Kazuo Sagawa

Kazuo Sagawa Born October 29, 1939 Occupation Special effects director First work Monkey Sun (1959) Notable work Ultra Series (until 2002), Mighty Jack (TV 1968)

Kazuo Sagawa (佐川 和夫,   Sagawa Kazuo) is a Japanese special effects director best recognized for his work with Tsuburaya Productions and Toei. A student of Eiji Tsuburaya since 1959, Sagawa was an immediate employee of Tsuburaya Productions upon its foundation in 1963. He worked first as a cameraman, making his debut as a special effects director on the fourth episode of TsuPro's Mighty Jack. Sagawa notably directed effects for eight shows in the Ultraman Series over a span of three decades, as well as numerous other Tsuburaya series. Between 1979 and 1996, he worked on five productions for Toei, including the third and fourth entries in the Super Sentai franchise and the original series Changerion. He has also directed the effects for several foreign films and Japanese co-productions with foreign studios.

Selected filmography

Assistant special effects cinematographer

• Monkey Sun (1959) [uncredited]
• The Three Treasures (1959) [uncredited]
• Ultra Q (TV 1966) [unknown number of episodes; uncredited]

Special effects cinematographer

• Ultraman (TV 1966-1967) [episodes 1, 4, 6-39]
• Ultraseven (TV 1967-1968) [episodes 4, 6-7, 10-11, 17-20, 23]
• Mighty Jack (TV 1968) [unknown number of episodes]
• Return of Ultraman (TV 1971-1972) [episodes 1-7, 9]

Cinematographer

• Monster Booska (TV 1966-1967) [unknown number of episodes]
• Chibira (TV 1970-1971) [unknown number of episodes]
• Return of Ultraman (TV 1971-1972) [episodes 1-4, 8, 10-12]

Director of special effects

• Mighty Jack (TV 1968) [episodes 4-5, 7, 10, 12]
• Fight! Mighty Jack (TV 1968) [episodes 2-3, 7, 12-13, 16-18, 21-22, 25-26]
• Operation: Mystery (TV 1968-1969) [episodes 20, 22, 26]
• Return of Ultraman (TV 1971-1972) [episodes 13-14, 18-19, 28-29, 34-36, 41-42, 45-46]
• Mirror Man (TV 1971-1972) [episode 32]
• Ultraman Ace (TV 1972-1973) [episodes 1-4, 7-8, 11-14, 19-20, 28-29, 32-33, 45-46]
• Fireman (TV 1973) [episodes 1-6, 8-9, 17-18, 22-24, 27-30]
• The Unbalance Zone (TV 1973) [episodes 1-13]
• Jumborg Ace (TV 1973) [episode 50]
• Ultraman Taro (TV 1973-1974) [episodes 1, 24-25]
• Jumborg Ace and Giant (1974)
• Army of the Apes (TV 1974-1975) [episodes 1-26]
• Six Ultra Brothers vs. the Monster Army (1974)
• The Last Dinosaur (1977)
• Space Wolf (TV 1978) [episodes 1-24]
• Ultraman 80 (TV 1980-1981) [episodes 17-18, 21-22, 25-26, 29-30, 33-34, 37-38, 41-42, 46-47, 50]
• The Cat (1991) [with Shinji Higuchi]
• Gridman (TV 1993-1994) [episodes 1-39]
• Ultraman Tiga (TV 1996-1997) [episodes 47-48]
• Ultraman Dyna (TV 1997-1998) [episodes 3-4, 9-10, 17-18, 23-24, 27-28, 33-34, 38-40]
• Ultraman Gaia (TV 1998-1999) [episodes 1-2, 7-8, 13-14, 21-22, 27-28, 35-36, 43-44, 50-51]
• Ultraman Cosmos (TV 2001-2002) [episodes 1-3, 10, 15-16, 21-22, 26, 29-30, 39-42, 51-54, 63-65]
• Ultraman Cosmos: The First Contact (2001)

Director

• Ultraman・Ultra Seven: Giant Monster Extreme Battle (1969)
• Cyber Cop (1989)

Miscellaneous

• Tokyo Blackout (1987) - Supervisor [with Takeshi Miyanishi]

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