1966]]. Arikawa's first directorial assignment came in the form of the [[1962]] war film ''[[jawp:紅の空|Blood in the Sky]]'',<ref name="H!O">{{cite web|url=http://www.henshinonline.com/archive.html|title=SADAMASA ARIKAWA 1926-2005|first=Richard|last=Pusateri|first2=Keith|last2=Aiken|date=3 October 2005|work=Henshin!Online|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060101060933/http://www.henshinonline.com/archive.html|archivedate=1 January 2006}}</ref> though he would not receive credit as a special effects director until the [[wikia:w:c:ultra:Goro and Goroh|second episode]] of [[Tsuburaya Productions]]' ''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultra Q|Ultra Q]]'' (1966). Toward the end of Tsuburaya's life, Arikawa succeeded him as the special effects director of the ''[[Godzilla (franchise)|Godzilla]]'' series, beginning unofficially with ''[[Ebirah, Horror of the Deep]]'' (1966) and officially with ''[[Son of Godzilla]]'' (1967), until ''[[Destroy All Monsters]]'' (1968). | ||
Arikawa's final film for Toho was [[1970]]'s ''[[Space Amoeba]]'',<ref group="lower-alpha">[[The Professional Killers|Episode 15]] of the [[Toho]] co-production ''[[Warrior of Love Rainbowman (1972 series)|Warrior of Love Rainbowman]]'', which featured special effects by Arikawa, was blown up for a theatrical release at the summer [[1973]] [[Toho Champion Festival]].</ref> after which he parted with the company due to Tsuburaya's death and the subsequent dissolution of Toho's in-house special effects department.{{R|H!O}} Another of Tsuburaya's students, [[Teruyoshi Nakano]], took over effects on the ''Godzilla'' series in [[1971]]. Arikawa transferred to [[jawp:国際放映|International Television Films, Inc.]], through which he would ultimately collaborate with Toho again on the [[1972]] television series ''[[Warrior of Love Rainbowman (1972 series)|Warrior of Love Rainbowman]]''. He also worked on two foreign films in the late 1970s: the [[1977]] [[Hong Kong]] film ''[[The Mighty Peking Man]]'', for which he worked alongside several other former Toho staff, and the [[1978]] Taiwanese film ''[[The Phoenix]]''. Arikawa passed away at age 80 due to lung cancer on September 22, [[2005]]. | |||
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==Selected filmography== | ==Selected filmography== | ||
=== | ===Special effects cinematographer=== | ||
*''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'' (1954) | *''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'' (1954) [uncredited] | ||
*''[[Invisible Man (film)|Invisible Man]]'' (1954) [uncredited] | *''[[Invisible Man (film)|Invisible Man]]'' (1954) [uncredited] | ||
*''[[Godzilla Raids Again]]'' (1955) | *''[[Godzilla Raids Again]]'' (1955) [uncredited] | ||
*''[[Half Human]]'' (1955) [uncredited] | *''[[Half Human]]'' (1955) [uncredited] | ||
*''[[The Legend of the White Serpent]]'' (1956) | *''[[wikipedia:The Legend of the White Serpent (film)|The Legend of the White Serpent]]'' (1956) [uncredited] | ||
*''[[Rodan (film)|Rodan]]'' (1956) [uncredited] | *''[[Rodan (film)|Rodan]]'' (1956) [uncredited] | ||
*''[[The Mysterians]]'' (1957) [with [[Shuzaburo Araki]]] | |||
*''[[The Mysterians]]'' (1957) | *''[[The H-Man]]'' (1958) [with Shuzaburo Araki] | ||
*''[[The H-Man]]'' (1958) [with | *''[[Varan (film)|Varan]]'' (1958) [with Shuzaburo Araki] | ||
*''[[Varan (film)|Varan]]'' (1958) | *''[[wikipedia:Monkey Sun|Monkey Sun]]'' (1959) [with Shuzaburo Araki] | ||
*''[[The Three Treasures]]'' (1959) | *''[[The Three Treasures]]'' (1959) | ||
*''[[Battle in Outer Space]]'' (1959) | *''[[Battle in Outer Space]]'' (1959) [with Shuzaburo Araki] | ||
*''[[The Secret of the Telegian]]'' (1960) | *''[[The Secret of the Telegian]]'' (1960) | ||
*''[[The Human Vapor]]'' (1960) | *''[[The Human Vapor]]'' (1960) | ||
*''[[Mothra (film)|Mothra]]'' (1961) | *''[[Mothra (film)|Mothra]]'' (1961) | ||
*''[[jawp:ゲンと不動明王#映画版|The Youth and His Amulet]]'' (1961) | |||
*''[[The Last War]]'' (1961) | *''[[The Last War]]'' (1961) | ||
*''[[Gorath (film)|Gorath]]'' (1961) [with [[Motoyoshi Tomioka]]] | *''[[Gorath (film)|Gorath]]'' (1961) [with [[Motoyoshi Tomioka]]] | ||
*''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]'' (1962) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka] | *''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]'' (1962) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka] | ||
