Cinematography: Yoshihisa Nakagawa

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


Punishment Room

1956 · Movie · 96 min. · Japan

Direction Kon Ichikawa

Cast Hiroshi Kawaguchi · Keizo Kawasaki · Ayako Wakao · Yosuke Irie

Plot Katsumi is a university student who has no respect for his hardworking parents, his professors, or even his friends. One night after a celebration, he drugs and rapes Akiko, a...

6.7

24 votes

6.7

24 votes

The Black Test Car

1962 · Movie · 95 min. · Japan

Direction Yasuzô Masumura

Cast Jiro Tamiya · Junko Kano · Eiji Funakoshi · Hideo Takamatsu

Plot This film noir from Japan is quite an interesting little genre movie. Shot beautifully in black and white, the film is concerned with the moral decrepitude that results from corporate...

6.7

64 votes

6.7

64 votes

Chijo

1957 · Movie · 98 min. · Japan

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Hitotsubu no mugi

1958 · Movie · min. · Japan

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Woman Boss

1970 · Movie · 82 min. · Japan

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Yoru no sugao

1958 · Movie · min. · Japan

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Lullaby of the Earth

1976 · Movie · 111 min. · Japan

Direction Yasuzô Masumura

Cast Mieko Harada · Natsuko Kahara · Meiko Kaji · Mihoko Nakagawa

Plot The story of an orphan girl, brought up in naive, rustic innocence by an elderly relative, who is suddenly exposed to the brutality, greed and deceptiveness of the outside world,...

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Ginzakko monogatari

1961 · Movie · min. · Japan

Direction Umetsugu Inoue

Cast Hiroshi Kawaguchi · Keizo Kawasaki · Kojiro Hongo · Ayako Wakao

Plot The Takarai are three brothers who, far from being interested in the family business, are sports enthusiasts, spurred by the next Tokyo Olympics. One day the three know, each one...

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Kanashimi wa onna dakeni

1958 · Movie · 90 min. · Japan

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Freezing Point

1966 · Movie · 96 min. · Japan

Direction Satsuo Yamamoto

Cast Ayako Wakao · Michiyo Oguso · Eiji Funakoshi · Kei Yamamoto

Plot Keizo Tsujiguchi believes his wife Natsue was having an extramarital affair when their child was kidnapped and killed. He believes of her extramarital affair she was unable to watch over...

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Black Lizard

1962 · Movie · 101 min. · Japan

Direction Umetsugu Inoue

Cast Machiko Kyô · Minoru Oki · Junko Kano · Hiroshi Kawaguchi

Plot A jeweler hires detective Akechi to find his daughter kidnapped by a famous thief known as the Black Lizard.

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Ittôsai wa sebangô 6

1959 · Movie · 87 min. · Japan

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The Telephone Rings in the Evening

1959 · Movie · 107 min. · Japan

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Jûdai no seiten

1953 · Movie · min. · Japan

Direction Koji Shima

Cast Ayako Wakao · Yôko Minamida · Miki Odagiri · Bontarô Miake

Plot Four teenage girls lost an awakening to the world of sex: Kaoru is a Christian who lives in dislike of men after being raped; Eiko has an absolute fixation by...

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Onna tobakushi jûban shôbu

1969 · Movie · 84 min. · Japan

Direction Shigeo Tanaka

Cast Kyôko Enami · Ryunosuke Minegishi · Shizuo Otomo · Junko Natsu

Plot Ginko is a professional player who has left the paternal house. After the death of her father, her brother Ryuji repudiates her.

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Life of a Woman

1962 · Movie · 94 min. · Japan

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Deadline at Dawn (TV)

1980 · Movie · 94 min. · Japan

Direction Yasuzô Masumura · Toshiaki Kunihara

Cast Momoe Yamaguchi · Tomokazu Miura · Rentarô Mikuni · Ken Utsui

Plot Detective movie about a murder.

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Way Out, Way In

1970 · Movie · 84 min. · Japan

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The Black Report

1963 · Movie · 94 min. · Japan

Direction Yasuzô Masumura

Cast Ken Utsui · Junko Kano · Hideo Takamatsu · Shigeru Kôyama

Plot Yasuzo Masumura based his story on prize winning Edogawa Ranpo's book [Hanayaka na shitai]. It's a thriller about a Food Company's boss being killed and the search for his murderer....

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