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Masaki Tamura (たむら まさき, Tamura Masaki, 26 January 1939 – 23 May 2018) was a Japanese cinematographer. Born in Aomori Prefecture, Tamura early on worked at Iwanami Productions (Iwanami Eiga), where. as an assistant, he helped photograph documentary films. He became a full-fledged cinematographer working on many of the documentaries of Shinsuke Ogawa. At the same time, he began photographing feature fiction films by directors such as Kazuo Kuroki, Yōichi Higashi, and Toshiya Fujita. He particularly became known for his collaborations with Mitsuo Yanagimachi. After working with many famous directors such as Juzo Itami, Sōgo Ishii, Gō Takamine, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, and Kaizō Hayashi, he began working in the 1990s with a new generation of directors, such as Nobuhiro Suwa, Naomi Kawase, and Makoto Satō. His collaborations with Shinji Aoyama were notable in his final years. In 1982, he won the Mainichi Film Award for best cinematography for the film Farewell to the Land. The same year, he won the best cinematography award at the Yokohama Film Festival for Farewell to the Land and A Japanese Village - Furuyashikimura.
Release Date | Title | Job | Rating | Your Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
August 2nd, 2014 | Drive-In Gamo | Director of Photography | TBD | |
November 20th, 2010 | The Wife of Gegege | Director of Photography | TBD | |
July 4th, 2009 | I’m a Cat Stalker | Director of Photography | 6.6 | |
September 20th, 2008 | Tokyo Rendezvous | Director of Photography | 5.4 | |
February 2nd, 2008 | Shadow of Sand | Director of Photography | 6 | |
September 8th, 2007 | Sad Vacation | Director of Photography | 6.8 | |
December 12th, 2006 | AA | Camera Operator | 4.6 | |
November 23rd, 2006 | Crickets | Director of Photography | 7 | |
May 18th, 2005 | My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? | Director of Photography | 7.4 | |
January 22nd, 2005 | The Lakeside Murder Case | Director of Photography | 6.5 | |
March 19th, 2003 | A Forest with No Name | Director of Photography | 5.2 | |
December 14th, 2002 | A Boy's Summer in 1945 | Director of Photography | 5.8 | |
December 1st, 2001 | Tampen | Director of Photography | TBD | |
October 25th, 2001 | Red Persimmons | Director of Photography | 8 | |
August 11th, 2001 | To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out | Director of Photography | 10 | |
June 19th, 2001 | Desert Moon | Director of Photography | 6.1 | |
April 28th, 2001 | Self and Others | Director of Photography | 6 | |
January 20th, 2001 | Eureka | Director of Photography | 7.8 | |
July 3rd, 1999 | Shady Grove | Director of Photography | 4.8 | |
September 19th, 1998 | Paradise Sea | Director of Photography | 8 | |
April 11th, 1998 | Eyes of the Spider | Director of Photography | 6.8 | |
February 21st, 1998 | Serpent's Path | Director of Photography | 6.9 | |
November 1st, 1997 | Suzaku | Director of Photography | 7.3 | |
June 10th, 1997 | 2/Duo | Director of Photography | 7.6 | |
July 27th, 1996 | Helpless | Director of Photography | 6.3 | |
November 11th, 1995 | How Old Is the River? | Director of Photography | 7.8 | |
October 28th, 1995 | Wandering Peddlers | Director of Photography | 9 | |
January 27th, 1990 | The Legend of Zipang | Director of Photography | 5.8 | |
October 7th, 1989 | Untamagiru | Director of Photography | 4.6 | |
June 24th, 1989 | Festival of Dreams | Director of Photography | 7 | |
May 14th, 1988 | Evil Dead Trap | Director of Photography | 6 | |
April 4th, 1988 | Cheek to Cheek at Night ~ A Woman Embracing the Past | Director of Photography | TBD | |
December 1st, 1987 | Magino Village: A Tale | Director of Photography | 6.8 | |
June 7th, 1986 | Atami Murder Case | Director of Photography | 10 | |
November 23rd, 1985 | Tampopo | Director of Photography | 7.8 | |
May 25th, 1985 | Fire Festival | Director of Photography | 5.7 | |
June 24th, 1984 | The Crazy Family | Director of Photography | 7 | |
February 11th, 1983 | P. P. Rider | Director of Photography | 6 | |
November 1st, 1982 | Furuyashiki: A Japanese Village | Director of Photography | 6.9 | |
May 15th, 1982 | The Unspoiled Diamond | Director of Photography | 4.3 | |
April 9th, 1982 | Farewell to the Land | Director of Photography | 4.9 | |
February 18th, 1978 | The Magino Village Story: Pass | Director of Photography | TBD | |
December 17th, 1977 | Kitamura Tokoku: My Winter Song | Director of Photography | 5.5 | |
January 28th, 1977 | Sanrizuka: The Sky of May | Director of Photography | 5.5 | |
December 5th, 1976 | Nemuremitsu | Director of Photography | TBD | |
August 3rd, 1974 | The Assassination of Ryoma | Director of Photography | 4.8 | |
December 1st, 1973 | Lady Snowblood | Director of Photography | 7.5 | |
September 29th, 1973 | A Japanese Demon | Director of Photography | 7.7 | |
May 29th, 1973 | Sanrizuka: Heta Village | Director of Photography | 6.3 | |
October 29th, 1972 | Sanrizuka: The Building of Iwayama Tower | Director of Photography | TBD | |
May 23rd, 1971 | Narita: The Peasants of the Second Fortress | Director of Photography | 6 | |
July 18th, 1970 | Sanrizuka: The Three-Day War | Director of Photography | 8 | |
July 18th, 1970 | Winter in Sanrizuka | Director of Photography | 7 | |
October 12th, 1968 | Summer in Sanrizuka | Director of Photography | 6.4 |