Kazuo Miyagawa
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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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movieThe Dancer
1989
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movieGonza the Spearman
1986
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movieMacArthur's Children
1984
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movieThe Love Suicides at Sonezaki
1981
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movieIsland of the Evil Spirits
1981
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movieBallad of Orin
1977
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movieThe Possessed
1976
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movieAkumyo: Notorious Dragon
1974
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movieHanzo the Razor: The Snare
1973
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movieLone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
1972
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movieThe Fearless Avenger
1972
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movieThe Trail of Blood
1972
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movieSilence
1971
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movieZatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
1970
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movieZatoichi Meets Yojimbo
1970
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movieThe Magoichi Saga
1969
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movieDevil's Temple
1969
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movie出獄四十八時間
1969
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movieThe Funeral Racket
1968
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movieZatoichi and the Fugitives
1968
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movieA Killer's Key
1967
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movieZatoichi the Outlaw
1967
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movieA Certain Killer
1967
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movieThe Little Runaway
1966
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movieZatoichi's Vengeance
1966
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movieIrezumi
1966
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movieTokyo Olympiad
1965
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movieBloody Shuriken
1965
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movieThe Life of a Chivalrous Man in Suruga: Broken Swords
1964
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movieThe Money Dance
1964
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movieZatoichi and the Chest of Gold
1964
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movieBamboo Doll of Echizen
1963
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movieRabble Tactics
1963
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movieThe Third Will
1963
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movieThe Broken Commandment
1962
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movieBad Reputation Returns
1961
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movieTough Guy
1961
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movieThe Gambler's Code
1961
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movieYojimbo
1961
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movieMarriageable Age
1961
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movieHer Brother
1960
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movieScarred Yosaburo
1960
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movieBonchi
1960
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movieA Woman's Testament
1960
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movieFloating Weeds
1959
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movieOdd Obsession
1959
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movieThe Woman and the Pirate
1959
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movieThe Gay Masquerade
1958
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movieConflagration
1958
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movieAkado Suzunosuke vs. the Birdman with 3 Eyes
1958
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moviePrincess Tsuki
1958
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movieNight Butterflies
1957
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movieLove of the Princess
1957
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movieUndercurrent
1956
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movieStreet of Shame
1956
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movieTaira Clan Saga
1955
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movieThe Second Son
1955
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movieChikamatsu Monogatari
1954
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movieThe Woman in the Rumor
1954
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movieSansho the Bailiff
1954
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movieA Geisha
1953
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movieYokubo
1953
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movieUgetsu
1953
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movieReminiscence
1953
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movieSuttobi kago
1952
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movieSisters of Nishijin
1952
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movieMiss Oyu
1951
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movieA Spectacular Murder
1951
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movieRashomon
1950
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Song of Love
1950
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movieHebi hime dōchū
1949
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Onna goroshi abura jigoku
1949
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movieNew Wives’ Meeting
1949
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movieBlack Cloud Road
1948
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movieThat Night's Adventure
1948
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A Woman Who Convicts Men
1948
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Five Women Who Loved Love
1948
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movieChildren Hand in Hand
1948
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movieThe Devil's toast
1947
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movieYari-odori gojūsantsugi
1946
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Tebukuro o nugasu otoko
1946
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The Woman Who Opens the Door
1946
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movieThus the Divine Wind Blows
1944
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movieKodachi o tsukau onna
1944
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movieWrestling-Ring Festival
1944
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movieThe Life of Matsu the Untamed
1943
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movieSinging Lovebirds
1939
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movieTaiko's Rising in the World
1938
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