Cinematography: Taro Sasaki
The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Taro Sasaki. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.
Japanese Girls at the Harbor
1933 · Movie · 72 min. · Japan
Direction Hiroshi Shimizu
Cast Yumeko Aizome · Ureo Egawa · Yukiko Inoue · Yasuo Nanjo
Plot Shimizu’s exquisite silent drama tells of the humiliating social downfall experienced by Sunako after jealousy drives her to commit a terrible crime. With its lushly photographed landscapes and innovative visual...
7.1
121 votes
7.1
121 votes
Undying Pearl (Eternal Heart)
1929 · Movie · 101 min. · Japan
Direction Hiroshi Shimizu
Cast Jun Arai · Satoko Date · Yôko Fujita · Shoichi Kofujita
6.8
23 votes
6.8
23 votes
Tôyô no haha
1934 · Movie · 140 min. · Japan
Direction Hiroshi Shimizu
Cast Yukichi Iwata · Yoshiko Okada · Hideko Takamine · Joji Oka
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Seven Seas Part I: Virginity Chapter
1931 · Movie · 62 min. · Japan
Direction Hiroshi Shimizu
Cast Hiroko Kawasaki · Ureo Egawa · Jun Arai · Hiroko Izumi
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The Boss's Son at College
1933 · Movie · 85 min. · Japan
Direction Hiroshi Shimizu
Cast Mitsugu Fujii · Haruo Takeda · Yoshiko Tsubouchi · Sumiko Mizukubo
Plot The story deals with Fuji, nicknamed Waka-danna (Young Master), the star athlete on his university’s rugby team. The son of a wealthy soy sauce manufacturer, Fuji basks in the glory...
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The Blacksmith of the Forest
1929 · Movie · 93 min. · Japan
Direction Hiroshi Shimizu
Cast Masao Inoue · Kaoru Futaba · Kinuyo Tanaka · Eiji Oshimoto
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Seven Seas Part II: Frigidity Chapter
1932 · Movie · 67 min. · Japan
Direction Hiroshi Shimizu
Cast Hiroko Kawasaki · Ureo Egawa · Jun Arai · Hiroko Izumi
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Manchurian Marching Song
1932 · Movie · 98 min. · Japan
Direction Yasushi Sasaki · Hiroshi Shimizu
Cast Mitsuko Yoshikawa · Utako Suzuki · Hiroko Kawasaki · Yukiko Inoue
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Eclipse
1934 · Movie · 97 min. · Japan
Direction Hiroshi Shimizu
Cast Mitsugu Fujii · Hiroko Kawasaki · Michiko Kuwano · Shirô Kanemitsu
Plot The film concerns the experiences of two cousins, Shukichi Osaki and Kinue Nishimura. They are in love with each other, but Kinue is expected to marry the lawyer Seiji Kanda....
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The Lady Who Wept in Spring
1933 · Movie · 96 min. · Japan
Direction Hiroshi Shimizu
Cast Den Obinata · Shigeru Ogura · Yoshiko Okada · Sachiko Murase
Plot It is a melodrama about the love story between an itinerant women and a miner, set in Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido, where the film was partly shot on location.
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