Kazuo Miyagawa
February 25, 1908 — August 7, 1999 (91 years)
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.
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.
Movies & Shows on Plex
Filmography
| 1975 |
| 1989 | Maihime · as Director Of Photography |
| 1986 | Gonza the Spearman · as Director Of Photography |
| 1984 | MacArthur's Children · as Director Of Photography |
| 1981 | Island of the Evil Spirits · as Director Of Photography |
| 1977 | Ballad of Orin · as Director Of Photography |
| 1974 | Bad Reputation: Turf Wars · as Director Of Photography |
| 1973 | Stray Dog · as Cinematographer |
| 1973 | Hanzo the Razor: The Snare · as Director Of Photography |
| 1972 | Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril · as Director Of Photography |
| 1972 | Mushukunin mikogami no jôkichi: Kawakaze ni kako wa nagareta · as Director Of Photography |
| 1972 | Trail of Blood · as Director Of Photography |
| 1971 | Silence · as Director Of Photography |
| 1970 | Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival · as Director Of Photography |
| 1970 | Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo · as Director Of Photography |
| 1969 | Shirikurae Magoichi · as Director Of Photography |
| 1969 | Devil's Temple · as Director Of Photography |
| 1968 | Zatoichi and the Fugitives · as Director Of Photography |
| 1968 | The Undertakers · as Director Of Photography |
| 1967 | A Killer's Key · as Director Of Photography |
| 1967 | Zatoichi the Outlaw · as Director Of Photography |
| 1967 | A Certain Killer · as Director Of Photography |
| 1966 | Sensation of the Century · as Cinematographer |
| 1966 | Chiisai tôbôsha · as Director Of Photography |
| 1966 | Zatoichi's Vengeance · as Director Of Photography |
| 1966 | Irezumi · as Director Of Photography |
| 1965 | Tokyo Olympiad · as Director Of Photography |
| 1965 | Akai shuriken · as Director Of Photography |
| 1964 | The Money Dance · as Director Of Photography |
| 1964 | Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold · as Director Of Photography |
| 1963 | Bamboo Doll of Echizen · as Director Of Photography |
| 1963 | Family of Women · as Director Of Photography |
| 1962 | The Outcast · as Director Of Photography |
| 1961 | Another Bad Reputation Story · as Director Of Photography |
| 1961 | Bad Reputation · as Director Of Photography |
| 1961 | The Gambler's Code · as Director Of Photography |
| 1961 | Yojimbo · as Director Of Photography |
| 1960 | Brother · as Director Of Photography |
| 1960 | Son · as Director Of Photography |
| 1960 | A Woman's Testament · as Director Of Photography |
| 1959 | Floating Weeds · as Director Of PhotographyOn Plex |
| 1959 | The Key · as Director Of Photography |
| 1958 | Conflagration · as Director Of Photography |
| 1957 | Night Butterflies · as Director Of Photography |
| 1956 | River of the Night · as Director Of Photography |
| 1956 | Street of Shame · as Director Of PhotographyOn Plex |
| 1955 | Taira Clan Saga · as Director Of PhotographyOn Plex |
| 1954 | A Story from Chikamatsu · as Director Of PhotographyOn Plex |
| 1954 | The Woman of Rumour · as Director Of PhotographyOn Plex |
| 1954 | Sansho the Bailiff · as Director Of PhotographyOn Plex |
| 1953 | A Geisha · as Director Of PhotographyOn Plex |
| 1953 | Ugetsu · as Director Of PhotographyOn Plex |
| 1952 | Suttobi kago · as Director Of Photography |
| 1951 | Miss Oyu · as Director Of PhotographyOn Plex |
| 1950 | Rashomon · as Director Of PhotographyOn Plex |
| 1943 | The Life of Matsu the Untamed · as Director Of Photography |
| 1939 | Singing Lovebirds · as Director Of Photography |
| 1938 | Shusse taikoki · as Director Of Photography |
| 1938 | Kurama Tengu · as Cinematographer |