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Masaki Tamura

Biography

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.

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Drive-In Gamo

2014

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The Wife of Gegege

2010

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I’m a Cat Stalker

2009

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Tokyo Rendezvous

2008

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Shadow of Sand

2008

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Sad Vacation

2007

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2006

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Crickets

2006

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My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?

2005

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The Lakeside Murder Case

2004

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A Forest with No Name

2003

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A Boy's Summer in 1945

2002

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Tampen

2001

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Red Persimmons

2001

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To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out

2001

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Desert Moon

2001

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Self and Others

2001

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Eureka

2000

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Shady Grove

1999

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Paradise Sea

1998

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Eyes of the Spider

1998

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Serpent's Path

1998

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Suzaku

1997

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2/Duo

1997

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Helpless

1996

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How Old Is the River?

1995

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Wandering Peddlers

1995

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The Legend of Zipang

1990

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Festival of Dreams

1989

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Untama giru

1989

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Evil Dead Trap

1988

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Magino Village: A Tale

1987

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Atami Murder Case

1986

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Tampopo

1985

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Fire Festival

1985

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The Crazy Family

1984

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P. P. Rider

1983

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Furuyashiki: A Japanese Village

1982

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The Unspoiled Diamond

1982

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Farewell to the Land

1982

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The Magino Village Story: Pass

1978

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Kitamura Tokoku: My Winter Song

1977

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Sanrizuka: The Sky of May

1977

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Nemuremitsu

1976

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The Assassination of Ryoma

1974

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Lady Snowblood

1973

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A Japanese Demon

1973

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Sanrizuka: Heta Village

1973

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Sanrizuka: The Building of Iwayama Tower

1972

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Sanrizuka: Peasants of the Second Fortress

1971

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Sanrizuka: The Three Day War

1970

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Winter In Sanrizuka

1970

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The Battle Front for the Liberation of Japan – Summer in Sanrizuka

1968

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