Kazuo Miyagawa
Japanese cinematographer (1908–1999)
Kazuo Miyagawa was a Japanese cinematographer. He worked with some of the most prominent directors of Japanese cinema during the 1950s and '60s, notably Akira Kurosawa, Kenji Mizoguchi, Kon Ichikawa and Yasujirō Ozu. He won three Japan Academy Film Prizes for his work. The Museum of Modern Art called him "most influential cinematographer of postwar Japanese cinema."
Filmography in the catalog
Credited on 7 films (1952–1965) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 1 other record (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).
| Year ▲ | Title | Creator | Length | Format | Color | Sound |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Rashomon. | RKO Radio Pictures Inc. | 88 min. | 35mm | B&W | sound |
| 1953 | A Geisha | unknown | 85 min | 16mm | Color & B&W | sound |
| 1954 | Sanshō dayū | = Sansho the bailiff / Daiei Motion Picture Co. ; producer, Nagata Masaichi ; director, Mizoguchi Kenji ; scriptwriters, Yahiro Fuji, Yoda Yoshikata ; original story, Mori Ōgai. | 125 | 16mm | B&W | sound |
| 1962 | Yojimbo | See Guidance Associates | 110 min | 16mm | B&W | sound |
| 1962 | Yojimbo | Festival Films: Publisher | Toho Kabushiki Kaisha | 1:10 | 16mm | B&W | sound |
| 1964 | Tokyo Olympiad ▶ | Jan-Or | 32 | 16mm | Color | sound |
| 1965 | Tokyo Olympiad ▶ | Jan - Or Pictures Inc | 170 min | 16mm | Color | sound |