Sadamasa Arikawa
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Sadamasa Arikawa (有川 貞昌, often erroneously billed as Teisho Arikawa, was a Japanese special effects cinematographer and director. A protégé of Arikawa Sadamasa)Eiji Tsuburaya, he worked on nearly every Toho science-fiction film from 1954 to 1968, with the exception of King Kong Escapes.
Selected filmography
Assistant special effects cinematographer
- Godzilla (1954) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka]
- Invisible Man (1954) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka, Yoichi Manoda, Yukio Kabashima]
- Godzilla Raids Again (1955) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka]
- Rodan (1956) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka, Yoichi Manoda]
Special effects cinematographer
- Half Human (1955)
- The Mysterians (1957) [with Shuzaburo Araki]
- The H-Man (1958) [with Shuzaburo Araki]
- Varan (1958) [with Shuzaburo Araki]
- Monkey Sun (1959)
- 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 Last War (1961)
- Gorath (1961) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka]
- King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) [with Motoyoshi Tomioka]
- Matango (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 and 17-19]
- Ultraman (TV 1966-1967) [episodes 37 and 38]
- Ultraseven (TV 1967-1968) [episodes 4 and 6]
- Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) [credited as assistant director of special effects][1]
- Son of Godzilla (1967)[1]
- Destroy All Monsters (1968)
- Space Amoeba (1970)
- Warrior of Love Rainbowman (TV 1972)
- Warrior of Love Rainbowman: The Professional Killer (1973) [compilation film]
- The Mighty Peking Man (1977)
- War of the Wizards (1978)
Gallery
Arikawa (far left) in a publicity photo for Destroy All Monsters, with Ishiro Honda, Eiji Tsuburaya, and Tomoyuki Tanaka
Arikawa on the set of Son of Godzilla, standing next to Masao Fukazawa as Minilla
Arikawa gives instructions to Masao Fukazawa on the set of Son of Godzilla
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters. Chronicle Books. 2007]. p. 145, 169. ISBN 978-0811860789. Unknown parameter
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