Motoyoshi Tomioka
Age: 100 born June 15, 1924
Motoyoshi Tomioka (富岡 素敬 Tomioka Motoyoshi), also miscredited in English as Sokei Tomioka, was a Japanese cinematographer who worked on numerous Toho tokusatsu films during the Shōwa period. Training at the Eiji Tsuburaya Special Effects Research Institute,[1] Tomioka joined Toho as one of Tsuburaya's assistant cameramen. He was officially promoted to cinematographer with 1961's Mothra, working second to Sadamasa Arikawa.[1] Upon Arikawa's promotion to special effects director in 1966, Tomioka moved up to first camera, with Yoichi Manoda taking second.[1] Tomioka also occasionally worked outside of special effects, namely on All Monsters A...read more