was a Japanese

cinematographer The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the recording of a film, television production, music video or other live-action piece. The cinematographer is the chief of the camera ...

born in

Hyōgo Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Hyōgo Prefecture has a population of 5,469,762 () and a geographic area of . Hyōgo Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the east, Osaka Prefecture to th ...

, best known for his work with

Akira Kurosawa was a Japanese filmmaker who List of works by Akira Kurosawa, directed 30 feature films in a career spanning six decades. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers in the History of film, history of cinema ...

. In 1950, he won the Mainichi Film Award for Best Cinematography for '' Stray Dog''. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on the film '' Ran'' (1985), being the oldest nominee ever in that category.

Selected filmography

* 1943: '' The Song Lantern'' * 1946: '' No Regrets for Our Youth'' * 1947: '' One Wonderful Sunday'' * 1949: '' Stray Dog'' * 1952: '' Ikiru'' * 1954: '' Seven Samurai'' * 1955: '' I Live in Fear'' * 1957: ''

Throne of Blood is a 1957 Japanese epic ''jidaigeki'' film co-written, produced, edited, and directed by Akira Kurosawa, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. The film transposes the plot of English dramatist William Shakespeare's play ''Macbeth'' (1606) fr ...

'' * 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