was a Japanese cinematographer during the 20th century. Notable works include ''

Harakiri , sometimes referred to as hara-kiri (, , a native Japanese kun reading), is a form of Japanese ritual suicide by disembowelment. It was originally reserved for samurai in their code of honour but was also practised by other Japanese people ...

'', '' The Human Condition trilogy'', and ''

Kwaidan is a Japanese word consisting of two kanji: 怪 (''kai'') meaning "strange, mysterious, rare, or bewitching apparition" and 談 (''dan'') meaning "talk" or "recited narrative". Overall meaning and usage In its broadest sense, ''kaidan'' refers ...

''.

Filmography

*'' Utano yononaka'' (''The Singing World'') (1936) *'' Bushido orakanarishi'' (''When the Bushido is Big-Hearted'') (1936) *'' Nihon josei dokuhon'' (''Japanese Women's Textbook'') (1937) *'' Minamikaze no oka'' (''Hill of the South Wind'') (1937) *'' Edo no shirasagi'' (''White Egret in Edo'') (1937) *'' Kaminari oyaji'' (''Tough Dad'') (1937) *'' Jinsei Keiba'' (''Life Is a Horse Race'') (1938) *'' Katei niki (zen)'' (''Family Diary, Part One'') (1938) *'' Katei niki (go)'' (''Family Diary, Part One'') (1938) *'' Den'en kôkyôgaku'' (''Pastoral Symphony'') (1939) *'' Uruwashiki shupatu'' (''Beautiful Departure'') (1939) *'' Machi'' (''Town'') (1939) *'' Roppa no shinkon ryoko'' (''Roppa's Honeymoon'') (1940) *'' Ribbon o musubu fujin'' (''The Lady Ties a Ribbon'') (1939) *'' Moyuru ozora'' (''The Burning Sky'') (1940) *'' Shidô monogatari'' (1941) *'' Ani no hanayome'' (''A Brother's Bride)'' (1941) *'' Kaiketsu'' (''The Solution'') (1941) *''

Ano hata o ute (Filipino: ''Liwayway ng Kalayaan'') also known as ''Dawn of Freedom'',, pp. 100-102 and ''Shoot That Flag: The End of Corregidor'' is a 1943 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Yutaka Abe and Gerardo de León. Synopsis The opening credits ...

'' (''Fire on the Flag!'') (1944) *''

War and Peace ''War and Peace'' (russian: Война и мир, translit=Voyna i mir; pre-reform Russian: ; ) is a literary work by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy that mixes fictional narrative with chapters on history and philosophy. It was first published ...

'' (''Sensô to heiwa'') (1947) *'' Onna no issho'' (1949) *'' And Yet We Live (Dokkoi ikiteru)''(1951) *'' Boryoku'' (1952) *'' Mura hachibu'' (1953) *'' Kanikōsen'' (1953) *'' Before Dawn'' (''Yoake mae'') (1953) *'' Wakai hitotachi'' (1954) *'' Ashizuri misaki'' (1954) *'' Aisureba koso '' (1955) - (segment "1") *'' Ginza no onna'' (1955) *'' Bijo to kairyū'' (1955) *''

An Actress is a 1956 Japanese drama film written and directed by Kaneto Shindo. Cast * Nobuko Otowa as Kakuko Mori * Chikako Hosokawa as Tsukiko, Kakuko's mother * Shinsuke Ashida as Shinichirō Yagi * Sen Hara as Chiyo, Akio's mother * Sumiko Hidaka a ...

(Joyu)'' (1956) *''

Yellow Crow is a 1957 Japanese drama film directed by Heinosuke Gosho. Plot Kiyoshi Yoshida is a 9 years old boy. The boy loves to draw and he has some talent, but his teacher is worried because he draws only in black and yellow (that's where the title is fr ...

'' (''Kiiroi karasu'') (1957) *''

Umi no yarodomo Umi or UMI may refer to: Geography * Umi, Iran, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran * Umi, Fukuoka, a town in Japan People * Umi-a-Liloa, king of the island of Hawaii *Umi Dachlan, Indonesian female artist *Umi Garrett, American female pia ...

'' (1957) *''Hotarubi'' (1958) *'' Kisetsufu no kanatani'' (1958) *'' Naked Sun'' (1958) *'' The Human Condition I: No Greater Love'' (1959) *'' Karatachi nikki'' (1959) *'' The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity'' (1959) *'' Onna no saka'' (1960) *'' Lover Under the Crucifix'' (''Ogin sama'') (1960) *'' The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer'' (1961) *''

'' (1962) *''

Love Under the Crucifix is a 1962 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Kinuyo Tanaka. Love Under the Crucifix is the last film Tanaka directed. The film was adapted from Tōkō Kon's novel '' Ogin-sama''. The film is a bittersweet love story between Sen no Rikyū's da ...

'' (1962) *''

'' (1964) *'' Live Your Own Way (Wakamono tachi)'' (1967) *'' Zoku otoshimae'' (1968) *'' Forward Ever Forward'' (''Wakamono wa yuku'') (1969) *'' Empire of Passion'' (1978) *''

The Fall of Ako Castle is a 1978 Japanese historical martial arts period film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. It depicts the story of the forty-seven Ronin (''Chūshingura''). The film is one of a series of period films by Fukasaku starring Yorozuya Kinnosuke, including ...

'' (1978) *''

Shikake-nin Baian is a 1981 Japanese film directed by Yasuo Furuhata. The film was adapted from Shōtarō Ikenamis novel. Fujieda Baian is a doctor/assassin. Cast * Kinnosuke Yorozuya as Fujieda Baian * Katsuo Nakamura as Hikosan * Takayuki Godai as Kosugi * ...

'' (1981)

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* Japanese cinematographers People from Nagano Prefecture 1909 births 1998 deaths {{Japan-film-bio-stub