Sadamasa Arikawa
Personal Info
Know For
Visual Effects
Gender
Male
Birthday
1925-06-17 (80 years old)
Deathday
2005-09-22
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
Also known As
Arikawa Sadamasa
Teisho Arikawa
Arikawa Teishō
Sanemasa Arikawa
Sadamasa Arikawa
Biography
Sadamasa Arikawa (Arikawa Sadamasa, June 17, 1925 - September 22, 2005), also known as Teisho Arikawa (Arikawa Teishō), was a Japanese special effects director and cinematographer. Arikawa's first film was Daiei's "The Invisible Man Appears" (1949), and he was also the cinematographer for all of the special effects scenes in Toho's Tokusatsu films from "Godzilla" (1954) to "The War of the Gargantuas" (1966). As a student of original Godzilla special effects director Eiji Tsuburaya, Arikawa was promoted to director of special effects for Toho's Tokusatsu films after Tsuburaya stepped down due to health issues and work with his own company, Tsu...
Production
1958
as Visual Effects
1958
as Special Effects
1962
as Visual Effects Camera
1965
as Visual Effects Camera
1959
as Visual Effects Camera
1957
as Special Effects
1954
as Special Effects
1956
as Special Effects
1977
as Special Effects
1978
as Visual Effects Director
1966
as Special Effects
1966
as Visual Effects
1966
as Visual Effects Director
1962
as Special Effects
1963
as Special Effects
1964
as Special Effects
1965
as Special Effects
1955
as VFX Director of Photography
1955
as Special Effects
1964
as VFX Director of Photography
1962
as VFX Director of Photography
1958
as VFX Director of Photography
1963
as VFX Director of Photography
1956
as VFX Director of Photography
1956
as Special Effects
1959
as Special Effects
1959
as VFX Director of Photography
1964
as Special Effects
1964
as VFX Director of Photography
1970
as Special Effects
1970
as Visual Effects Director
1970
as Visual Effects
1955
as VFX Director of Photography
1955
as Special Effects
1958
as Special Effects
1958
as VFX Director of Photography
1977
as Special Effects
1968
as Special Effects
1959
as Visual Effects
1968
as Visual Effects
1965
as VFX Director of Photography
1954
as VFX Director of Photography
1956
as VFX Director of Photography
1957
as VFX Director of Photography
1977
as VFX Director of Photography
1957
as VFX Director of Photography
1954
as VFX Director of Photography
1954
as Special Effects
1957
as Special Effects
1957
as VFX Director of Photography
1964
as Special Effects
1964
as VFX Director of Photography
1953
as VFX Director of Photography
1953
as Special Effects
1966
as Special Effects
1966
as VFX Director of Photography
1963
as VFX Director of Photography
1963
as Special Effects
1967
as Special Effects
1967
as Visual Effects
1967
as Visual Effects Director
1957
as Special Effects
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