*''[[Matango (film)|Matango]]'' (1963) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka] | *''[[Matango (film)|Matango]]'' (1963) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka] | ||
*''[[ | *''[[wikipedia:The Lost World of Sinbad|Samurai Pirate]]'' (1963) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka] | ||
*''[[Atragon]]'' (1963) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka] | |||
*''[[Mothra vs. Godzilla]]'' (1964) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka] | *''[[Mothra vs. Godzilla]]'' (1964) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka] | ||
*''[[Dogora (film)|Dogora]]'' (1964) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka] | *''[[Dogora (film)|Dogora]]'' (1964) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka] | ||
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*''[[Invasion of Astro-Monster]]'' (1965) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka] | *''[[Invasion of Astro-Monster]]'' (1965) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka] | ||
*''[[The War of the Gargantuas]]'' (1966) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka] | *''[[The War of the Gargantuas]]'' (1966) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka] | ||
===Director of special effects=== | ===Director of special effects=== | ||
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultra Q|Ultra Q]]'' (TV 1966) [episodes 2 | *''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultra Q|Ultra Q]]'' (TV 1966) [episodes 2, 17-19] | ||
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman (series)|Ultraman]]'' (TV 1966-1967) [episodes 37 | *''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman (series)|Ultraman]]'' (TV 1966-1967) [episodes 37-38] | ||
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraseven (series)|Ultraseven]]'' (TV 1967-1968) [episodes 4 | *''[[Monster Booska]]'' (TV 1966-1967) [episodes 29, 31, 36, 38] | ||
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraseven (series)|Ultraseven]]'' (TV 1967-1968) [episodes 4, 6] | |||
*''[[Ebirah, Horror of the Deep]]'' (1966)<ref name="ETMoM">{{cite book|title=[[Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters]]|edition=hardcover|date=2007|publisher=Chronicle Books|pages=145, 169|isbn=978-0811860789}}</ref> | |||
*''[[Son of Godzilla]]'' (1967) | *''[[Son of Godzilla]]'' (1967) | ||
*''[[Destroy All Monsters]]'' (1968) | *''[[Destroy All Monsters]]'' (1968) | ||
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Mighty Jack (series)|Mighty Jack]]'' (TV 1968) [episode 11] | |||
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Fight! Mighty Jack|Fight! Mighty Jack]]'' (TV 1968) [episodes 1, 4-6, 9-10, 14-15, 19-20, 23-24] | |||
*''[[Space Amoeba]]'' (1970) | *''[[Space Amoeba]]'' (1970) | ||
*''[[Warrior of Love Rainbowman]]'' (TV 1972) | *''[[Warrior of Love Rainbowman (1972 series)|Warrior of Love Rainbowman]]'' (TV 1972) [recurring] | ||
*''[[The Mighty Peking Man]]'' (1977) | **''[[The Professional Killers|Rainbowman: The Professional Killers]]'' (1973) [theatrical episode] | ||
*'' | *''[[The Mighty Peking Man]]'' (1977) [uncredited] | ||
*''[[The Phoenix]]'' (1978) [as Sam Arikawa] | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery widths="120" position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small"> | <gallery widths="120" position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small"> | ||
Behind the Scenes Destroy All Monsters.jpg|Arikawa (far left) in a publicity photo for ''[[Destroy All Monsters]]'' | Ishiro_Honda_and_Godzilla.jpg|Arikawa (second from right) during filming of ''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'' (1954) | ||
Godzilla vs Ebirah Behind Scenes.jpg|Arikawa (center) directing [[Haruo Nakajima]] and [[Hiroshi Sekita]] for ''[[Ebirah, Horror of the Deep]]'' | |||
Behind the Scenes Destroy All Monsters.jpg|Arikawa (far left) in a publicity photo for ''[[Destroy All Monsters]]'' with [[Ishiro Honda]], [[Eiji Tsuburaya]], and [[Tomoyuki Tanaka]] | |||
Son-of-Godzilla-Arikawa.jpg|Arikawa with [[Masao Fukazawa]] in the [[Minilla]] suit on the set of ''[[Son of Godzilla]]'' | |||
SonofG.jpg|Arikawa gives instructions to [[Masao Fukazawa]] on the set of ''Son of Godzilla'' | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==See also== | |||
