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Born: 10 March 1949, Suginami, Tokyo, Japan.
Education: Tokyo Metropolitan University [Economics].
Career: Started as c.asst at Wakamatsu Productions. Became doph in 1975 shooting shorts. Received scholarship and studied in Hollywood and New York [1981-82]. Ph commercials.
Awards: Yokohama FF 'Festival Prize Best Cinematography' [1989] for '1999 - Nen no natsu yasumi'; Yokohama FF 'Festival Prize Best Cinematography' [1990] for 'Docchini suruno'; Japanese Academy Award nom [1998] for 'Rajio no jikan'.
Website: Kenji Takama
FILMS
1975 Atman/Atomanu [Toshio Matsumoto] c; short/12m; cph: Hiroshi Yamazaki
1978 Gassan [Tetsutaro Murano] c
1979 Sayonara no hibi/Goodbye Days [Akio Sakurai] ?
1986 Billy the Kid no atarashii yoake/New Kid 21/The New Morning of Billy the Kid/Billy the Kid's New Dawn [Naoto
Yamakawa] c
1987 1999 - Nen no natsu yasumi/Summer Vacation 1999 [Shusuke Kaneko] c; uwph: Makoto Shionoya, Akihiro Uemura
& Michiko Honda
1987 Yamadamura waltz/The Yadamura Waltz [Shusuke Kaneko] c
1987 Rasuto kyabaree/The Last Cabaret [Shusuke Kaneko] c
1988 Tokyo Pop [Fran Rubel Kuzui] c; co-2uc; ph: James Hayman
1988 Kaze no matasaburo - Garasu no manto/The Glass Cape/Misty Kid of Wind [Toshiya Ito] c
1989 Docchini suruno/Whom Do I Choose? [Shusuke Kaneko] c
1989 Hong Kong Paradise [Shusuke Kaneko] c
1989 Boku no iru machi [Kazuo Kuroki] c; doc/23m
1990 Kaze no kuni/The Windy Land [Jugatsu Toi] c
1990 ! (ai-ou) [Yukihiko Tsutsumi] ?
1990 Jutai/Traffic Jam [Mitsuo Kurotsuchi] c
1991 Shushoku sensen ijonashi/All's Quiet on the Recruit Front [Shusuke Kaneko] c
1991 Juninin no yasashii nihonjin/Gentle 12 [Shun Nakahara] c
1991 Usureyuku kioku no nakade/In Fading Memory [Kazuyuki Shinoda] c
1992 Angel: boku no uta wa kimi no uta/Angel: My Song Is Your Song [Takayoshi Watanabe] c
1993 Shoot! [Kazuki Omori] c
1993 Ahiru no uta ga kikoete kuru yo./Hear the Duck's Song [Makoto Shiina] c
1993 Kôkô kyôshi/A High School Teacher [Ken Yoshida] c
1994 Okina Inoue Yu-ichi/Scribo ergo sum [Kenji Takama] v/b&w-c; doc/30m
1994 Gamera daikaijû kuchu kessen/Gamera: Giant Monster Midair Showdown/Gamera: The Guardian of the
Universe [Shusuke Kaneko] c; cph: Junichi Tozawa; sfx ph: Hiroshi Kidokoro
1994 Naran/Shiroi uma/White Horse [Makoto Shiina] c
1994 Sanctuary [Takashi Watanabe] c
1995 Kimi wo wasurenai/Fly Boys, Fly! [Takayoshi Watanabe] c
1997 Dorîmu sutajiamu/Dream Stadium [Kazuki Omori] c
1997 Rajio no jikan/Radio no jikan/Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald [Koki Mitani] c; cph: Junichi Tozawa
1997 Tokimeki Memorial [Hiroshi Sugawara] c
1998 Nabbie no koi/Nabbie's Love [Yuji Nakae] c
2000 Kurosufaia/Cross Fire/Pyrokinesis [Shusuke Kaneko] c
2000 Murudeka 17805/Merdeka/Independence [Yukio Fuji] c
2001 Minna no ie/Everybody's House [Koki Mitani] c
