My Influential Cinematographers - Asakazu Nakai

Asakazu Nakai




About

One of the main directors he worked for was Akira Kurosawa on many of his films including Ran in 1985 where he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography. One award he managed to win was the Mainichi Film Concours for Best Cinematography in 1950 for Stray Dog also by Kurosawa.

Notable Films

Stray Dog - 1949

Seven Samurai - 1954

Throne Of Blood - 1957

High And Low - 1963

Red Beard - 1965

Dersu Uzala - 1975

Ran - 1985

Influences

His work on Seven Samurai influenced me because of the way he was able to compose his images carefully to add to the overall feel of the film and throughout the film he uses telephoto lenses as well as long lenses which compress the images but also keep the story moving as the camera is not locked down to one position.






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