was a Japanese cinematographer born in Hyōgo Prefecture. He worked on several films with director

Akira Kurosawa was a Japanese filmmaker and painter who directed thirty films in a career spanning over five decades. He is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. Kurosawa displayed a bold, dyna ...

. In 1950, he won the Mainichi Film Award for Best Cinematography for '' Stray Dog''. He was nominated for the

Academy Award for Best Cinematography The Academy Award for Best Cinematography is an Academy Award awarded each year to a cinematographer for work on one particular motion picture. History In its first film season, 1927–28, this award (like others such as the acting awards) w ...

for his work on the film '' Ran'' (1985), being the oldest nominee ever in that category.

Selected Filmography

* 1943: '' The Song Lantern'' * 1949: '' Stray Dog'' * 1954: '' Seven Samurai'' * 1957: ''

Throne of Blood is a 1957 Japanese '' jidaigeki'' film co-written, produced, edited, and directed by Akira Kurosawa, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. The film transposes the plot of William Shakespeare's play ''Macbeth'' from Medieval Scotland to feudal ...

'' * 1961: '' The End of Summer'' * 1963: '' High and Low'' * 1965: '' Red Beard'' * 1975: '' Dersu Uzala'' * 1985: '' Ran''

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* Japanese cinematographers 1901 births 1988 deaths {{Cinematographer-stub