*[[Eiji Tsuburaya]] | |||
*[[Teruyoshi Nakano]] | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.henshinonline.com/archive.html Henshin! Online obituary, dated 10/3/05] | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060101060933/http://www.henshinonline.com/archive.html Henshin!Online obituary, dated 10/3/05 (archived)] | ||
==Notes== | |||
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==References== | |||
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[[Category:Godzilla special effects directors]] | [[Category:Godzilla special effects directors]] | ||
[[Category:Cinematographers]] | [[Category:Cinematographers]] |
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Sadamasa Arikawa (有川
Arikawa's final film for Toho was 1970's Space Amoeba,[a] after which he parted with the company due to Tsuburaya's death and the subsequent dissolution of Toho's in-house special effects department.[1] Another of Tsuburaya's students, Teruyoshi Nakano, took over effects on the Godzilla series in 1971. Arikawa transferred to International Television Films, Inc., through which he would ultimately collaborate with Toho again on the 1972 television series Warrior of Love Rainbowman. He also worked on two foreign films in the late 1970s: the 1977 Hong Kong film The Mighty Peking Man, for which he worked alongside several other former Toho staff, and the 1978 Taiwanese film The Phoenix. Arikawa passed away at age 80 due to lung cancer on September 22, 2005.
Selected filmography
Special effects cinematographer
- Godzilla (1954) [uncredited]
- Invisible Man (1954) [uncredited]
- Godzilla Raids Again (1955) [uncredited]
- Half Human (1955) [uncredited]
- The Legend of the White Serpent (1956) [uncredited]
- Rodan (1956) [uncredited]
- The Mysterians (1957) [with Shuzaburo Araki]
- The H-Man (1958) [with Shuzaburo Araki]
- Varan (1958) [with Shuzaburo Araki]
- Monkey Sun (1959) [with Shuzaburo Araki]
- The Three Treasures (1959)
- Battle in Outer Space (1959) [with Shuzaburo Araki]
- The Secret of the Telegian (1960)
- The Human Vapor (1960)
- Mothra (1961)
- The Youth and His Amulet (1961)
- The Last War (1961)
- Gorath (1961) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka]
- King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka]
- Matango (1963) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka]
- Samurai Pirate (1963) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka]
- Atragon (1963) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka]
- Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka]
- Dogora (1964) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka]
- Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka]
- Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka]
- Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka]
- The War of the Gargantuas (1966) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka]
Director of special effects
- Ultra Q (TV 1966) [episodes 2, 17-19]
- Ultraman (TV 1966-1967) [episodes 37-38]
- Monster Booska (TV 1966-1967) [episodes 29, 31, 36, 38]
- Ultraseven (TV 1967-1968) [episodes 4, 6]
- Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)[2]
- Son of Godzilla (1967)
- Destroy All Monsters (1968)
- Mighty Jack (TV 1968) [episode 11]
- Fight! Mighty Jack (TV 1968) [episodes 1, 4-6, 9-10, 14-15, 19-20, 23-24]
- Space Amoeba (1970)
- Warrior of Love Rainbowman (TV 1972) [recurring]
- Rainbowman: The Professional Killers (1973) [theatrical episode]
- The Mighty Peking Man (1977) [uncredited]
- The Phoenix (1978) [as Sam Arikawa]
Gallery
Arikawa (second from right) during filming of Godzilla (1954)
Arikawa (center) directing Haruo Nakajima and Hiroshi Sekita for Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
Arikawa (far left) in a publicity photo for Destroy All Monsters with Ishiro Honda, Eiji Tsuburaya, and Tomoyuki Tanaka
Arikawa with Masao Fukazawa in the Minilla suit on the set of Son of Godzilla
Arikawa gives instructions to Masao Fukazawa on the set of Son of Godzilla
See also
External links
Notes
- ↑ Episode 15 of the Toho co-production Warrior of Love Rainbowman, which featured special effects by Arikawa, was blown up for a theatrical release at the summer 1973 Toho Champion Festival.
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