Shinsaku Himeda
Shinsaku Himeda ( Japanese 姫 田 真 左 久 , Himeda Shinsaku , often romanized as Sinsaku Himeda , pseudonym : Masahisa Himeda ; born November 19, 1916 in Hyōgo Prefecture , Japan ; † July 29, 1997 ) was a Japanese cameraman who worked under in 1971 was nominated for an Oscar for best camera .
biography
Himeda dropped out of studies at the Teikoku bijitsu gakkō , the "Art Academy of the Empire", forerunner of the Musashino Art School . In 1937 he became a camera assistant in the Nikkatsu Studio Tamagawa, and later worked temporarily at Daiei . Himeda began his career as a cameraman in 1949 with his debut for the film Nagareru hoshi wa ikiteiru by Eiichi Koishi . During his professional career he made over 70 films as a cameraman.
His better-known works in Shōhei Imamura films include Nippon konchūki ( The Insect Woman , 1963), Erogotoshi-tachi yori: Jinruigaku nyūmon ( Introduction to Human Studies , 1966) and Fukushū suru wa ware ni ari (Revenge is mine, 1979), for which he received the first Japanese Academy Award for Best Camera in 1980 . He was also a cameraman in the sex exploitation film Sayuri, the Stripper (1972) by Tatsumi Kumashiro .
In 1965 he won the award for best camera at the Mainichi Eiga Concours for his work in Akai satsui ( Forbidden Passion , 1964) by Shōhei Imamura . At the Academy Awards in 1971 he was next to Charles F. Wheeler , Osamu Furuya and Masamichi Satoh for the Oscar and the Laurel Award for the best camera in Torah! Torah! Torah! (1970) nominated.
For the films Tempyo no iraka (Over all the seas, 1980) and Eijanaika ( The Thief and the Geisha , 1981) by Shōhei Imamura, he was again nominated for the Japanese Academy Award for best camera in 1981 and 1982. For his camera work in the films Yūkai hōdō (1982) by Shun'ya Itō and Hotaru-gawa (1987) by Eizō Sugawa , he received the Japanese Academy Award for best camera in 1983 and 1988.
Other films he directed were Sensō to ningen III: Kanketsuhe (Beyond Hell, 1973) by Satsuo Yamamoto , Akasen tamanoi: Nukeraremasu (Street of Lust, 1974) by Tatsumi Kumashiro and Ningen no shōmei (Death in the Elevator, 1977) by Jun 'ya Satō .
In 1998, the jury of the Mainichi Eiga Concours awarded him another prize posthumously for his life's work .
Filmography (selection)
- 1963: The Insect Woman (Director: Shōhei Imamura)
- 1964: Forbidden Passion (Director: Shōhei Imamura)
- 1966: Introduction to Human Studies (Director: Shōhei Imamura)
- 1972: Sayuri, the stripper (Director: Tatsumi Kumashiro)
- 1979: Fukushū suru wa ware ni ari (Director: Shōhei Imamura)
- 1981: The Thief and the Geisha (Director: Shōhei Imamura)
- 1982: Yūkai hōdō (Director: Shun'ya Itō)
Web links
- Shinsaku Himeda in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Digital edition of the 日本人 名 大 辞典 , Kōdansha 2009.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Himeda, Shinsaku |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Himeda, Sinsaku (Kunrei transcription); 姫 田 真 左 久 (Japanese); Himeda, Masahisa (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese cameraman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 19, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hyogo Prefecture , Japan |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 29, 1997 |