Shuzaburo Araki

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Shuzaburo Araki
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Born 1913
Kyoto, Japan
Died February 2, 1961 (aged 48)
Occupation Optical photographer
First work Eagle of the Pacific (1953)
Notable work Godzilla (1954)
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Shuzaburo Araki (荒木 秀三郎,   Araki Shūzaburō), sometimes erroneously credited as Hidesaburo Araki, was a Japanese optical photographer. The brother of Eiji Tsuburaya's wife Masano, Araki joined J.O. Studios after graduating from business school. During World War II he worked as a cameraman for the Federated News Agency, primarily serving Indonesian paratroopers in New Guinea. By the early 1950s Araki joined J.O.'s successor Toho, where he became part of Tsuburaya's special effects staff, shooting elements for compositing. He worked on a number of Toho's early tokusatsu films, from the original Godzilla in 1954 until The Big Wave in 1961. Araki passed away on February 2, 1961, succumbing to an intracranial hemorrhage at just 48. He was succeeded by Yukio Manoda.

Selected filmography

Optical photographer

Note: Optical photographers did not receive their own credit until The Three Treasures. All films before then credited Araki with Sadamasa Arikawa as a nonspecific "photographer."

Family tree

Sei TsumurayaIsamu Tsumuraya
Shuzaburo ArakiMasano TsuburayaEiji Tsuburaya
Noboru TsuburayaHajime TsuburayaAkira Tsuburaya
Kazuo TsuburayaMasahiro TsuburayaHideaki TsuburayaYuko Tsuburaya
Hiroshi TsuburayaHitomi Tsuburaya


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Bibliography

  • Tomoi, Taketo; Ozawa, Ryoko; Murai, Shugo; Taketomi, Gentaro, eds. (30 October 2023). 1954 "Godzilla" Ultimate Research Book. Hobby Japan. ISBN 978-4-7986-3322-0.

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