Kazuo Miyagawa
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Kazuo Miyagawa (宮川 一夫 Miyagawa Kazuo, February 25, 1908—August 7, 1999) is generally recognized as having been one of the finest Japanese cinematographers.[1]
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, to great effect, on films by major directors Kenji Mizoguchi, Yasujiro Ozu, and Kon Ichikawa, such as Ugetsu Monogatari (1953), Floating Weeds (1959) and Tokyo Olympiad (1965) respectively.
Miyagawa is regarded as having invented the cinematographic technique known as bleach bypass, for Kon Ichikawa's 1960 film Her Brother.[2][3][4]
[edit] Filmography
Selected:
- Singing Lovebirds (鴛鴦歌合戦 Oshidori utagassen) (1939)
- Rashomon (羅生門 Rashōmon) (1950)
- Ugetsu monogatari (雨月物語, Ugetsu monogatari) (1953)
- A Geisha (祇園囃子, Gion Bayashi) (1953)
- The Woman in the Rumor (噂の女 Uwasa no onna) (1954)
- Sansho the Bailiff (山椒大夫 Sanshō Dayũ) (1954)
- The Crucified Lovers (近松物語, Chikamatsu Monogatari) (1954)
- Street of Shame (赤線地帯 Akasen chitai) (1956)
- The Love of a Princess (朱雀門, Suzakumon) (1957)
- Enjo (炎上, Enjō) (1958)
- The Gay Masquerade (弁天小僧, Benten Kozō) (1958)
- Odd Obsession (鍵, Kagi) (1959)
- Yojimbo (用心棒 Yōjinbō) (1961)
- Tokyo Olympiad (東京オリンピック Tōkyō Orinpikku) (1965)
- MacArthur's Children (瀬戸内少年野球団, Setouchi Shōnen Yakyū-dan) (1984)
[edit] References
- ^ Bergen, Ronald. "Kazuo Miyagawa: The innovative Japanese cinematographer whose reputation was made by Rashomon," Guardian (Manchester). August 20, 1999.
- ^ "Kon Ichikawa Retrospective Part 1" (in Japanese). National Film Center. http://www.momat.go.jp/FC/NFC_Calendar/2003-08/kaisetsu.html. Retrieved 2008-04-20.
- ^ "日刊スポーツ・訃報・宮川一夫氏" (in Japanese). http://www.nikkansports.com/jinji/1999/seikyo990808.html. Retrieved 2008-04-20.
- ^ "東京現像所：the 50th Anniversary：TOGENの歴史" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2007-11-14. http://web.archive.org/web/20071114163558/http://www.tokyolab.co.jp/50th/05.html. Retrieved 2008-04-20.
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