2001 Gojira, Mosura, Kingu Gidorâ: Daikaijû soukougeki/Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters
All-Out Attack [Shusuke Kaneko] scope/c; cph: Masahiro Kishimoto
2002 Hoteru haibisukasu/Hotel Hibiscus [Yuji Nakae] c
2003 Shirayuri Club Tokyo e iku [Yuji Nakae] c; mus doc/90m
2003 Kanzen-naru shiiku: onna rihatsushi no koi/Amazing Story/The Hairdresser [Masahiro Kobayashi] c
2003 Aiden & Titi/Iden & Tity [Tomorowo Taguchi] c
2003 Mousugu haru [Masatoshi Kouge] 16mm-35bu/c
2004 Road 88 [: Deaiji shikoku e] [: Deai michi, shikoku he] [Genji Nakamura] HD/c
2004 Shômei Kumagai gakkô/Mr. Kumagai's Lighting School [Makoto Wada] HD/c; doc/76m; cph: Shuji Kuriyama
2004 Fantastipo [Shogo Yabuuchi] v/c
2004 Gimî hebun/Gimmy Heaven/Synesthesia [Toru Matsuura] c
2005 Life on the Longboard [Ichiro Kita] c
2005 Taga kokoro nimo ryu wa nemuru [Kei Horie] c
2005 'Chô' kowai hanashi the movie: yami no eigasai [various] c; 5 seg
2005 Metasequoia no ki no shita de [Akio, Masaki & Masamoto Sakurai] dv/c
2005 Haha: Toyoko, aru kazoku no ai to kanashimi [Masaki Sakurai] c
2005 9/10 [Masatoshi Tojo] dv/c
2005 Kami no hidarite akuma no migite/God's Left Hand, Devil's Right Hand [Shusuke Kaneko (replaced Hiroyuki Nasu,
who died)] dv-to-35mm/c
2006 Ulysses [Takayuki Niwa] dv/c; short/48m
2006 Desu nôto: The Last Name/Death Note: The Last Name [Shusuke Kaneko] HD-to-35mm/c
2006 Kotatsu neko [Ohji Ogawa] dv-to-35mm/c
2007 Makiguri no ana/Peeping Tom/The Hole [Yoshihiro Fukagawa] dv-to-35mm/c
2007 Juken no shinderera/Cinderella Formula/Cinderella of the Entrance Exam [Hideki Wada] dv-to-35mm/c
2007 Seirei no mori [Yui Miyatake] c; short/39m
2008 Puraido/Pride [Shusuke Kaneko] dv/c
TELEVISION
2000 Saiaku [Kazuki Omori] tvm
2005 Holyland [ep dir by Shusuke Kaneko] 14-part miniseries/mdv
2007 Sunshine Days [Ichiro Kita] series/dv; also a feature film (106m) released in May 2008
2007 Wairudo raifu/Wild Life [Yukinari Hanawa & Tôru Kawashima] tvm/dv
2007 Tobira wa tozasareta mama [Taishi Muramoto] tvm
2008 6 jikango ni kimi wa shinu [Kazuya Konaka & Kazuaki Takano] tvm
MISCELLANEOUS
1971 Sei kazoku [Koji Wakamatsu] c.asst; ph: Hideo Itoh
1973 Nippon chinbotsu/Tidal Wave/Japan Sinks [Shirô Moritani & (US version) Andrew Meyer] c.asst; ph: Daisaku Kimura,
Hiroshi Murai & (US version) Eric Saarinen
1975 Oni no uta [Tetsutaro Murano] c.asst; ph: Yasuhiro Yoshioka
1981 Little House on the Prairie [various; tv-series] trainee/intern; ph: Harry L. Wolf
1981 The Beastmaster [Don Coscarelli] trainee/intern; ph: John Alcott
1982 Blue Thunder [John Badham] trainee/intern; ph: John Alonzo
1982 Table for Five [Robert Lieberman] trainee/intern; ph: Vilmos Zsigmond
1982 Tootsie [Sydney Pollack] trainee/intern; ph: Owen Roizman
1982 Broadway Danny Rose [Woody Allen] trainee/intern; ph: Gordon Willis
1997 Yukai/Abduction [Takao Okawara; feature] co-c.op; ph: Daisaku Kimura
