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MASAHARU UEDA   JSC

 

Born: 1 January 1938, Funabashi, Chiba, Japan. A.k.a.: Shôji Ueda, Shosi Ueda & Syoji Ueda.

Career: Was member of the cinematographers' panel on Cinematographer's Day at the Bangkok IFF, 2004.

Awards: BAFTA Film Award nom [1981; shared] for 'Kagemusha'; 'Oscar' AA nom [1985; shared], NSFC Award [1985; shared], BSFC Award [1986; shared] & BAFTA Film Award nom [1987; shared] for 'Ran'; Japanese Academy Award nom [1991; shared] for 'Yume'; Japanese Academy Award [1992; shared] for 'Hachi-gatsu no kyôshikyoku'; Japanese Academy Award [1994; shared] for 'Madadayo'; Japanese Academy Award [2001] for 'Ame agaru'; Japanese Academy Award nom [2003] for 'Amida-do dayori'; Bangkok IFF 'Asian Eyes Award' [2006].

 

 FILMS

1971

Damasarete moraimasu [Takashi Tsuboshima] c

1972

Ôkami no monshô/Coat of Arms of the Wolf/Crest of the Wolf [Masashi Matsumoto] Tohoscope/c

1973

Shiawase [Hideo Onchi] cs/c

1974

Isoge! Wakamono: Tomorrow Never Waits/Hurry, Young Ones! Tomorrow Never Waits [Shusei Kotani] cs/c

1974

Esupai/ESPY [Jun Fukuda] p/c; sfx ph: Sokei Tomioka

1975

Hi no ataru sakamichi [Yasuhiro Yoshimatsu] Tohoscope/c

1975

Ganbare! Wakadaishô/Go for It! Young Guy [Shusei Kotani] c

1976

Gekitotsu! Wakadaishô/Clash! Young Guy [Shusei Kotani] c

1976

The Last Dinosaur/Kyokutei tankensen Pora-Bora [Alex Grasshoff & Tom Kotani (= Shusei Kotani)] c; sfx ph: Sadao Sato; premiered in USA as tvm

1978

Midare karakuri/Crazy Doll Trick/Murders in the Doll House [Susumu Kodama] c

1978

The Bushido Blade/The Bloody Bushido Blade [Tom Kotani (= Shusei Kotani)] c; premiered on tv

1979

Kagemusha/The Double/Kagemusha the Shadow Warrior [Akira Kurosawa] c; cph: Takao Saitô; ph cons: Kazuo Miyagawa (who started as doph, but was obliged to withdraw because of an eye infection) & Asakazu Nakai

1980

Kaettekita wakadaishô/Young Guy Returns/Return of the Champ [Shusei Kotani] c

1982

Uiin monogatari - jemin y to s/Vienna Story: Gemini Y and S [Yoshihiro Kawasaki] c

1983

F2 grand prix [Shusei Kotani] vv/c

1984

Ikite mitai mô ichidô: Shinjûku basu hôka jiken [Hideo Onchi] c; cph: Masahiro Kishimoto

 

 

1984

Ran/Chaos [Akira Kurosawa] c; cph: Takao Saitô & (collab ph) Asakazu Nakai; filmed 1984-85

1989

Yume/[Akira Kurosawa's] Dreams [Akira Kurosawa & (uncred) Ishirô Honda] s35/c; 8 seg; cph: Takao Saitô & Kazutami Hara

1990

Hachi-gatsu no kyôshikyoku/8-gatsu no rapusodî/Hachi-gatsu no rapusodî/Rhapsody in August [Akira Kurosawa] c; cph: Takao Saitô

1992

Madadayo/Not Yet [Akira Kurosawa & (uncred) Ishirô Honda] c; cph: Takao Saitô

1993

Kekkon [Jôji Nagao, Hideo Onchi & Seijun Suzuki] c; 3 seg; cph: Junichi Fujisawa & Rokuro Nagasawa

1999

Ame agaru/After the Rain/When the Rain Lifts [Takashi Koizumi] c; ph cons: Takao Saitô; based on a screenplay by Akira Kurosawa

2002

Amida-do dayori/Letter from the Mountain [Takashi Koizumi] c

2003

Warabi no kou/To the Bracken Fields [Hideo Onchi] c

2005

Hakase no aishita sûshiki/The Professor and His Beloved Equation [Takashi Koizumi] c; cph: Hiroyuki Kitazawa

2006

Ore wa, kimi no tame ni koso shini ni/For Those We Love [Taku Shinjo] c; cph: Hiroyuki Kitazawa

 

[Left] with actor Robert Lesser and dir Takashi Koizumi

"Ashita e no yuigon"

 

2007

Ashita e no yuigon/Best Wishes for Tomorrow [Takashi Koizumi] c

 

 MISCELLANEOUS

1964

Hana no oedo no musekinin [Kajiro Yamamoto] co-c.asst; ph: Seiichi Endo

1968

Kureji no buchamukure daihakken/Computer Free-For-All [Kengo Furusawa] co-c.asst; ph: Senkichi Nagai

1970

Kureji no nagurikomi Shimizu Minato [Takashi Tsuboshima] c.asst; ph: Fumio Tajima