IEC
Born: 10 March 1949, Suginami, Tokyo, Japan.
Education: Tokyo Metropolitan University [1968-71; Economics].
Career: Started as c.asst at Wakamatsu Productions. Became doph in 1975 shooting shorts. Received a scholarship and studied in Hollywood and New York [1981-82].
Ph commercials.
Gave an Asian Film Academy workshop at the Pusan [South Korea] IFF in 2006.
Awards: Yokohama FF 'Festival Prize Best Cinematography' [1989] for '1999 - Nen no natsu yasumi'; Yokohama FF 'Festival Prize Best Cinematography' [1990] for 'Docchini suruno'; Japanese Academy Award nom [1998] for 'Rajio no jikan'.
FILMS | |
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1969 |
Seishun densetsu joron [Kenji Fukuma] c; short/40m |
1975 |
Atman/Atomanu [Toshio Matsumoto] c; short/12m; cph: Hiroshi Yamazaki |
1978 |
Gassan [Tetsutaro Murano] c |
1979 |
Sayonara no hibi/Goodbye Days [Akio Sakurai] ? |
1984 |
Shocking o japon vigo ga mita meiji no nihon [Shinji Fujibayashi] c; doc/53m |
1986 |
Billy the Kid no atarashii yoake/New Kid 21/The New Morning of Billy the Kid/Billy the Kid's New Dawn [Naoto Yamakawa] c |
1987 |
1999 - Nen no natsu yasumi/Summer Vacation 1999 [Shûsuke Kaneko] c; uwph: Makoto Shionoya, Akihiro Uemura & Michiko Honda |
1987 |
Yamadamura waltz/The Yadamura Waltz [Shûsuke Kaneko] c |
1987 |
Rasuto kyabaree/The Last Cabaret [Shûsuke Kaneko] c |
1988 |
Tokyo Pop [Fran Rubel Kuzui] c; co-2uc; ph: James Hayman |
1988 |
Kaze no matasaburo - Garasu no manto/The Glass Cape/Misty Kid of Wind [Toshiya Ito] c |
1989 |
Docchini suruno/Whom Do I Choose? [Shûsuke Kaneko] c |
1989 |
Hong Kong Paradise [Shûsuke Kaneko] c |
1989 |
Boku no iru machi [Kazuo Kuroki] c; doc/23m |
1990 |
Kaze no kuni/The Windy Land [Jugatsu Toi] c |
1990 |
! (ai-ou) [Yukihiko Tsutsumi] ? |
1990 |
Jutai/Traffic Jam [Mitsuo Kurotsuchi] c |
1991 |
Shushoku sensen ijonashi/All's Quiet on the Recruit Front [Shûsuke Kaneko] c |
1991 |
Juninin no yasashii nihonjin/Gentle 12 [Shun Nakahara] c |
1991 |
Usureyuku kioku no nakade/In Fading Memory [Kazuyuki Shinoda] c |
1992 |
Angel: boku no uta wa kimi no uta/Angel: My Song Is Your Song [Takayoshi Watanabe] c |
1993 |
Shoot! [Kazuki Omori] c |
1993 |
Ahiru no uta ga kikoete kuru yo/Hear the Duck's Song [Makoto Shiina] c |
1993 |
Kôkô kyôshi/High School Teacher [Ken Yoshida] c |
1994 |
Okina Inoue Yu-ichi/Scribo ergo sum [Kenji Takama] v/b&w-c; doc/30m |
1994 |
Gamera daikaijû kuchu kessen/Gamera: Giant Monster Midair Showdown/Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe [Shûsuke Kaneko] c; cph: Junichi Tozawa; sfx ph: Hiroshi Kidokoro |
1994 |
Naran/Shiroi uma/White Horse [Makoto Shiina] c |
1994 |
Sanctuary [Takashi Watanabe] c |
1995 |
Kimi wo wasurenai/Fly Boys, Fly! [Takayoshi Watanabe] c |
1997 |
Dorîmu sutajiamu/Dream Stadium [Kazuki Omori] c |
1997 |
Rajio no jikan/Radio no jikan/Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald [Koki Mitani] c; cph: Junichi Tozawa |
1997 |
Tokimeki Memorial [Hiroshi Sugawara] c |
1998 |
Nabbie no koi/Nabbie's Love [Yuji Nakae] c |
2000 |
Kurosufaia/Cross Fire/Pyrokinesis [Shûsuke Kaneko] c |
2000 |
Murudeka 17805/Merdeka/Independence [Yukio Fuji] c |
2001 |
Minna no ie/All About Our House/Everybody's House [Koki Mitani] c |
2001 |
Gojira, Mosura, Kingu Gidorâ: Daikaijû soukougeki/Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack [Shûsuke Kaneko] scope/c; cph: Masahiro Kishimoto |
2002 |
Hoteru haibisukasu/Hotel Hibiscus [Yuji Nakae] c |
2003 |
Shirayuri Club Tokyo e iku [Yuji Nakae] c; mus doc/90m |
2003 |
Kanzen-naru shiiku: onna rihatsushi no koi/Perfect Education 5: Amazing Story/The Hairdresser [Masahiro Kobayashi] c |
