Taizo Ichinose (一ノ瀬泰造, November 1, 1947 – November 29, 1973) was a Japanese

war photographer War photography involves photographing armed conflict and its effects on people and places. Photographers who participate in this genre may find themselves placed in harm's way, and are sometimes killed trying to get their pictures out of the war ...

. He was born in Takeo,

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. When Ichinose was a student at Takeo High School, he played for the school baseball team and participated in the

Japanese High School Baseball Championship The of Japan, commonly known as , is an annual nationwide high school baseball tournament. It is the largest scale amateur sport event in Japan. The tournament, organized by the Japan High School Baseball Federation and ''Asahi Shimbun'', ...

. Ichinose was killed while he was in

Cambodia Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. It is bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, and Vietnam to the east, and has a coastline ...

, by

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soldiers while attempting to make it to

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, at the age of 26.

Cultural references

At the

War Remnants Museum The War Remnants Museum () is a war museum at 28 Vo Van Tan, in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam. It contains exhibits relating to the First Indochina War and the Vietnam War. History Operated by the Ho Chi Minh City government, an ...

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, a number of articles about Ichinose and his pictures are on display. At the Nikon Museum Ichinose's bullet-riddled black

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is on permanent display. The 1999 film ''One Step on a Mine, It's All Over'' (''Jirai wo fundara sayônara'') and the 2003 film ''Taizo'' are biographies of Inichose.

Tadanobu Asano better known by his stage name is a Japanese actor, director, and musician, who has had an extensive career working in both Japanese and international cinema. He has been nominated for five Japan Academy Film Prizes, twice for Best Actor and ...

played the role of Ichinose.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ichinose, Taizo Japanese photographers 1947 births 1973 deaths