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Kazuo Miyagawa

Miyagawa Kazuo

  • Name: Miyagawa Kazuo
  • Native name: 宮川一夫
  • Also Known as: みやがわ かずお, 宮川一雄
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: February 25, 1908
  • Died: August 7, 1999
Miyagawa Kazuo was a leading film photographer in the Japanese film industry. He is known to the world as a photographer of works directed by Inagaki Hiroshi, Mizoguchi Kenji, Kurosawa Akira, etc.

After graduating from Kyoto Commercial High School, he joined Nikki Kyoto at the age of 18 as an assistant in the development department. He trained as an apprentice for about three years. He then moved to the photography department due to a vacancy in the photography department. He was a freelancer since 1970 and was active in the Japanese film industry for over 60 years.

In 1960, when he was in charge of shooting "Ototo" directed by Ichikawa Kon, he created a unique technique called "Bleach Bypass" that leaves silver in the colored part of the film in order to create the atmosphere of the Taisho era, which is the setting of the story. After that, Miyagawa Kazuo's completed bleach bypass was widely used in movies all over the world.

He received the 10th Kawakita Award in 1992. Edit Biography
Cinematography
Year Title Type Rating
1980
Kagemusha
Kagemusha
Movie
7.7
1976
Drama
0.0
1973
Movie
6.5
1968
Movie
4.0
1967
Movie
6.3
1967
Movie
7.1
1964
Movie
0.0
1961
Yojimbo
Yojimbo
Movie
8.1
1960
The Son
The Son
Movie
7.5
1958
Movie
6.8
1955
Movie
6.9
1950
Rashomon
Rashomon
Movie
8.0
1949
Movie
0.0
1947
Movie
3.0
1941
Movie
0.0
1940
Movie
0.0
1939
Movie
0.0
1937
Movie
0.0
Movie
Year Title Role Rating
1975
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Japanese Movie, 1975,
[Himself] (Support Role)
[Himself]
Support Role
7.0
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  • First Name: Kazuo
  • Family Name: Miyagawa
  • Native name: 宮川一夫
  • Also Known as: みやがわ かずお, 宮川一雄
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: February 25, 1908
  • Died: August 7, 1999

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