Masamichi Satō

Masamichi Satō ( Japanese. 佐藤 昌 道 , Masamichi Satō ) is a Japanese cameraman who worked between 1956 and 1974 and mainly abroad for his work for the American-Japanese co-production Tora! Torah! Torah! got known.

life and career

Masamichi Satō has been active in the Japanese film business since the mid-1950s, first as a cameraman for the short film Ōjo to yubiwa - Indo shigeki 'Shakuntarā hime' yori , and later in the 1960s also for cinema productions such as the drama Matsukawa Jiken by director Satsuo Yamamoto or for Productions by the director Kōzaburō Yoshimura . In 1971 he was named next to his colleagues Charles F. Wheeler , Osami Furuya and Shinsaku Himeda for his camera work on the Japanese episodes for the war film Tora! Torah! Torah! honored with an Oscar nomination and a Laurel Award nomination.

Awards

• 1971: Oscar nomination for Best Camera at the 1971 award ceremony for Tora! Torah! Torah!
• 1971: Laurel Award nomination in the Best Camera category at the 1971 award ceremony for Tora! Torah! Torah!

Filmography (selection)

movie theater

• 1961: Matsukawa Jiken
• 1967: Daraku suru onna
• 1968: Nemureru bijo
• 1970: Torah! Torah! Torah!
• 1974: Love is in the Green Wind

Short films or documentaries

• 1956: Ōjo to yubiwa - Indo shigeki 'Shakuntarā hime' yori (short film)
• 1962: Hitotsubu no mugi (short documentary film) (as Masamichi Satô)

literature

• Kate Bales: Cinematographers, Production Designers, Costume Designers & Film Editors Guide . Lone Eagle, 1999, p. 753 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

Web links

• Masamichi Satō in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Filmography by Masamichi Satoh in: The New York Times
• Films by Masamichi Satoh with German distribution titles

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Masamichi Satoh. In: American Cinematographer, Volume 67 , ASC Holding Corporation, 1986, p. 67.