Actor

Asakazu Nakai

Camera

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Acting credits

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TMDB popularity

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Movies: 56Series: 0Crew credits: 55

TMDB ID: 34380

IMDb ID: nm0620014

Known for: Camera

Born: August 29, 1901

Died: February 28, 1988

Age: 86

Place of birth: Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1935 - 1985

Years active: 51

Average TMDB rating: 7.51

Wikidata: Q2329908

Other jobs

Director of Photography (44)Cinematography (10)Camera Operator (1)

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Biography

Asakazu Nakai (Japanese: 中井朝一; August 29, 1901 – February 28, 1988) was a Japanese cinematographer, born in Kobe. He worked on a dozen films with filmmaker Akira Kurosawa. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work in the film Ran (1985). In 1950 he won the award for Best Cinematography at the Mainichi Film Concours for Stray Dog.

Movies

Movie credits linked with Asakazu Nakai.