Biography
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.
Awards & recognition
- Medal with Purple Ribbon
Filmography25 titles
Yojimbo
Sansho the Bailiff
Ugetsu
Rashomon
A Story from Chikamatsu
Tokyo Olympiad
Street of Shame
Floating Weeds
A Geisha
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
The Woman in the Rumor
Silence
Miss Oyu
Ballad of Orin
Her Brother
Conflagration
Gonza the Spearman
Zatoichi and the Fugitives
Zatoichi's Vengeance
Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
Zatoichi the Outlaw
Hanzo the Razor: The Snare
Odd Obsession