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Takashi Kawamata

Career

Active from 1959 to 1993, busiest in 1960 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for Cruel Story of Youth
Cruel Story of Youth
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 14 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Takashi Kawamata Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.0, average 5.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.0, average 2.7
  • Wholesome
    1.6, average 3.4
  • Physical Comedy
    0.9, average 2.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Setting 4
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Moral Ambiguity 3
  • Japanese Cinema 3
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Visually Striking 2
  • Japanese New Wave 2
  • Crime Drama 2
  • Moral Decay 2
  • Melancholy 2
  • Japanese Comedy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

65
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1990s

2 titles
Talking with Ozu
Talking with Ozu (1993)

Director of Photography

Nurses and Doctors
Nurses and Doctors (1992)

Director of Photography

1980s

9 titles · average score 70
Black Rain
Black Rain (1989)
GoodWatch score 77

Director of Photography

Dangerous Women
Dangerous Women (1985)

Director of Photography

Nezumi Kozō kaitō den
Nezumi Kozō kaitō den (1984)

Director of Photography

The Politicians
The Politicians (1983)

Cinematography

Lovers Lost
Lovers Lost (1982)
GoodWatch score 64

Director of Photography

Suspicion
Suspicion (1982)
GoodWatch score 70

Director of Photography

Call from Darkness
Call from Darkness (1981)

Director of Photography

Writhing Tongue
Writhing Tongue (1980)
GoodWatch score 70

Director of Photography

The Wicked
The Wicked (1980)

Director of Photography

1970s

17 titles · average score 69
The Three Undelivered Letters
The Three Undelivered Letters (1979)

Director of Photography

The Demon
The Demon (1978)
GoodWatch score 77

Director of Photography

The Incident
The Incident (1978)
GoodWatch score 69

Director of Photography

Village of Eight Gravestones
Village of Eight Gravestones (1977)
GoodWatch score 67

Director of Photography

Flickering Flames
Flickering Flames (1977)

Director of Photography

The Perennial Weed
The Perennial Weed (1975)

Cinematography

Wings of Love
Wings of Love (1975)

Director of Photography

The Castle of Sand
The Castle of Sand (1974)
GoodWatch score 73

Director of Photography

Daddy on a Rocking Boat
Daddy on a Rocking Boat (1973)

Director of Photography

Living Together
Living Together (1973)

Director of Photography

The Shinano River
The Shinano River (1973)

Cinematography

The Shadow Within
The Shadow Within (1970)
GoodWatch score 63

Director of Photography

1960s

33 titles · average score 66
Black Rose Mansion
Black Rose Mansion (1969)
GoodWatch score 54

Director of Photography

Diary of Yunbogi
Diary of Yunbogi (1965)
GoodWatch score 66

Director of Photography

The Scarlet Camellia
The Scarlet Camellia (1964)

Director of Photography

To Your Majesty, The Emperor
To Your Majesty, The Emperor (1963)

Director of Photography

The Inheritance
The Inheritance (1962)
GoodWatch score 73

Director of Photography

Tokyo Bay
Tokyo Bay (1962)

Director of Photography

The Body
The Body (1962)

Director of Photography

Zero Focus
Zero Focus (1961)
GoodWatch score 65

Director of Photography

Cruel Story of Youth
Cruel Story of Youth (1960)
GoodWatch score 83

Director of Photography

The Sun's Burial
The Sun's Burial (1960)
GoodWatch score 65

Director of Photography

Night and Fog in Japan
Night and Fog in Japan (1960)
GoodWatch score 59

Director of Photography

Only She Knows
Only She Knows (1960)

Director of Photography

1950s

3 titles · average score 92
Tomorrow's Sun
Tomorrow's Sun (1959)

Director of Photography

Donto ikōze
Donto ikōze (1959)

Director of Photography

Tokyo Story
Tokyo Story (1953)
GoodWatch score 92

Assistant Camera

1940s

1 title · average score 89
Late Spring
Late Spring (1949)
GoodWatch score 89

Camera Operator