Born: 29 August 1901, Kobe, Japan. A.k.a.: Asaichi Nakai & Choichi Nakai.

Died: 28 February 1988.

Awards: 'Oscar' AA nom [1985; shared] for 'Ran'.

1942        Haha no chizu [Yasujiro Shimazu] b&w

1942        Uta andon/The Song Lantern [Mikio Naruse] b&w

1944        Nichijô no tatakai/The Daily Battle [Yasujiro Shimazu] b&w

1945        Kita no san-nin/Three Women of the North [Kiyoshi Saeki] b&w

1946        Waga seishun ni kui nashi/No Regrets for Our Youth [Akira Kurosawa] b&w

1946        Yotsu no koi no monogatari/Four Love Stories [ep ? dir by ?] b&w; 4seg

1947        Joyu/Actress [Teinosuke Kinugasa] b&w

1947        Subarashiki nichiyobi/One Wonderful Sunday [Akira Kurosawa] b&w

1949        Aoi sanmyaku/The Green Mountains [Tadashi Imai] b&w

1949        Nora inu/Stray Dog [Akira Kurosawa] b&w

1950        Itsuwareru seiso [Kozaburo Yoshimura] b&w

1950        Aika/Elegy [Kajiro Yamamoto] b&w

1951        Jiyu gakkou [Kozaburo Yoshimura] b&w

1951        Maihime/Dancing Girl [Mikio Naruse] b&w

1951        Hopu-san: sarariman no maki [Kajiro Yamamoto] b&w

1951        Onnagokoro dare ka shiru/Who Knows a Woman's Heart? [Kajiro Yamamoto] b&w

1952        Ikiru/Doomed/Living [Akira Kurosawa] b&w

1952        Fûfu/Husband and Wife [Mikio Naruse] b&w

1952        Puu-san/Mr. Pu [Kon Ichikawa] b&w

1953        Hadaka no taishô/The Naked General [Hiromichi Horikawa] c

1953        Shichinin no samurai/Seven Samurai/The Magnificent Seven [Akira Kurosawa] b&w

1954        Izumi e no michi [Masanori Kakei] b&w

1955        Ikimono no kiroku/I Live In Fear [: Record of a Living Being] [Akira Kurosawa] b&w

1955        Hesokuri shacho [Yasuki Chiba] b&w

1955        Zoku hesokuri shacho [Yasuki Chiba] b&w

1956        Kumonosu jô/Throne of Blood/Macbeth [Akira Kurosawa] b&w

1956        Ujô [Seiji Hisamatsu] b&w

1957        Kiken na eiyu/A Dangerous Hero [Hideo Suzuki] b&w

1957        Onna goroshi abura jigoku/The Prodigal Son [Hiromichi Horikawa] scope/c

1957        Yagyu bugeicho – Ninjitsu/Ninjitsu, Part II/Secret Scrolls, Part II [Hiroshi Inagaki] scope/c; cph: Tadashi Iimura

1957        Futari dake no hashi/A Bridge for Us Alone [Seiji Maruyama] scope/b&w

1958        Kekkon no subete/All About Marriage [Kihachi Okamoto] scope/b&w

1958        Tabisugata nezumikozo/Rat Kid on Journey [Hiroshi Inagaki] scope/b&w

1958        Kami no taisho [Hiromichi Horikawa] scope/c

1958        Ankokugai no kaoyaku/The Big Boss [Kihachi Okamoto] scope/c

1959        Ai rabu yû [Kengo Furusawa] scope/b&w

1959        Watashi wa kani ni naritai/I Want to Be a Shellfish [Shinobu Hashimoto] scope/b&w

1959        Shin santô jûyaku: Tabi to onna to sake no maki [Masanori Kakei] scope/b&w

1959        Kuroi gashû: Aru sarariman no shôgen [Hiromichi Horikawa] b&w

1960        Seppun dorobo/The Dangerous Kiss/The Kiss Thief [Yuzo Kawashima] scope/c

1960        Aoi yaju/The Blue Beast [Hiromichi Horikawa] scope/b&w

1961        Wakarete ikiru toki mo/Eternity of Love [Hiromichi Horikawa] scope/c

1961        Onna bakari no yoru/Girl of Dark [Kinuyo Tanaka] scope/b&w

1961        Kohayagawa-ke no aki/The End of Summer/Early Autumn [Yasujiro Ozu] scope/c

1961        Musume to watashi/My Daughter and I [Hiromichi Horikawa] scope/b&w

1962        Tengoku to jigoku/High and Low/The Ransom [Akira Kurosawa] scope/b&w-c; cph: Takao Saitô

1963        Les plus belles escroqueries du monde/The Beautiful Swindlers [seg 'Les cinq bienfaiteurs de Fumiko' dir by

                    Hiromichi Horikawa] fs/b&w-c; 5 seg

1964        Akahige/Red Beard [Akira Kurosawa] scope/b&w; cph: Takao Saitô

1965        Senjo ni nagaseru uta/We Will Remember [Zenzo Matsuyama] scope/c

1966        Jinchoge/The Daphne [Yasuki Chiba] scope/c

1966        Zoku izoku e [Shirô Moritani] c

1967        Dorifutazu desu yo! Zenshin zenshin matazenshin [Yoshinori Wada] c

1968        Kubi [Shirô Moritani] b&w

1968        Suna no kaori/The Night of the Seagull [Katsumi Iwauchi] scope/c

1968        Konto gojugo-go: Seiki no daijukuten [Yoshinori Wada] cs/c

1969        Oretachi no kôya/Our Wilderness [Masanobu Deme] c

1969        Burabo! Wakadaishô/Bravo, Young Guy [Katsumi Iwauchi] p/c

1970        Akuzukinchan kiotsukete/Take Care, Red Riding Hood [Shirô Moritani] cs/c

1971        Saredowareraga bibi yori wakarenôta [Shirô Moritani] cs/c

1971        Shiosai/The Sound of the Waves [Shirô Moritani] ?

1972        Hajimete no tabi [Shirô Moritani] cs/c

1972        Hakuchô no uta nanka kikoenai [Kunio Watanabe] c

1975        Dersu Uzala [Akira Kurosawa] ss70/c; cph: Yuri Gantman & Fyodor Dobronravov

1975        Hatsuhana [Shusei Kotani] cs/c

1976        Sri Lanka no ai to wakare/Love and Separation in Sri Lanka [Keisuke Kinoshita] scope/c

1979        Kagemusha/The Double/Kagemusha the Shadow Warrior [Akira Kurosawa] c; co-ph cons; ph: Takao Saitô &

                    Masaharu Ueda

1985        Ran/Chaos [Akira Kurosawa] c; collab ph; ph: Takao Saitô & Masaharu Ueda