Born: 1 January 1938, Funabashi, Chiba, Japan. A.k.a.: Shôji Ueda, Shosi Ueda & Syoji Ueda.

Career: Was member of the cinematographers' panel on Cinematographer's Day at the Bangkok IFF, 2004.

Awards: BAFTA Film Award nom [1981; shared] for 'Kagemusha'; 'Oscar' AA nom [1985; shared], NSFC Award [1985; shared], BSFC Award [1986; shared] & BAFTA Film Award nom [1987; shared] for 'Ran'; Japanese Academy Award nom [1991; shared] for 'Yume'; Japanese Academy Award [1992; shared] for 'Hachi-gatsu no kyôshikyoku'; Japanese Academy Award [1994; shared] for 'Madadayo'; Japanese Academy Award [2001] for 'Ame agaru'; Japanese Academy Award nom [2003] for 'Amida-do dayori'; Bangkok IFF 'Asian Eyes Award' [2006].

1971        Damasarete moraimasu [Takashi Tsuboshima] c

1972        Ôkami no monshô/Coat of Arms of the Wolf/Crest of the Wolf [Masashi Matsumoto] Tohoscope/c

1973        Shiawase [Hideo Onchi] cs/c

1974        Isoge! Wakamono: Tomorrow Never Waits/Hurry, Young Ones! Tomorrow Never Waits [Shusei Kotani] cs/c

1974        Esupai/ESPY [Jun Fukuda] p/c; sfx ph: Sokei Tomioka

1975        Hi no ataru sakamichi [Yasuhiro Yoshimatsu] Tohoscope/c

1975        Ganbare! Wakadaishô/Go for It! Young Guy [Shusei Kotani] c

1976        Gekitotsu! Wakadaishô/Clash! Young Guy [Shusei Kotani] c

1976        The Last Dinosaur/Kyokutei tankensen Pora-Bora [Alex Grasshoff & Tom Kotani = Shusei Kotani] c; sfx ph: Sadao

                    Sato; premiered in USA as tvm

1978        Midare karakuri/Crazy Doll Trick/Murders in the Doll House [Susumu Kodama] c

1978        The Bushido Blade/The Bloody Bushido Blade [Tom Kotani = Shusei Kotani] c; premiered on tv

1979        Kagemusha/The Double/Kagemusha the Shadow Warrior [Akira Kurosawa] c; cph: Takao Saitô; ph cons: Kazuo

                    Miyagawa (who started as doph, but was obliged to withdraw because of an eye infection) & Asakazu Nakai

1980        Kaettekita wakadaishô/Young Guy Returns/Return of the Champ [Shusei Kotani] c

1982        Uiin monogatari - jemin y to s/Vienna Story: Gemini Y and S [Yoshihiro Kawasaki] c

1983        F2 grand prix [Shusei Kotani] vv/c

1984        Ikite mitai mô ichidô: Shinjûku basu hôka jiken [Hideo Onchi] c; cph: Masahiro Kishimoto

1985        Ran/Chaos [Akira Kurosawa] c; cph: Takao Saitô & (collab ph) Asakazu Nakai

1989        Yume/[Akira Kurosawa's] Dreams [Akira Kurosawa & (uncred) Ishirô Honda] s35/c; 8 seg; cph: Takao Saitô &

                    Kazutami Hara

1990        Hachi-gatsu no kyôshikyoku/8-gatsu no rapusodî/Hachi-gatsu no rapusodî/Rhapsody in August [Akira

                    Kurosawa] c; cph: Takao Saitô

1992        Madadayo/Not Yet [Akira Kurosawa & (uncred) Ishirô Honda] c; cph: Takao Saitô

1993        Kekkon [Jôji Nagao, Hideo Onchi & Seijun Suzuki] c; 3 seg; cph: Junichi Fujisawa & Rokuro Nagasawa

1999        Ame agaru/After the Rain/When the Rain Lifts [Takashi Koizumi] c; ph cons: Takao Saitô; based on screenplay by

                    Akira Kurosawa

2002        Amida-do dayori/Letter from the Mountain [Takashi Koizumi] c

2003        Warabi no kou/To the Bracken Fields [Hideo Onchi] c

2005        Hakase no aishita sûshiki/The Professor and His Beloved Equation [Takashi Koizumi] c; cph: Hiroyuki Kitazawa

2006        Ore wa, kimi no tame ni koso shini ni/For Those We Love [Taku Shinjo] c; cph: Hiroyuki Kitazawa

2007        Ashita e no yuigon/Best Wishes for Tomorrow [Takashi Koizumi] c

1964        Hana no oedo no musekinin [Kajiro Yamamoto] co-c.asst; ph: Seiichi Endo

1968        Kureji no buchamukure daihakken/Computer Free-For-All [Kengo Furusawa] co-c.asst; ph: Senkichi Nagai

1970        Kureji no nagurikomi Shimizu Minato [Takashi Tsuboshima] c.asst; ph: Fumio Tajima