Masaki Tamura
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Masaki Tamura (たむら まさき, Tamura Masaki, 26 January 1939 – 23 May 2018) was a Japanese cinematographer. Born in Aomori Prefecture, Tamura early on worked at Iwanami Productions (Iwanami Eiga), where. as an assistant, he helped photograph documentary films. He became a full-fledged cinematographer working on many of the documentaries of Shinsuke Ogawa. At the same time, he began photographing feature fiction films by directors such as Kazuo Kuroki, Yōichi Higashi, and Toshiya Fujita. He particularly became known for his collaborations with Mitsuo Yanagimachi. After working with many famous directors such as Juzo Itami, Sōgo Ishii, Gō Takamine, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, and Kaizō Hayashi, he began working in the 1990s with a new generation of directors, such as Nobuhiro Suwa, Naomi Kawase, and Makoto Satō. His collaborations with Shinji Aoyama were notable in his final years. In 1982, he won the Mainichi Film Award for best cinematography for the film Farewell to the Land. The same year, he won the best cinematography award at the Yokohama Film Festival for Farewell to the Land and A Japanese Village - Furuyashikimura.
Known for
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movieDrive-In Gamo
2014
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movieThe Wife of Gegege
2010
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movieI’m a Cat Stalker
2009
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movieTokyo Rendezvous
2008
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movieShadow of Sand
2008
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movieSad Vacation
2007
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movieAA
2006
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movieCrickets
2006
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movieMy God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
2005
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movieThe Lakeside Murder Case
2005
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movieMike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name
2003
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movieA Boy's Summer in 1945
2002
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movieTampen
2001
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movieRed Persimmons
2001
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movieTo the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out
2001
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movieDesert Moon
2001
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movieSelf and Others
2001
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movieEureka
2001
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movieShady Grove
1999
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movieParadise Sea
1998
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movieEyes of the Spider
1998
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movieSerpent's Path
1998
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movieSuzaku
1997
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movie2/Duo
1997
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movieHelpless
1996
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movieHow Old Is the River?
1995
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movieWandering Peddlers
1995
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movieThe Legend of Zipang
1990
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movieUntamagiru
1989
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movieFestival of Dreams
1989
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movieEvil Dead Trap
1988
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Cheek to Cheek at Night ~ A Woman Embracing the Past
1988
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movieMagino Village: A Tale
1987
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movieAtami Murder Case
1986
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三姉妹探偵団
1986
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movieTampopo
1985
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movieFire Festival
1985
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movieThe Crazy Family
1984
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movieP. P. Rider
1983
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movieFuruyashiki: A Japanese Village
1982
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movieThe Unspoiled Diamond
1982
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movieFarewell to the Land
1982
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movieThe Magino Village Story: Pass
1978
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movieKitamura Tokoku: My Winter Song
1977
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movieSanrizuka: The Sky of May
1977
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movieNemuremitsu
1976
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movieThe Assassination of Ryoma
1974
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movieLady Snowblood
1973
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movieA Japanese Demon
1973
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movieSanrizuka: Heta Village
1973
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movieSanrizuka: The Building of Iwayama Tower
1972
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movieNarita: The Peasants of the Second Fortress
1971
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movieSanrizuka: The Three-Day War
1970
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movieWinter in Sanrizuka
1970
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movieSummer in Sanrizuka
1968
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movieThe Dog Bridegroom
2017
Cinematography
movieTRUNK
2003
Cinematography
movie海流から遠く離れて
2003
Cinematography
Directing2
movieDrive-In Gamo
2014
Director
tvOrdinary Miracles
2009
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