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Masaki Tamura
Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan
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 (Iw…
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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.
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2017
The Dog Bridegroom
Movie Cinematography
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2014
Drive-In Gamo
Movie Director
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2010
The Wife of Gegege
Movie Director of Photography
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2009
I’m a Cat Stalker
Movie Director of Photography
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2009
Ordinary Miracles
TV show Director
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2008
Tokyo Rendezvous
Movie Director of Photography
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2008
Shadow of Sand
Movie Director of Photography
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2007
Sad Vacation
Movie Director of Photography
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2006
AA
Movie Camera Operator
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2006
Crickets
Movie Director of Photography
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2005
My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
Movie Director of Photography
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2005
The Lakeside Murder Case
Movie Director of Photography
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2003
TRUNK
Movie Cinematography
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2003
海流から遠く離れて
Movie Cinematography
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2003
Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name
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2002
A Boy's Summer in 1945
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2001
Tampen
Movie Director of Photography
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2001
Red Persimmons
Movie Director of Photography
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2001
To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out
Movie Director of Photography
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2001
Desert Moon
Movie Director of Photography
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2001
Self and Others
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2001
Eureka
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1999
Shady Grove
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1998
Paradise Sea
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1998
Eyes of the Spider
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1998
Serpent's Path
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1997
Suzaku
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1997
2/Duo
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1996
Helpless
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1995
How Old Is the River?
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1995
Wandering Peddlers
Movie Director of Photography
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1993
A Tragic Prime Minister: The Life of Koki Hirota
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1991
Cockroach Trading Company's Hilarious Tale: The Five Hundred Million Yen Blues of Love
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1990
The Legend of Zipang
Movie Director of Photography
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1989
Untamagiru
Movie Director of Photography
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1989
Festival of Dreams
Movie Director of Photography
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1988
Evil Dead Trap
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1988
Cheek to Cheek at Night ~ A Woman Embracing the Past
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1987
Magino Village: A Tale
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1986
Atami Murder Case
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