Kazuo Miyagawa
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.
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CameraBirthday
February 25, 1908Deathday
August 7, 1999Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
79Place of birth
Kyoto, JapanAlso known as
宮川一夫
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Rashomon
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Yojimbo
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Floating Weeds
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Street of Shame
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Silence
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Zatoichi the Outlaw
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Odd Obsession
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Miss Oyu
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Ugetsu
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A Geisha
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Sansho the Bailiff
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The Woman in the Rumor
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The Crucified Lovers
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Night River
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Night Butterflies
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Conflagration
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Her Brother
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The Broken Commandment
Director of Photography
Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold
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Irezumi
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The Little Runaway
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