Satoshi Murakawa
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Satoshi Murakawa (村川 聡 Murakawa Satoshi) is a Japanese cinematographer who works primarily on tokusatsu productions. After serving as an assistant camera in the special effects unit on Gamera the Guardian of the Universe (1995) and Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996), he was promoted to the unit's cinematographer on Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999). He also served in this capacity on the Godzilla films Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999) and Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001), as well as the fourth and final Heisei Gamera film, Gamera the Brave (2006). Since 2020's Ultraman Z, he has worked as a cinematographer for both the drama and special effects units of every major Ultraman TV show and their tie-in films.
Much of Murakawa's career has consisted of collaborations with special effects directors Makoto Kamiya and Kiyotaka Taguchi.
Selected filmography
Special effects assistant camera
- Gamera the Guardian of the Universe (1995)
- Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996)
- Rebirth of Mothra 2 (1997)
Special effects cinematographer
- Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999)
- Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999)
- Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)
- Gamera the Brave (2006)
- Gantz (2011)
- Gantz: Perfect Answer (2011)
- Henge (2012)
- Jellyfish Eyes (2015)
- Love & Peace (2015)
- I Am a Hero (2016)
Cinematographer
- Geharha: The Dark and Long Haired Monster (2009)
- Ultra Zone (TV 2011-2012) [drama parts; episodes 6, 8-15, 17-22]
- Kaiki Daisakusen: Mystery File (TV 2013) [unknown number of episodes]
- Ultraman Z (TV 2020) [all 25 episodes]
- Sevenger Fight (web/video 2021) [unknown number of episodes]
- Ultraman Trigger: New Generation Tiga (TV 2021-2022) [unknown number of episodes]
- Ultraman: A New Power of Singapore (web 2021) [all 3 episodes]
- Ultraman Trigger: Episode Z (2022)
- Ultraman Decker (TV 2022-2023) [all 25 episodes]
- Ultraman Decker Finale: Journey to Beyond (2023)
- Ultraman Blazar (TV 2023-2024) [all 25 episodes]
- Ultraman Blazar the Movie: Tokyo Kaiju Showdown (2024)
- Ultraman Arc (TV 2024-2025) [all 25 episodes]
- Ultraman Arc the Movie: The Clash of Light and Evil (2025)
Miscellaneous
- Ultraman Zero VR (2017) - Associate cinematographer
References
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