1901–1988 · Japan · Cinematographer
Asakazu Nakai
Kurosawa's camera for rain, mud and vast colour battlefields.
Seven Samurai, 1954Source: Wikipedia
CINEMATOGRAPHER · 1908–1999 · JAPAN
Kazuo Miyagawa
Light through trees, long takes and ink-wash greys.
- Born
- 1908
- Died
- 1999
- Country
- Japan
- Field
- Cinematographer
KNOWN FOR
- 1950Rashomon
- 1953Ugetsu
- 1959Floating Weeds
- 1961Yojimbo
- 1965Tokyo Olympiad
WHY THEY MATTER
Called by the Museum of Modern Art the most influential cinematographer of postwar Japanese cinema; three Japan Academy Film Prizes.
THE LIFE
Miyagawa was born in Kyoto and studied sumi-e ink painting from the age of eleven. He joined the Nikkatsu company in 1926. He worked with Akira Kurosawa on Rashomon and Yojimbo, Kenji Mizoguchi on Ugetsu, Yasujiro Ozu on Floating Weeds and Kon Ichikawa on Her Brother and Tokyo Olympiad. The Museum of Modern Art has called him the most influential cinematographer of postwar Japanese cinema.
Also born in 1900–1929
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John Alton
Hard shadows and pools of light that defined film noir.
T-Men, 1947Source: Wikipedia
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Leon Shamroy
Bold Technicolor of the Fox studio era.
Leave Her to Heaven, 1945Source: Wikipedia
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Sweeping, lush widescreen colour.
Lawrence of Arabia, 1962Source: Wikipedia
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Neorealist grit that opened up into Fellini's nocturnal spectacle.
La Dolce Vita, 1960Source: Wikipedia
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Deep focus, with near and far planes sharp at once.
Citizen Kane, 1941Source: Wikipedia