2003 |
Aiden & Titi/Iden & Tity [Tomorowo Taguchi] c |
2003 |
Mousugu haru [Masatoshi Kouge] 16mm-35bu/c |
2004 |
Road 88 [: Deaiji shikoku e] [: Deai michi, shikoku he] [Genji Nakamura] HD/c |
2004 |
Shômei Kumagai gakkô/Mr. Kumagai's Lighting School [Makoto Wada] HD/c; doc/76m; cph: Shuji Kuriyama |
2004 |
Fantastipo [Shogo Yabuuchi] v/c |
2004 |
Gimî hebun/Gimme Heaven/Synesthesia [Toru Matsuura] c |
2005 |
Life on the Longboard [Ichiro Kita] c |
2005 |
Taga kokoro nimo ryu wa nemuru [Kei Horie] c |
2005 |
'Chô' kowai hanashi the movie: yami no eigasai [various] c; 5 seg |
2005 |
Metasequoia no ki no shita de [Akio, Masaki & Masamoto Sakurai] dv/c |
2005 |
Haha: Toyoko, aru kazoku no ai to kanashimi [Masaki Sakurai] c |
2005 |
9 / 10 [Masatoshi Tojo] dv/c |
2005 |
Kami no hidarite akuma no migite/God's Left Hand, Devil's Right Hand [Shûsuke Kaneko (replaced Hiroyuki Nasu, who died)] dv-to-35mm/c |
2006 |
Ulysses [Takayuki Niwa] dv/c; short/48m |
2006 |
Desu nôto: The Last Name/Desu nôto 2/Death Note 2: The Last Name [Shûsuke Kaneko] HD-to-35mm/c; replaced ph Hiroshi Takase ('Desu nôto/Death Note'), who died in September |
2006 |
Kotatsu neko [Ohji Ogawa] dv-to-35mm/c |
2007 |
Makiguri no ana/Peeping Tom/The Hole [Yoshihiro Fukagawa] dv-to-35mm/c |
2007 |
Juken no shinderera/Cinderella Formula/Cinderella of the Entrance Exam [Hideki Wada] dv-to-35mm/c |
2007 |
Seirei no mori [Yui Miyatake] c; short/39m |
2008 |
Puraido/Pride [Shûsuke Kaneko] dv/c |
2008 |
Kafe daikanyama III: Sorezore no asu [Masatoshi Tojo] c; 67m |
2008 |
Manatsu no yo no yume/A Midsummer Night's Dream [Yuji Nakae] c |
2009 |
Haru tono tabi [Masahiro Kobayashi] c |
2009 |
Shiniyuku tsuma tono tabiji [Yukinari Hanawa] c |
2011 |
Jazz Jii Men [Yui Miyatake] AVCHD (Panasonic HMC155)/c |
2011 |
Shea hausu [Ichiro Kita] c |
2012 |
Watashi no michi: waga inochi no tango/My Way of Life [Hideki Wada] c |
2012 |
Chôsen monogatari [Fumiki Watanabe] c |
TELEVISION | |
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2000 |
Saiaku [Kazuki Omori] tvm |
[Left] - "Holyland"
2005 |
Holyland [ep dir by Shûsuke Kaneko] 14-part series/mdv |
2007 |
Sunshine Days [Ichiro Kita] 12-part series/dv; also a feature film (106m) released in May 2008 |
2007 |
Wairudo raifu/Wild Life [Yukinari Hanawa & Tôru Kawashima] tvm/dv |
2007 |
Tobira wa tozasareta mama [Taishi Muramoto] tvm |
2008 |
6 jikango ni kimi wa shinu [Kazuya Konaka & Kazuaki Takano] tvm |
2009 |
Kiri no hata [Akihiko Shigemitsu] tvm |
2009 |
Azamijô no lullaby/Lullaby of Lady Thistle [various] 10-part series, 2010 |
MISCELLANEOUS | |
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1970 |
Shinjuku maddo/Shinjuku Mad [Kôji Wakamatsu] co-c.asst; ph: Hideo Itoh |
1971 |
Sei kazoku [Koji Wakamatsu] c.asst; ph: Hideo Itoh |
1973 |
Nippon chinbotsu/Tidal Wave/Japan Sinks [Shirô Moritani & (US version) Andrew Meyer] c.asst; ph: Daisaku Kimura, Hiroshi Murai & (US version) Eric Saarinen |
1975 |
Oni no uta [Tetsutaro Murano] c.asst; ph: Yasuhiro Yoshioka |
1981 |
Little House on the Prairie [various; tv-series] trainee/intern; ph: Harry L. Wolf |
1981 |
The Beastmaster [Don Coscarelli] trainee/intern; ph: John Alcott |
1982 |
Blue Thunder [John Badham] trainee/intern; ph: John Alonzo |
1982 |
Table for Five [Robert Lieberman] trainee/intern; ph: Vilmos Zsigmond |
1982 |
Tootsie [Sydney Pollack] trainee/intern; ph: Owen Roizman |
1982 |
Broadway Danny Rose [Woody Allen] trainee/intern; ph: Gordon Willis |
1997 |
Yukai/Abduction [Takao Okawara] co-c.op; ph: Daisaku Kimura |