- Known For
- Visual Effects
- Born
- December 26, 1934
- Place of Birth
- Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
- Died
- March 24, 2023
Sadao Iizuka
Sadao Iizuka (Īzuka Sadao, December 26, 1934 - March 24, 2023) was a prolific Japanese special effects artist and optical artist, most well-known for animating the rays and energy blasts of many Tokusatsu creations, like Godzilla's Atomic Breath and Ultraman's Spacium Beam. His first film was "Godzilla" (1954), where he worked under special effects art director, Akira Watanabe. He had similar roles in "Godzilla Raids Again" (1955), "Half Human" (1955), and "Rodan" (1956), before beginning his long career as an optical artist with "The Mysterians" (1957) under special effects director Eiji Tsuburaya. Throughout the 1960's, he would create optical effects and animation for some of Toho's greatest special effects films, like "King Kong vs. Godzilla" (1962) and "Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster" (1964), as well as the newly formed Tsuburaya Productions' Tokusatsu television series like "Ul…
Filmography
movieTHE ORIGIN OF ULTRAMAN
2026 · Self
tvMonster Magnitude: 9
2010 · Opening/Ending Animation
movieGodzilla vs. Destoroyah
1995 · Visual Effects
movieHanuman and the Eleven Ultramen
1984 · Visual Effects
movieGamera Super Monster
1980 · Title Designer
movieThe 6 Ultra Brothers vs. The Monster Army
1979 · Visual Effects
movieGodzilla
1977 · Visual Effects
movieThe Ultraman
1975 · Visual Effects
movieHanuman and the Seven Ultramen
1974 · Visual Effects
tvJumborg Ace
1973 · Visual Effects
movieAll Monsters Attack
1969 · Visual Effects
movieLatitude Zero
1969 · Visual Effects
movieSon of Godzilla
1967 · Visual Effects, Special Effects, Visual Effects Camera
movieKing Kong Escapes
1967 · Visual Effects
movieEbirah, Horror of the Deep
1966 · Visual Effects
movieThe War of the Gargantuas
1966 · Special Effects, Visual Effects
tvUltraman
1966 · Visual Effects
movieInvasion of Astro-Monster
1965 · Visual Effects
movieGhidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
1964 · Visual Effects
movieDogora
1964 · Visual Effects
movieMothra vs. Godzilla
1964 · Visual Effects, Visual Effects Camera
movieMatango
1963 · Visual Effects
movieKing Kong vs. Godzilla
1963 · Visual Effects
movieKing Kong vs. Godzilla
1962 · Visual Effects
movieThe Last War
1961 · Visual Effects
movieMothra
1961 · Visual Effects
movieGigantis, the Fire Monster
1959 · Visual Effects
movieHalf Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
1957 · Special Effects
movieGodzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
1957 · Visual Effects
movieRodan
1956 · Visual Effects
movieThe Legend of the White Serpent
1956 · Visual Effects
movieGodzilla, King of the Monsters!
1956 · Visual Effects
movieBeast Man Snow Man
1955 · Special Effects
movieGodzilla Raids Again
1955 · Visual Effects
movieGodzilla
1954 · Visual Effects