Osamu Furuya is a Japanese

cinematographer The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the photographing or recording of a film, television production, music video or other live action piece. The cinematographer is the ch ...

. He was nominated for an

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in the category Best Cinematography for the film ''

Tora! Tora! Tora! ''Tora! Tora! Tora!'' ( ja, トラ・トラ・トラ！) is a 1970 epic film, epic war film that dramatizes the Empire of Japan, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. The film was produced by Elmo Williams and directed by Richard Fleischer, T ...

''.

Selected filmography

* ''

The Valiant Red Peony is a 1968 Japanese yakuza film directed by Kōsaku Yamashita. It stars Junko Fuji. She landed the lead role for the first time in the film and The Valiant Red Peony was a big hit. The Valiant Red Peony is the first episode in the Valiant Red P ...

'' (1968) * ''

'' (1970; co-nominated with

Shinsaku Himeda was a Japanese cinematographer from Kakogawa, Hyōgo Prefecture. Himeda dropped out of Teikoku Art University and started working as an assistant cameraman at the Nikkatsu Tamagawa studio in 1937. In 1949, he promoted to cinematographer. He m ...

Masamichi Satoh Masamichi Satoh is a Japanese cinematographer. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Cinematography for the film ''Tora! Tora! Tora!''. Selected filmography * ''Tora! Tora! Tora!'' (1970; co-nominated with Osamu Furuya, ...

and

Charles F. Wheeler Charles F. Wheeler (December 15, 1915 – October 28, 2004) was an American cinematographer. Biography Wheeler did much of his work for Walt Disney. He served as a combat photographer in the United States Navy during World War II. He died in ...

)

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* Possibly living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) Japanese cinematographers {{cinematographer-stub