Cinematography: Ichio Yamazaki

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


The Hidden Fortress

1958 · Movie · 139 min. · Japan

Direction Akira Kurosawa

Cast Toshirô Mifune · Minoru Chiaki · Misa Uehara · Takashi Shimura

Plot Princess Yuki Akizuki ("Yukihime" in Japanese) is to be led through enemy territory, where she may rebuild her kingdom with gold that she has in her caravan. She is assisted...

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7.6

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7.6

5K votes

The Lower Depths

1957 · Movie · 137 min. · Japan

Direction Akira Kurosawa

Cast Toshirô Mifune · Isuzu Yamada · Kyôko Kagawa · Ganjiro Nakamura

Plot In a slum flophouse, a collection of beggars and thieves bewail their lot in life, and Osugi, the landlady, fights with her sister, Okayo, over the man they both desire,...

7.1

837 votes

7.1

837 votes

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The Man Who Was Waiting

1942 · Movie · 98 min. · Japan

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A Guide to Marriage

1952 · Movie · 98 min. · Japan

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My Family's So Much Fun!

1941 · Movie · 59 min. · Japan

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Vendetta of Samurai

1952 · Movie · 82 min. · Japan

Direction Kazuo Mori

Cast Toshirô Mifune · Yuriko Hamada · Takashi Shimura · Akihiko Katayama

Plot Matemon Araki, a renowned swordsman, helps a young man find vengeance.

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Young Tree

1956 · Movie · 90 min. · Japan

Direction Ishirô Honda

Cast Kyoko Aoyama · Shinji Yamada · Shûji Sano · Hiroshi Tachikawa

Plot Wakai ki is abouta young girl who moves to Tokyo and endures the rivalries between other high school girls of varying cultural and economic backgrounds.

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Old Sweet Song

1939 · Movie · 77 min. · Japan

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Minato's Laundromat: Wash My Heart! (TV Series)

2022 · Series · min. · Japan

Direction Kanai Junichi · Hiroaki Yuasa

Cast Shô Nishigaki · Yû Inaba · Takuya Kusakawa · Seiji Fukushi

Plot Minato Akira inherited his grandfather's coin laundry. And so, the middle-aged former corporate drone, Akira, peacefully ran the well-loved coin laundry. One day, a high-school student, Katsuki Shintaro, enters the...

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The Kiss

1955 · Movie · 115 min. · Japan

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Military Song of the Moring Mist

1943 · Movie · 81 min. · Japan

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Love and Promise

1945 · Movie · 77 min. · Japan

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Flower-Picking Diary

1939 · Movie · 72 min. · Japan

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Diary of the First Incredible Laughing Trip

1955 · Movie · 77 min. · Japan

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Naniwabushi Recitation Chûshingura

1943 · Movie · 73 min. · Japan

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Okaru Kanpei

1952 · Movie · 92 min. · Japan

Direction Masahiro Makino

Cast Kenichi Enomoto · Fubuki Koshiji · Akira Kishii · Mariko Okada

Plot Backstage romances about opera singers.

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