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Kazuo Miyagawa

Kazuo Miyagawa

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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Birthday

1908-02-25

Birth Place

Kyoto, Japan

Movies and TV shows :

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

1975

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The World of Kazuo Miyagawa

The World of Kazuo Miyagawa

2012

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