Kazuo Miyagawa
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.
- Known for
- Camera
- Born
- 1908-02-25 · Kyoto, Japan
- Died
- 1999-08-07
Known for
- Rashomon (1950) — Director of Photography
- Yojimbo (1961) — Director of Photography
- Ugetsu (1953) — Director of Photography
- Sansho the Bailiff (1954) — Director of Photography
- Floating Weeds (1959) — Director of Photography
- Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril (1972) — Director of Photography
- Street of Shame (1956) — Director of Photography
- Chikamatsu Monogatari (1954) — Director of Photography
- Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970) — Director of Photography
- A Geisha (1953) — Director of Photography
- Miss Oyu (1951) — Director of Photography
- Irezumi (1966) — Director of Photography
- Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold (1964) — Director of Photography
- Tokyo Olympiad (1965) — Director of Photography
- Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970) — Director of Photography
- The Woman in the Rumor (1954) — Director of Photography