Masaki Tamura
Skuespiller, Instruktør
26. januar 1939 — 23. maj 2018 (79 år)
Masaki Tamura (たむら まさき, Tamura Masaki, 26 January 1939 – 23 May 2018) was a Japanese cinematographer.
Born in Aomori Prefecture, Tamura early on worked at Iwanami Productions (Iwanami Eiga), where. as an assistant, he helped photograph documentary films. He became a full-fledged cinematographer working on many of the documentaries of Shinsuke Ogawa. At the same time, he began photographing feature fiction films by directors such as Kazuo Kuroki, Yōichi Higashi, and Toshiya Fujita. He particularly became known for his collaborations with Mitsuo Yanagimachi. After working with many famous directors such as Juzo Itami, Sōgo Ishii, Gō Takamine, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, and Kaizō Hayashi, he began working in the 1990s with a new generation of directors, such as Nobuhiro Suwa, Naomi Kawase, and Makoto Satō. His collaborations with Shinji Aoyama were notable in his final years.
In 1982, he won the Mainichi Film Award for best cinematography for the film Farewell to the Land. The same year, he won the best cinematography award at the Yokohama Film Festival for Farewell to the Land and A Japanese Village - Furuyashikimura.
Born in Aomori Prefecture, Tamura early on worked at Iwanami Productions (Iwanami Eiga), where. as an assistant, he helped photograph documentary films. He became a full-fledged cinematographer working on many of the documentaries of Shinsuke Ogawa. At the same time, he began photographing feature fiction films by directors such as Kazuo Kuroki, Yōichi Higashi, and Toshiya Fujita. He particularly became known for his collaborations with Mitsuo Yanagimachi. After working with many famous directors such as Juzo Itami, Sōgo Ishii, Gō Takamine, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, and Kaizō Hayashi, he began working in the 1990s with a new generation of directors, such as Nobuhiro Suwa, Naomi Kawase, and Makoto Satō. His collaborations with Shinji Aoyama were notable in his final years.
In 1982, he won the Mainichi Film Award for best cinematography for the film Farewell to the Land. The same year, he won the best cinematography award at the Yokohama Film Festival for Farewell to the Land and A Japanese Village - Furuyashikimura.
Filmografi
| 1989 | Zatoichi · as Cast |
| 2014 | |
| 2009 |
| 2018 | School Lawyer · as Cinematographer |
| 2014 | Drive in Gamo · as Director Of Photography |
| 2010 | Gegege's Wife · as Director Of Photography |
| 2009 | I'm a Cat Stalker · as Director Of Photography |
| 2008 | Tokyo Rendezvous · as Director Of Photography |
| 2007 | Sad Vacation · as Director Of Photography |
| 2006 | AA Signature: Aquirax. Ongaku hihyôka Aida Akira · as Cinematographer |
| 2006 | Crickets · as Director Of Photography |
| 2005 | My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? · as Director Of Photography |
| 2004 | Lakeside Murder Case · as Director Of Photography |
| 2002 | A Boy's Summer in 1945 · as Director Of Photography |
| 2002 | Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name · as Director Of Photography |
| 2001 | Manzan benigaki · as Director Of Photography |
| 2001 | Desert Moon · as Director Of Photography |
| 2001 | Self and Others · as Director Of Photography |
| 2000 | Eureka · as Director Of Photography |
| 1999 | Shady Grove · as Director Of Photography |
| 1998 | Eyes of the Spider · as Director Of Photography |
| 1998 | Serpent's Path · as Director Of Photography |
| 1997 | Suzaku · as Director Of Photography |
| 1997 | 2/Duo · as Director Of Photography |
| 1996 | Helpless · as Director Of Photography |
| 1995 | Wandering Peddlers · as Director Of Photography |
| 1990 | Zipang · as Director Of Photography |
| 1989 | Untama giru · as Director Of Photography |
| 1988 | Evil Dead Trap · as Director Of PhotographyPå Plex |
| 1987 | Magino Village: A Tale · as Director Of Photography |
| 1986 | Atami satsujin jiken · as Director Of Photography |
| 1985 | Tampopo · as Director Of Photography |
| 1985 | Fire Festival · as Director Of Photography |
| 1984 | The Crazy Family · as Director Of Photography |
| 1983 | P. P. Rider · as Director Of Photography |
| 1982 | A Japanese Village · as Director Of Photography |
| 1982 | The Unspoiled Diamond · as Director Of Photography |
| 1982 | Farewell to the Land · as Director Of Photography |
| 1977 | Kitamura Toukoku: Waga fuyu no uta · as Director Of Photography |
| 1974 | The Assassination of Ryoma · as Director Of Photography |
| 1973 | Lady Snowblood · as Director Of PhotographyPå Plex |
| 1973 | Narita: Heta Village · as Director Of Photography |
| 1971 | Narita: The Peasants of the Second Fortress · as Director Of Photography |
| 1968 | Summer in Sanrizuka · as Director Of Photography |



