Cinematography: Shunichiro Nakao

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Shunichiro Nakao. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.

Spring Awakens

1947 · Movie · 88 min. · Japan

Drama

Direction Mikio Naruse

Cast Tatsuya Ishiguro · Haruko Sugimura · Takashi Shimura · Yuriko Hanabusa

7.4

54 votes

7.4

54 votes

Hiroshima

1953 · Movie · 85 min. · Japan

Drama Historical Based on True Stories Nuclear Holocaust

Direction Hideo Sekigawa

Cast Takashi Kanda · Masao Mishima · Eiji Okada · Isuzu Yamada

7.1

25 votes

7.1

25 votes

My Geisha

1962 · Movie · 119 min. · United States

Comedy

Direction Jack Cardiff

Cast Shirley MacLaine · Yves Montand · Edward G. Robinson · Robert Cummings

Plot Paul Robaix (Yves Montand) is a well known director, married to Lucy Dell (Shirley MacLaine), a famous movie star. Robaix wants to make a movie of the classic play Madame...

6.2

411 votes

6.2

411 votes

Darkness at Noon

1956 · Movie · 122 min. · Japan

Drama

Direction Tadashi Imai

Cast Kojiro Kusanagi · Sachiko Hidari · Taketoshi Naitô · Choko Iida

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Beyond the Clouds

1953 · Movie · 100 min. · Japan

War World War II

Direction Miyoji Ieki

Cast Kyoko Asagiri · Yasumi Hara · Takashi Kanda · Nobuo Kaneko

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Shiroi gake

1960 · Movie · 122 min. · Japan

Drama Crime Police

Direction Tadashi Imai

Cast Ineko Arima · Kuniko Miyake · Eitarô Shindô · Ushio Akashi

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Revenge

1964 · Movie · 104 min. · Japan

Drama Samurai Feudal Japan

Direction Tadashi Imai

Cast Kinnosuke Nakamura · Takahiro Tamura · Tetsurô Tanba · Yoshi Kato

Plot Shinpachi, a poor samurai with no prospects, gets in an argument with Magodayu, a high-ranking officer, resulting in an illegal duel and Magodayu's death. To save face for both familes,...

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An Inlet of Muddy Water

1953 · Movie · 130 min. · Japan

Drama Anthology Film

Direction Tadashi Imai

Cast Ken Mitsuda · Yatsuko Tan'ami · Akiko Tamura · Hiro Kumon

Plot A three-part film based on short stories about the struggles of women in the early Meiji era. Part 1 tells of a young woman returning home for the first time...

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En toiu onna

1971 · Movie · 123 min. · Japan

Drama

Direction Tadashi Imai

Cast Shima Iwashita · Kyôko Kishida · Katsuo Nakamura · Shinjiro Ebara

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The Story of Pure Love

1957 · Movie · 133 min. · Japan

Drama Romance Romantic Drama

Direction Tadashi Imai

Cast Shinjiro Ebara · Hitomi Nakahara · Eiji Okada · Isao Kimura

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Life of a Communist Writer

1974 · Movie · 119 min. · Japan

Drama

Direction Tadashi Imai

Cast Kei Yamamoto · Kazuo Harada · Tadashi Yokuchi

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Aisureba koso

1955 · Movie · 80 min. · Japan

Drama Anthology Film

Direction Tadashi Imai · Satsuo Yamamoto · Kôzaburô Yoshimura

Cast Shinsuke Ashida · Yasumi Hara · Takashi Kanda · Kunio Mita

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Until We Meet Again

1950 · Movie · 111 min. · Japan

Drama Romance Historical Romantic Drama World War II

Direction Tadashi Imai

Cast Shimo Akiko · Hiroshi Akutagawa · Ichirô Chiba · Ren Imaizumi

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The Rice People

1957 · Movie · 118 min. · Japan

Drama Small Town Life Social Drama Poverty

Direction Tadashi Imai

Cast Shinjiro Ebara · Eijirô Tono · Yûko Mochizuki · Sen Hara

Plot Released in English-speaking countries as Rice and The Rice People, Japanese filmmaker Tadashi Imai's Kome is perfectly in keeping with his previous paeans to the proletariat. The heroes and heroines...

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Tsubasa wa kokoro ni tsukete

1978 · Movie · 115 min. · Japan

Drama Based on True Stories Disease · Illness

Direction Hiromichi Horikawa

Cast Eri Ishida · Frankie Sakai · Kyôko Kagawa · Chisako Hara

Plot A film adaptadion of a novel written based on a true story in 1977. It tells the story of a 15-year-old junior high school student fighting osteosarcoma and living her...

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