Masaki Tamura

Personal Info

Known For Camera

Gender Male

Birthday 1939-01-26

Deathday 2018-05-23 (79 years old)

Place of Birth Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan

Also Known As 田村正毅, Masaki Tamra

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.

Known For

Camera

2014
Drive-In Gamo

as Director of Photography

2010
The Wife of Gegege

as Director of Photography

2009
I’m a Cat Stalker

as Director of Photography

2008
Tokyo Rendezvous

as Director of Photography

2008
Shadow of Sand

as Director of Photography

2007
Sad Vacation

as Director of Photography

2006
Crickets

as Director of Photography

2006
AA

as Camera Operator

2005
2004
The Lakeside Murder Case

as Director of Photography

2003
A Forest with No Name

as Director of Photography

2002
A Boy's Summer in 1945

as Director of Photography

2001
Tampen

as Director of Photography

2001
Desert Moon

as Director of Photography

2001
Red Persimmons

as Director of Photography

2001
Self and Others

as Director of Photography

2000
Eureka

as Director of Photography

1999
Shady Grove

as Director of Photography

1998
Eyes of the Spider

as Director of Photography

1998
Serpent's Path

as Director of Photography

1998
Paradise Sea

as Director of Photography

1997
2/Duo

as Director of Photography

1997
Suzaku

as Director of Photography

1996
Helpless

as Director of Photography

1995
How Old Is the River?

as Director of Photography

1995
Wandering Peddlers

as Director of Photography

1990
The Legend of Zipang

as Director of Photography

1989
Untama giru

as Director of Photography

1989
Festival of Dreams

as Director of Photography

1988
Evil Dead Trap

as Director of Photography

1987
Magino Village: A Tale

as Director of Photography

1986
Atami Murder Case

as Director of Photography

1985
Tampopo

as Director of Photography

1985
Fire Festival

as Director of Photography

1984
The Crazy Family

as Director of Photography

1983
P. P. Rider

as Director of Photography

1982
Furuyashiki: A Japanese Village

as Director of Photography

1982
The Unspoiled Diamond

as Director of Photography

1982
Farewell to the Land

as Director of Photography

1978
The Magino Village Story: Pass

as Director of Photography

1977
Kitamura Tokoku: My Winter Song

as Director of Photography

1977
Sanrizuka: The Sky of May

as Director of Photography

1976
Nemuremitsu

as Director of Photography

1974
The Assassination of Ryoma

as Director of Photography

1973
Lady Snowblood

as Director of Photography

1973
Sanrizuka: Heta Village

as Director of Photography

1973
A Japanese Demon

as Director of Photography

1972
Sanrizuka: The Building of Iwayama Tower

as Director of Photography

1971
1970
Sanrizuka: The Three Day War

as Director of Photography

1970
Winter In Sanrizuka

as Director of Photography

Director

2014
Drive-In Gamo

as Director

2009
Ordinary Miracles

as Director

Crew

2017
The Dog Bridegroom

as Cinematography