Asakazu Nakai

Nakai Asakazu

  • Name: Nakai Asakazu
  • Native name: 中井朝一
  • Also Known as: なかい あさかず
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: August 29, 1901
  • Died: February 28, 1988
Born in Hyogo prefecture . In 1927 he joinedEmpire Kinema . Later, he moved to Shinko Kinema, and then moved to Oizumi Studio via Kyoto Studio.

In 1932 (Showa 7), he was promoted to a cameraman at Shinko Kinema.

Contracted with Toho in 1941 (Showa 16) .

Before and after, he was in charge of shooting many works directed by Akira Kurosawa, and was a director of photography for many works as a veteran photographer of Toho. Edit Biography
Cinematography
Year Title Type Rating
1985 Ran
Movie
8.2
1980 Kagemusha
Movie
7.7
1975 Hatsukoi
Movie
0.0
1975 Dersu Uzala
Movie
7.9
1973 Hatachi no Genten
Movie
0.0
1969 Our Wilderness
Movie
0.0
1969 When You Wake Up In Love
Movie
0.0
1967 Drifters desu yo! Zenshin Zenshin Mata Zenshin
Movie
0.0
1967 Too Many Moons
Movie
5.0
1965 We Will Remember
Movie
0.0
1965 Red Beard
Movie
8.0
1963 High and Low
Movie
8.0
1962 Musume to Watashi
Movie
2.0
1961 The End of Summer
Movie
7.3
1961 Girl of Dark
Movie
7.3
1961 Eternity of Love
Movie
0.0
1960 Knock Down
Movie
7.0
1959 I Want to Be a Shellfish
Movie
0.0
1959 Ankokugai no Kaoyaku
Movie
4.0
1958 The Naked General
Movie
0.0
1958 Rat Kid on Journey
Movie
0.0
1958 All of Marriage
Movie
6.0
1958 Bridge for Only Two People
Movie
0.0
1957 A Dangerous Hero
Movie
0.0
1957 Ujou
Movie
0.0
1957 Throne of Blood
Movie
7.8
1956 The President Talks Bank
Movie
0.0
1956 Nigetekita Hanayome
Movie
0.0
1955 I Live in Fear
Movie
7.3
1955 Seifuku no Otometachi
Movie
0.0
1955 Izumi e no Michi
Movie
0.0
1954 Seven Samurai
Movie
8.6
1954 Don't Give You Death
Movie
6.0
1953 Husband and Wife
Movie
6.0
1952 Oka wa Hanazakari
Movie
0.0
1952 Ikiru
Movie
8.2
1951 Onna Gokoro Dareka Shiru
Movie
0.0
1951 Maihime
Movie
7.5
1951 Jiyu Gakko
Movie
0.0
1951 Elegy
Movie
2.0
1951 Clothes of Deception
Movie
7.0
1949 Stray Dog
Movie
7.7
1949 Blue Mountain Range
Movie
7.4
1948 Suiren Fujin to Bara Musume
Movie
0.0
1947 Joyu
Movie
0.0
1947 One Wonderful Sunday
Movie
7.3
1947 Four Love Stories
Movie
0.0
1946 No Regrets for Our Youth
Movie
7.4
1946 The Brick Factory Girl
Movie
2.0
1944 Raigekitai Shutsudo
Movie
2.0
1944 Nichijo no Tatakai
Movie
0.0
1943 Wakaki hi no Yorokobi
Movie
0.0
1943 The Song Lantern
Movie
7.0
1942 Haha no Chizu
Movie
0.0
1942 Shiroi Hekiga
Movie
0.0
1939 The Imaginary Ghetto
Movie
0.0
1938 Setsunaki Kokoro
Movie
0.0
1935 Koi no Ukishima
Movie
0.0
1935 Fukujuso
Movie
0.0
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  • First Name: Asakazu
  • Family Name: Nakai
  • Native name: 中井朝一
  • Also Known as: なかい あさかず
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: August 29, 1901
  • Died: February 28, 1988

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