Takashi Kawamata (1926-2019)

Alias:
川又昂
川又昴
川又昻

Birthplace:
Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

Born:
July 3, 1926

Died:
October 5, 2019

Cinematographer.

Additional information:

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Assistant Camera:
1953  Tokyo Story

Camera Department Manager:
1953  Tokyo Story
1974  The First Star of Happiness

Camera Operator:
1949  Late Spring
1953  Tokyo Story
1974  The First Star of Happiness

Cinematography:
1949  Late Spring
1953  Tokyo Story
1961  Haitoku no mesu
1963  To Your Majesty, The Emperor
1964  Dear Mr. Prime Minister
1965  Twilight of Tokyo
1968  In Broad Daylight
1969  Black Rose Mansion
1973  The Shinano River
1974  The First Star of Happiness
1975  The Perennial Weed
1979  The Three Undelivered Letters
1980  The Wicked

Director of Photography:
1949  Late Spring
1953  Tokyo Story
1959  Donto ikōze
1959  Tomorrow's Sun
1960  Cruel Story of Youth
1960  Night and Fog in Japan
1960  Only She Knows
1960  Shisha to no kekkon
1960  The Sun's Burial
1961  Haitoku no mesu
1961  Zero Focus
1962  The Body
1962  The Inheritance
1962  Tokyo Bay
1963  To Your Majesty, The Emperor
1964  Dear Mr. Prime Minister
1964  The Scarlet Camellia
1965  Diary of Yunbogi
1965  Twilight of Tokyo
1966  Flame and the Code
1966  The Betrayers Out!
1966  Warm Current
1968  In Broad Daylight
1968  Rainbow Over the Pacific
1969  Black Rose Mansion
1969  One Two Punch
1969  The Street Car Game
1970  Life is a Battle
1970  The Shadow Within
1973  Daddy on a Rocking Boat
1973  Living Together
1973  The Shinano River
1974  The Castle of Sand
1974  The First Star of Happiness
1975  The Perennial Weed
1975  Wings of Love
1977  Flickering Flames
1977  Village of Eight Gravestones
1978  The Demon
1978  The Incident
1979  The Three Undelivered Letters
1980  The Wicked
1980  Writhing Tongue
1981  Call from Darkness
1982  Lovers Lost
1982  Suspicion
1984  Nezumi Kozō kaitō den
1989  Black Rain
1993  Talking with Ozu

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