Katsumi Yanagijima 2 pictures

Cinematographer, Production Manager, Camera Department
Yanagishima has worked with Takeshi Kitano in his films, including A Scene at the Sea, Sonatine, Zatoichi, Kids Return, Kikujiro, Dolls, Zatoichi, Outrage series, He won the Japan Academy Prize for best cinematography for Go! in 2002 and for Zatoichi in 2004. Shutter, Battle Royale and The Grudge 2 are some of his other well known films.

Born: 1950
Known for: Battle Royale (2000), The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003), The Grudge 2 (2006), Brother (2000)
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Katsumi Yanagijima is the best cinematographer in Japan who won Academy Awards for his cinematography. Photographed and edited by the Roger Corman Award Winning Japanese filmmaker Ryota Nakanishi who used to be one of Katsumi Yanagijima's film students during 2011 and 2013 at the best film and art school, Tokyo University of the Arts(TUA).
This is a group photo from the production of this film. The Japanese best cinematographer Katsumi Yanagijima instructed the crew. Ryota Nakanishi and Ryo Saito practiced the US multi-camera working system in the Japanese student filmmaking for the first time in history.