Ran (1985)

Born in Kobe, Japan. Cinematographer who entered Japanese film in 1933 with QINGDAO KARA KITA ONNA. He was behind the camera for 79 films, including (from 1946) twelve directed by Akira Kurosawa, including NORA INU / STRAY DOG (1949), IKIRU / TO LIVE (1952), SHICHININ NO SAMURAI / THE SEVEN SAMURAI (1954), KUMONOSU JO / MACBETH (1957), TENGOKU TO JIGOKU / HEAVEN AND HELL (1963), DERSU UZALA (1974) and KAGEMUSHA (THE SHADOW WARRIOR) (1980).  Nominated for Cinematography 1985: RAN (w. Takao SaitoTakao Saito & Masaharu Ueda) 1 nomination