Kazuo Miyagawa
Camera
- Born
- February 25, 1908 · Kyoto, Japan
- Died
- August 7, 1999 (age 91)
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.
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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.
Known for
Rashomon
August 26, 1950
Yojimbo
April 25, 1961
Ugetsu
March 26, 1953
Sansho the Bailiff
March 31, 1954
Floating Weeds
November 17, 1959
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
December 30, 1972
Street of Shame
March 18, 1956
Chikamatsu Monogatari
November 23, 1954
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
January 15, 1970
A Geisha
August 12, 1953
Miss Oyu
June 22, 1951
Irezumi
January 15, 1966
Behind the camera96
- 1989The Dancer Director of Photography
- 1986Gonza the Spearman Director of Photography
- 1984MacArthur's Children Director of Photography
- 1981The Love Suicides at Sonezaki Director of Photography
- 1981Island of the Evil Spirits Director of Photography
- 1977Ballad of Orin Director of Photography
- 1976The Possessed Director of Photography
- 1974Akumyo: Notorious Dragon Director of Photography
- 1973Hanzo the Razor: The Snare Director of Photography
- 1972