Kazuo Miyagawa
Known for: Camera
Born: February 24, 1908 in Kyoto, Japan - Died: August 6, 1999
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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Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Self
The World of Kazuo Miyagawa
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Rashomon
Director of Photography
Yojimbo
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Floating Weeds
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Street of Shame
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Song of Love
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Yokubo
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Silence
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Zatoichi the Outlaw
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A Geisha
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Ballad of Orin
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Sansho the Bailiff
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Conflagration
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Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold
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The Possessed
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Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
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Hanzo the Razor: The Snare
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Odd Obsession
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Miss Oyu
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Chikamatsu Monogatari
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The Broken Commandment
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
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Irezumi
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