Kazuo Miyagawa
b. 1908 — d. 1999 (aged 91)
Kyoto, Japan
Cinematographer
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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★ 6.6
Maihime
1989 Cinematographer
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★ 7.0
Gonza the Spearman
1986 Cinematographer
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★ 6.9
MacArthur's Children
1984 Cinematographer
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★ 5.8
Island of the Evil Spirits
1981 Cinematographer
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★ 6.5
The Love Suicides at Sonezaki
1980 Cinematographer
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★ 7.3
Ballad of Orin
1977 Cinematographer
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★ 5.5
The Possessed
1976 Cinematographer
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★ 7.5
Bad Reputation: Turf Wars
1974 Cinematographer
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★ 6.9
Hanzo the Razor: The Snare
1973 Cinematographer
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★ 7.5
Stray Dog
1973 Cinematographer
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★ 7.5
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
1972 Cinematographer
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★ 6.6
Trail of Blood
1972 Cinematographer
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★ 6.7
Mushukunin mikogami no jôkichi: Kawakaze ni kako wa nagareta
1972 Cinematographer
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★ 7.1
Silence
1971 Cinematographer
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★ 7.0
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
1970 Cinematographer
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★ 7.3
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
1970 Cinematographer
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★ 7.3
Devil's Temple
1969 Cinematographer
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★ 6.7
Shirikurae Magoichi
1969 Cinematographer
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Kill the Killers
1969 Cinematographer
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Forty-Eight Hours to Kill
1969 Cinematographer
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★ 7.3
Zatoichi and the Fugitives
1968 Cinematographer
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★ 7.3
The Undertakers
1968 Cinematographer
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Kôdôkan hamonjô
1968 Cinematographer
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★ 7.0
Zatoichi the Outlaw
1967 Cinematographer
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★ 6.7
A Certain Killer
1967 Cinematographer
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★ 6.7
A Killer's Key
1967 Cinematographer
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★ 7.2
Irezumi
1966 Cinematographer
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★ 7.2
Zatoichi's Vengeance
1966 Cinematographer
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★ 7.0
Chiisai tôbôsha
1966 Cinematographer
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★ 6.0
Sensation of the Century
1966 Cinematographer
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★ 5.8
Bad Reputation: Cherry Blossoms
1966 Cinematographer
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★ 7.8
Tokyo Olympiad
1965 Cinematographer
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★ 6.5
Akai shuriken
1965 Cinematographer
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★ 6.1
Flag of Bad Reputation
1965 Cinematographer
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★ 6.1
Bad Reputation: Invincible
1965 Cinematographer
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★ 7.3
Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold
1964 Cinematographer
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★ 6.6
The Money Dance
1964 Cinematographer
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Surugayu kyoden yabure tekka
1964 Cinematographer
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★ 7.4
Bamboo Doll of Echizen
1963 Cinematographer
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★ 7.5
Family of Women
1963 Cinematographer
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★ 6.2
Bad Reputation of the Big Three
1963 Cinematographer
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Zahyo monogatari
1963 Cinematographer
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★ 6.9
The Outcast
1962 Cinematographer
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★ 8.2
Yojimbo
1961 Cinematographer
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★ 6.8
Bad Reputation
1961 Cinematographer
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★ 6.9
The Gambler's Code
1961 Cinematographer
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★ 7.0
The Age of Marriage
1961 Cinematographer
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★ 6.4
Another Bad Reputation Story
1961 Cinematographer
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★ 6.9
Brother
1960 Cinematographer
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★ 6.7
A Woman's Testament
1960 Cinematographer
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★ 6.7
Son
1960 Cinematographer
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★ 7.5
Scar Yosaburo
1960 Cinematographer
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★ 7.9
Floating Weeds
1959 Cinematographer
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★ 6.8
The Key
1959 Cinematographer
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★ 5.4
Onna to kaizoku
1959 Cinematographer
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★ 7.1
Conflagration
1958 Cinematographer
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★ 6.7
Benten kozô
1958 Cinematographer
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Princess Tsuki
1958 Cinematographer
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Akadô Suzunosuke: Mitsume no chôjin
1958 Cinematographer
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★ 6.7
Night Butterflies
1957 Cinematographer
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★ 6.9
Love of the Princess
1957 Cinematographer
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Boss of Hades
1957 Cinematographer
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★ 7.8
Street of Shame
1956 Cinematographer
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★ 7.3
River of the Night
1956 Cinematographer
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Shin heike monogatari-shizuka to yoshitsune
1956 Cinematographer
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★ 7.3
Taira Clan Saga
1955 Cinematographer
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The Second Son
1955 Cinematographer
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Tenka no nera ubishonin
1955 Cinematographer
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I Am Tokichiro
1955 Cinematographer
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★ 8.3
Sansho the Bailiff
1954 Cinematographer
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★ 8.0
A Story from Chikamatsu
1954 Cinematographer
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★ 7.4
The Woman of Rumour
1954 Cinematographer
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★ 8.1
Ugetsu
1953 Cinematographer
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★ 7.6
A Geisha
1953 Cinematographer
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★ 6.8
Senba zuru
1953 Cinematographer
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Yokubo
1953 Cinematographer
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★ 6.9
Sisters of Nishijin
1952 Cinematographer
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Taki no Shiraito
1952 Cinematographer
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Suttobi kago
1952 Cinematographer
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★ 7.4
Miss Oyu
1951 Cinematographer
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Kenran taro satsujin
1951 Cinematographer
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Duel at Omagatsuji
1951 Cinematographer
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★ 8.1
Rashomon
1950 Cinematographer
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Rain on Jogashima
1950 Cinematographer
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Zoku hebi hime dôchû
1950 Cinematographer
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Song of Love
1950 Cinematographer
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Hebi hime dôchû
1949 Cinematographer
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Onna koroshi abura jigoku
1949 Cinematographer
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Niizuma kaigi
1949 Cinematographer
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Yurei ressha
1949 Cinematographer
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★ 7.2
Te o tsunagu kora
1948 Cinematographer
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Koshaku gonin onna
1948 Cinematographer
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Black Cloud Road
1948 Cinematographer
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That Night's Adventure
1948 Cinematographer
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Koku'un kaido
1948 Cinematographer
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Otoko o sabaku onna
1948 Cinematographer
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Akuma no kanpai
1947 Cinematographer
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Political Theater
1947 Cinematographer
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Tobira o hiraku onna
1946 Cinematographer
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Tebukuro o nugasu otoko
1946 Cinematographer