Kazuo Miyagawa
Born: 1908-02-25 in Kyoto, Japan
Died: 1999-08-07
Known For: Camera
Biography
Kazuo Miyagawa (宮川 一夫 Miyagawa Kazuo, February 25, 1908 – August 7, 1999) was an acclaimed Japanese cinematographer. Miyagawa is best known for his tracking shots, particularly those in Rashomon (1950), the first of his three collaborations with preeminent filmmaker Akira Kurosawa. He also worked on films by major directors Kenji Mizoguchi, Yasujirō Ozu, and Kon Ichikawa, such as Ugetsu Monogatari (1953), Floating Weeds (1959) and the documentary Tokyo Olympiad (1965) respectively. Miyagawa is regarded as having invented the cinematographic technique known as bleach bypass, for Ichikawa's 1960 film Her Brother.
Filmography
2012
- The World of Kazuo Miyagawa as Self
1989
- The Dancer ... (Director of Photography)
1986
- Gonza the Spearman ... (Director of Photography)
1984
- MacArthur's Children ... (Director of Photography)
1981
- Island of the Evil Spirits ... (Director of Photography)
- The Love Suicides at Sonezaki ... (Cinematography)
1977
- Ballad of Orin ... (Director of Photography)
1976
- The Possessed ... (Director of Photography)
1975
1974
- Akumyo: Notorious Dragon ... (Director of Photography)
1973
- Hanzo the Razor: The Snare ... (Director of Photography)
1972
- Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril ... (Director of Photography)
- The Trail of Blood ... (Director of Photography)
- The Fearless Avenger ... (Director of Photography)
1971
- Silence ... (Director of Photography)
1970
- Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo ... (Director of Photography)
- Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival ... (Director of Photography)
1969
- The Magoichi Saga ... (Director of Photography)
- Devil's Temple ... (Director of Photography)
- 出獄四十八時間 ... (Director of Photography)
1968
- Zatoichi and the Fugitives ... (Director of Photography)
- The Funeral Racket ... (Director of Photography)
1967
- Zatoichi the Outlaw ... (Director of Photography)
- A Certain Killer ... (Director of Photography)
- A Killer's Key ... (Director of Photography)
1966
- Irezumi ... (Director of Photography)
- The Little Runaway ... (Director of Photography)
- Zatoichi's Vengeance ... (Director of Photography)
1965
- Tokyo Olympiad ... (Cinematography)
- Bloody Shuriken ... (Director of Photography)
1964
- Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold ... (Director of Photography)
- The Life of a Chivalrous Man in Suruga: Broken Swords ... (Cinematography)
- The Money Dance ... (Director of Photography)
1963
- The Third Will ... (Director of Photography)
- Bamboo Doll of Echizen ... (Director of Photography)
- Rabble Tactics ... (Director of Photography)
1962
- The Broken Commandment ... (Director of Photography)
1961
- Yojimbo ... (Director of Photography)
- Tough Guy ... (Director of Photography)
- Bad Reputation Returns ... (Director of Photography)
- The Gambler's Code ... (Director of Photography)
- Marriageable Age ... (Cinematography)
1960
- Her Brother ... (Director of Photography)
- A Woman's Testament ... (Director of Photography)
- Bonchi ... (Director of Photography)
- Scarred Yosaburo ... (Director of Photography)
1959
- Odd Obsession ... (Director of Photography)
- Floating Weeds ... (Director of Photography)
- The Woman and the Pirate ... (Cinematography)
1958
- Conflagration ... (Director of Photography)
- The Gay Masquerade ... (Director of Photography)
- Princess Tsuki ... (Director of Photography)
- Akado Suzunosuke vs. the Birdman with 3 Eyes ... (Director of Photography)
1957
- Night Butterflies ... (Director of Photography)
- Love of the Princess ... (Director of Photography)
1956
- Street of Shame ... (Director of Photography)
- Undercurrent ... (Director of Photography)
1955
- Taira Clan Saga ... (Director of Photography)
- The Second Son ... (Director of Photography)
1954
- Chikamatsu Monogatari ... (Director of Photography)
- Sansho the Bailiff ... (Director of Photography)
- The Woman in the Rumor ... (Director of Photography)
1953
- Ugetsu ... (Director of Photography)
- Yokubo ... (Director of Photography)
- Reminiscence ... (Director of Photography)
- A Geisha ... (Director of Photography)
1952
- Sisters of Nishijin ... (Director of Photography)
- すっ飛び駕 ... (Director of Photography)
1951
- Miss Oyu ... (Director of Photography)
- A Spectacular Murder ... (Cinematography)
1950
- Rashomon ... (Director of Photography)
- Song of Love ... (Director of Photography)
1948
- That Night's Adventure ... (Cinematography)
- Children Hand in Hand ... (Director of Photography)
1947
- The Devil's toast ... (Cinematography)
1946
- The Woman Who Opens the Door ... (Cinematography)
1944
- Thus the Divine Wind Blows ... (Cinematography)
- Wrestling-Ring Festival ... (Cinematography)
1943
- The Life of Matsu the Untamed ... (Director of Photography)
1939
- Singing Lovebirds ... (Director of Photography)
1938
- Taiko's Rising in the World ... (Cinematography)