Directed credits
7
Active
Regular directing credits.
Director
Takashi Sugimoto
Lighting
Career Snapshot
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Directed movies: 7Directed series: 0All crew credits: 27
TMDB ID: 1192407
IMDb ID: nm5205352
Known for: Lighting
Born: January 1, 1975
Age: 51
Place of birth: Japan
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1978 - 2025
Years active: 48
Average TMDB rating: 6.91
Frequent jobs
Lighting Director (3)Director (2)Director of Photography (2)Gaffer (13)Lighting Technician (4)Sound Recordist (2)Sound (1)
Biography
Born in Japan, in 1975, he studied photography at the European Design Institute (Turin), interned at the photo agency Magnum (Paris) and has a post-graduate degree in dramaturgy and film direction from the Lisbon Theatre and Film School. He was selected for the 100 Young Italian Artists – FURLA per l’arte Award 2000. His film Wakasa won the Best Short Film Image Award at IndieLisboa 2011.
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Takashi Sugimoto.
8.4
Samurai Fury
Lighting Director
2025 Movie
Black Gold
Director
2024 Movie
9.3
Samurai Detective Onihei: Lawless Love
Lighting Director
2024 Movie
6.5
Fukushima 50
Lighting Director
2020 Movie
Live Tropical Fish
Director
2016 Movie
6.3
No Man's Land
Director of Photography
2012 Movie
Wakasa
Director of Photography
2011 Movie
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Takashi Sugimoto.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Takashi Sugimoto.
8.4
Samurai Fury
Lighting Director
2025 Movie
6.1
Izo
Gaffer
2004 Movie
6.5
Fukushima 50
Lighting Director
2020 Movie
7.2
My Happy Marriage
Gaffer
2023 Movie
7.4
The Floating Castle
Gaffer
2012 Movie
7.7
Okiku and the World
Gaffer
2023 Movie
9.5
Samural Detective Onihei: Blood for Blood
Gaffer
2024 Movie
6.8
Yudo: The Way of the Bath
Gaffer
2023 Movie
5.0
Radiation House: The Movie
Gaffer
2022 Movie
6.5
Nobunaga Concerto: The Movie
Gaffer
2016 Movie
5.7
Samurai Shifters
Gaffer
2019 Movie
5.5
Zatoichi: The Last
Gaffer
2010 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Takashi Sugimoto.
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Takashi Sugimoto.
9.4
The Final Piece
Gaffer
2025 Movie
9.5
Samural Detective Onihei: Blood for Blood
Gaffer
2024 Movie
7.7
Okiku and the World
Gaffer
2023 Movie
7.2
My Happy Marriage
Gaffer
2023 Movie
6.8
Yudo: The Way of the Bath
Gaffer
2023 Movie
5.0
Radiation House: The Movie
Gaffer
2022 Movie
5.7
Samurai Shifters
Gaffer
2019 Movie
4.7
Red Blade
Sound Recordist
2018 Movie
6.8
Ama-San
Sound
2016 Movie
10.0
三屋清左衛門残日録
Gaffer
2016 Movie
6.5
Nobunaga Concerto: The Movie
Gaffer
2016 Movie
10.0
Slum-Polis
Sound Recordist
2014 Movie
6.3
Thermae Romae II
Gaffer
2014 Movie
7.4
The Floating Castle
Gaffer
2012 Movie
5.5
Zatoichi: The Last
Gaffer
2010 Movie
8.5
Chacha: The Princess of Heaven
Lighting Technician
2007 Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Takashi Sugimoto.