Masaki Tamura
- Known for
- Camera
- Born
- January 26, 1939
- Died
- May 23, 2018 (aged 79)
- Birthplace
- Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan
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.
Known For
Filmography
Drive-In Gamo
Movie · Director of Photography
The Wife of Gegege
Movie · Director of Photography
I’m a Cat Stalker
Movie · Director of Photography
Tokyo Rendezvous
Movie · Director of Photography
Shadow of Sand
Movie · Director of Photography
Sad Vacation
Movie · Director of Photography
Crickets
Movie · Director of Photography
AA
Movie · Camera Operator
My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
Movie · Director of Photography
The Lakeside Murder Case
Movie · Director of Photography
Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name
Movie · Director of Photography
A Boy's Summer in 1945
Movie · Director of Photography
Tampen
Movie · Director of Photography
Eureka
Movie · Director of Photography
Desert Moon
Movie · Director of Photography
Red Persimmons
Movie · Director of Photography
To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out
Movie · Director of Photography
Self and Others
Movie · Director of Photography
Shady Grove
Movie · Director of Photography
Eyes of the Spider
Movie · Director of Photography
Serpent's Path
Movie · Director of Photography
Paradise Sea
Movie · Director of Photography
2/Duo
Movie · Director of Photography
Suzaku
Movie · Director of Photography
Helpless
Movie · Director of Photography
How Old Is the River?
Movie · Director of Photography
Wandering Peddlers
Movie · Director of Photography
Cockroach Trading Company's Hilarious Tale: The Five Hundred Million Yen Blues of Love
Movie · Director of Photography
The Legend of Zipang
Movie · Director of Photography
Untamagiru
Movie · Director of Photography
Festival of Dreams
Movie · Director of Photography
Evil Dead Trap
Movie · Director of Photography
Cheek to Cheek at Night ~ A Woman Embracing the Past
Movie · Director of Photography
Magino Village: A Tale
Movie · Director of Photography
Atami Murder Case
Movie · Director of Photography
三姉妹探偵団
Movie · Director of Photography
Tampopo
Movie · Director of Photography
Fire Festival
Movie · Director of Photography
The Crazy Family
Movie · Director of Photography
P. P. Rider
Movie · Director of Photography
Furuyashiki: A Japanese Village
Movie · Director of Photography
The Unspoiled Diamond
Movie · Director of Photography
Farewell to the Land
Movie · Director of Photography
The Magino Village Story: Pass
Movie · Director of Photography
Kitamura Tokoku: My Winter Song
Movie · Director of Photography
Sanrizuka: The Sky of May
Movie · Director of Photography
Nemuremitsu
Movie · Director of Photography
The Assassination of Ryoma
Movie · Director of Photography
Lady Snowblood
Movie · Director of Photography
Sanrizuka: Heta Village
Movie · Director of Photography
A Japanese Demon
Movie · Director of Photography
Sanrizuka: The Building of Iwayama Tower
Movie · Director of Photography
Narita: The Peasants of the Second Fortress
Movie · Director of Photography
Sanrizuka: The Three-Day War
Movie · Director of Photography
Winter in Sanrizuka
Movie · Director of Photography
Summer in Sanrizuka
Movie · Director of Photography