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name: "Masayoshi Sukita"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/masayoshi-sukita"
fi1m_id: "masayoshi-sukita"
imdb_id: "nm0837763"
tmdb_id: 1081006
wikidata_id: "Q11650298"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "5 May 1938"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T04:35:25.191196+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Masayoshi Sukita

## Identity

Masayoshi Sukita

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/masayoshi-sukita
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** masayoshi-sukita
- **IMDb ID:** nm0837763
- **TMDB ID:** 1081006
- **Wikidata ID:** Q11650298
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11650298, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0837763/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1081006

Cinematographer. Born 5 May 1938 in Nōgata-shi.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 5 May 1938, Nōgata-shi
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11650298, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0837763/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1081006

## Biography

Masayoshi Sukita is a Japanese photographer, cinematographer and director. He was born on 5 May 1938 in Nōgata-shi.

Sukita served as cinematographer on Hirokazu Kore-eda’s *After Life* (1998), sharing the role with Yutaka Yamazaki. He also worked as still photographer on Jim Jarmusch’s *Mystery Train* (1989) and as cinematographer on *Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets* (1971).

As a director he is credited on the video *Gakidama* (1985) and a segment of *Suki* (2000). He is widely known for his long-term photographic work with musicians including David Bowie.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *After Life* (1999), Fi1m 85, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/after-life.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Suki* (2000), Director
- *After Life* (1999), Director of Photography — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/after-life.md)
- *Mystery Train* (1989), Still Photographer
- *The Demon Within* (1985), Director
- *Carol* (1974), Additional Photography
- *Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets* (1971), Director of Photography

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