Biography and filmography

Masaki Tamura

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.

Movies (60)

The Dog Bridegroom

2017 · Cinematography

Drive-In Gamo

2014 · Director, Director of Photography

The Wife of Gegege

2010 · Director of Photography

I’m a Cat Stalker

2009 · Director of Photography

Tokyo Rendezvous

2008 · Director of Photography

Shadow of Sand

2008 · Director of Photography

Sad Vacation

2007 · Director of Photography

2006 · Camera Operator

Crickets

2006 · Director of Photography

My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?

2005 · Director of Photography

The Lakeside Murder Case

2005 · Director of Photography

TRUNK

2003 · Cinematography

海流から遠く離れて

2003 · Cinematography

Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name

2003 · Director of Photography

A Boy's Summer in 1945

2002 · Director of Photography