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

Year	Title	Type	Rating
1980	Kagemusha	Movie	7.7
1976	Fufu Tabi Nikki: Saraba Ronin	Drama	0.0
1973	Hanzo The Razor II: The Snare	Movie	6.6
1968	The Funeral Racket	Movie	4.0
1967	A Killer’s Key	Movie	6.0
1967	A Certain KiIller	Movie	7.1
1964	Suruga Yukyoden: Yabure Tekka	Movie	0.0
1961	Yojimbo	Movie	8.1
1960	The Son	Movie	7.5
1958	Conflagration	Movie	7.3
1955	Tales of the Taira Clan	Movie	6.9
1950	Rashomon	Movie	8.0
1947	Soshi Gekijo	Movie	3.0
1941	Kurama Tengu: Satsuma no Misshi	Movie	0.0
1940	Fengyun Shogi, Part 1	Movie	0.0
1939	Rogoku no Hanayome: Kaiketsu-hen	Movie	0.0
1937	Ochiyo Toshigoro	Movie	0.0