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# Hirokata Takahashi

Cinematographer.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Active:** 1979–1986
- **Also known as:** 高橋 宏固
- **Works often with:** [Hayao Miyazaki](https://film.one/person/hayao-miyazaki.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 80 (1), 1980s 82 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0847122/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/78368

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Castle in the Sky*](https://film.one/film/castle-in-the-sky.md) (82)
- **Tubi:** [*The Castle of Cagliostro*](https://film.one/film/the-castle-of-cagliostro.md) (80)

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## Biography

Hirokata Takahashi (高橋 宏固) is a Japanese cinematographer specialising in animation. He has worked as director of photography on numerous films and television series since the 1970s, including *The Castle of Cagliostro* (1979) and *Castle in the Sky* (1986).

Takahashi founded Takahashi Productions, later known as T2 Studio, a company focused on animation photography. He collaborated frequently with director Osamu Dezaki and contributed to titles such as *The Rose of Versailles* (1979), *Golgo 13: The Professional* (1983), *Space Adventure Cobra* (1982) and *Black Jack: The Movie* (1996). He is noted for developing techniques such as incident lighting in cel animation.

In 2017 he received the Japan Agency for Cultural Affairs Film Award for Achievement, followed by the Tokyo Anime Award Festival Achievement Award in 2018. He later concentrated on company management and training successors.

*Sources: imdb.com, animenewsnetwork.com, en.namu.wiki.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Castle in the Sky* (1986), Fi1m 82, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/castle-in-the-sky.md)
- *The Castle of Cagliostro* (1979), Fi1m 80, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-castle-of-cagliostro.md)

## Also known for

- *The Rose of Versailles* (1979), Director of Photography
- *Nobody's Boy: Remi* (1977), Director of Photography
- *Golgo 13: The Professional* (1983), Director of Photography
- *Space Adventure Cobra* (1982), Director of Photography
- *Lupin the Third: Bye Bye, Lady Liberty* (1989), Director of Photography
- *Black Jack: The Movie* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Tomorrow's Joe* (1970), Director of Photography
- *Chie the Brat* (1981), Director of Photography

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