Asakazu Nakai

Cinematographer. Born 29 August 1901 in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Died 28 February 1988.

Titles on Fi1m

Average Fi1m score

Oscar nomination

Born

29 August 1901, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

Died

28 February 1988

Active

1952–1985

Frequently works with

Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto, Sōjirō Motoki, Takashi Shimura, Toshirō Mifune, Ryuzo Kikushima, Takao Saitō

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

91Fi1m

87Critics

We rate Asakazu’s work 5 points above the press, across 5 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above6

60 to 790

Under 600

Of 6 reviewed titles.

In numbers

Reviewed: 6 films
Screen time: 15 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $589m across 5 films with figures
Academy Awards: 1 Oscar nomination
Active: 1952–1985

Genres

Drama6
Action2
History2
Adventure1
Crime1
Mystery1

Best and worst on Fi1m

95BestSeven Samurai1954

82WorstDersu Uzala1975

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

21930s

151940s

271950s

191960s

71970s

11980s

Awards

Academy Awards1 nominated

Nominated1986Best Cinematography · Ran

Awards from Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.