Shinsaku Himeda

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Shinsaku Himeda
Born(1916-11-19)November 19, 1916
DiedJuly 29, 1997(1997-07-29) (aged 80)
Occupationcinematographer[1]

Shinsaku Himeda (ひめ 佐久さく, Himeda Shinsaku, 19 November 1916 – 29 July 1997) was a Japanese cinematographer from Kakogawa, Hyōgo Prefecture.[2][3]

Himeda dropped out of Teikoku Art University and started working as an assistant cameraman at the Nikkatsu Tamagawa studio in 1937.[2] In 1949, he promoted to cinematographer.[2] He moved to Nikkatsu film company in 1954 and often worked with Shōhei Imamura.[4] In 1964, Himeda received the Mainichi Film Award for Best Cinematography award for his work in Unholy Desire.[5]

He received an Oscar nomination for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography along with Charles F. Wheeler, Osamu Furuya and Masamichi Satoh for his work in Tora! Tora! Tora!.[6][7]

He left Nikkatsu and became a freelance cinematographer in 1978.[2]In 1980, he won the Best Cinematographer award at the 3rd Japan Academy Film Prize for his work in Vengeance Is Mine.[8]

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  1. ^ "予告よこく-名匠めいしょう 神代かみよ辰巳たつみ監督かんとく 衝撃しょうげき長編ちょうへんデビューさく『かぶりつき人生じんせい』がはつのソフト大阪おおさか舞台ぶたいにしたストリッパーははむすめ人間にんげんドラマ" (in Japanese). シネフィル. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "20世紀せいき日本人にっぽんじんめい事典じてんひめ ひだりひさ」の解説かいせつ" (in Japanese). kotobank. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Shinsaku Himeda" (in Japanese). Goo. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  4. ^ "今村いまむら昌平しょうへいささえた職人しょくにんたましい生誕せいたん100ねん キャメラマン・ひめひだりひさ仕事しごと" (in Japanese). 神保じんぼうまちシアター Shogakukan. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  5. ^ "毎日まいにち映画えいがコンクール だい19かい(1964ねん" (in Japanese). Mainichi Shimbun. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  6. ^ "ひめ佐久さく" (in Japanese). 映画えいがCOM. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  7. ^ "The 43rd Academy Awards". Academy Awards. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  8. ^ a b "だい3かい日本にっぽんアカデミーしょう" (in Japanese). Japan Academy Film Prize Association. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  9. ^ "日本にっぽん映画えいが技術ぎじゅつしょう受賞じゅしょうしゃ一覧いちらん" (in Japanese). MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION ENGINEERING SOCIETY OF JAPAN INC. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  10. ^ "だい6かい日本にっぽんアカデミーしょう" (in Japanese). Japan Academy Film Prize Association. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  11. ^ "だい11かい日本にっぽんアカデミーしょう" (in Japanese). Japan Academy Film Prize Association. Retrieved 25 November 2021.


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