Cinematography: Hiroshi Yamazaki

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


60 (S)

1973 · Documentary · 1 min. · Japan

Direction Hiroshi Yamazaki

Synopsis Yamazaki's films correspond strongly to his photographic works, which are concerned with filmic temporality and the understanding of film as a time-based medium. His observational films explore the relationship between the camera and nature, the optical features intrinsic to the...

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Observation (S)

1975 · Documentary · 10 min. · Japan

Direction Hiroshi Yamazaki

Synopsis A ten minute film shot in 16mm. The street corner scene was transformed using a single gradual filter change and a superimposed shot of the position of the midday sun on 27 consecutive days. One of his first experiments with...

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Fixed Star (S)

1973 · Documentary · 7 min. · Japan

Direction Hiroshi Yamazaki

Synopsis Yamazaki's films correspond strongly to his photographic works, which are concerned with filmic temporality and the understanding of film as a time-based medium. His observational films explore the relationship between the camera and nature, the optical features intrinsic to the...

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Heliography (S)

1979 · Documentary · 6 min. · Japan

Direction Hiroshi Yamazaki

Synopsis An experimental short through which Yamazaki brings his preoccupations and inquiries about time and light from conceptual photography into moving images.

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Flower in the Space (S)

1989 · Documentary · 19 min. · Japan

Direction Hiroshi Yamazaki

Synopsis Shot on video in 1989, is a reflection on film of the ideas he captured in a series of photos towards the end of his career. Cherry blossoms are here depicted against the Sun, thus losing all the color and...

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Magino Village: A Tale

1987 · Documentary · 222 min. · Japan

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Vision Take 1 (S)

1973 · Documentary · 3 min. · Japan

Direction Hiroshi Yamazaki

Synopsis Yamazaki's films correspond strongly to his photographic works, which are concerned with filmic temporality and the understanding of film as a time-based medium. His observational films explore the relationship between the camera and nature, the optical features intrinsic to the...

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3・・・ (S)

1984 · Documentary · 5 min. · Japan

Direction Hiroshi Yamazaki

Synopsis Yamazaki's films correspond strongly to his photographic works, which are concerned with filmic temporality and the understanding of film as a time-based medium. His observational films explore the relationship between the camera and nature, the optical features intrinsic to the...

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Noon (S)

1976 · Documentary · 3 min. · Japan

Direction Hiroshi Yamazaki

Synopsis Yamazaki's films correspond strongly to his photographic works, which are concerned with filmic temporality and the understanding of film as a time-based medium. His observational films explore the relationship between the camera and nature, the optical features intrinsic to the...

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Fix (S)

1972 · Documentary · 5 min. · Japan

Direction Hiroshi Yamazaki

Synopsis Yamazaki's films correspond strongly to his photographic works, which are concerned with filmic temporality and the understanding of film as a time-based medium. His observational films explore the relationship between the camera and nature, the optical features intrinsic to the...

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Geography (S)

1981 · Documentary · 7 min. · Japan

Direction Hiroshi Yamazaki

Synopsis Yamazaki's films correspond strongly to his photographic works, which are concerned with filmic temporality and the understanding of film as a time-based medium. His observational films explore the relationship between the camera and nature, the optical features intrinsic to the...

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Walking Works (S)

1983 · Documentary · 5 min. · Japan

Direction Hiroshi Yamazaki

Synopsis Yamazaki's films correspond strongly to his photographic works, which are concerned with filmic temporality and the understanding of film as a time-based medium. His observational films explore the relationship between the camera and nature, the optical features intrinsic to the...

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Epilogue (S)

1976 · Documentary · 1 min. · Japan

Direction Hiroshi Yamazaki

Synopsis Yamazaki's films correspond strongly to his photographic works, which are concerned with filmic temporality and the understanding of film as a time-based medium. His observational films explore the relationship between the camera and nature, the optical features intrinsic to the...

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Vision Take 3 (S)

1978 · Documentary · 3 min. · Japan

Direction Hiroshi Yamazaki

Synopsis Yamazaki's films correspond strongly to his photographic works, which are concerned with filmic temporality and the understanding of film as a time-based medium. His observational films explore the relationship between the camera and nature, the optical features intrinsic to the...

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Motion (S)

1980 · Documentary · 10 min. · Japan

Direction Hiroshi Yamazaki

Synopsis Yamazaki's films correspond strongly to his photographic works, which are concerned with filmic temporality and the understanding of film as a time-based medium. His observational films explore the relationship between the camera and nature, the optical features intrinsic to the...

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Winds (S)

1985 · Documentary · 6 min. · Japan

Direction Hiroshi Yamazaki

Synopsis Yamazaki's films correspond strongly to his photographic works, which are concerned with filmic temporality and the understanding of film as a time-based medium. His observational films explore the relationship between the camera and nature, the optical features intrinsic to the...

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[Kei] (S)

1991 · Documentary · 13 min. · Japan

Direction Hiroshi Yamazaki

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A Story (S)

1973 · Documentary · 6 min. · Japan

Direction Hiroshi Yamazaki

Synopsis Yamazaki's films correspond strongly to his photographic works, which are concerned with filmic temporality and the understanding of film as a time-based medium. His observational films explore the relationship between the camera and nature, the optical features intrinsic to the...

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Fixed-Night (S)

1972 · Documentary · 6 min. · Japan

Direction Hiroshi Yamazaki

Synopsis Yamazaki's films correspond strongly to his photographic works, which are concerned with filmic temporality and the understanding of film as a time-based medium. His observational films explore the relationship between the camera and nature, the optical features intrinsic to the...

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