---
name: "Ryuto Kondo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ryuto-kondo"
fi1m_id: "ryuto-kondo"
imdb_id: "nm1109748"
tmdb_id: 1275306
wikidata_id: "Q11638965"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "1 January 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-21T01:18:11.446904+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."
---

# Ryuto Kondo

## Identity

Ryuto Kondo

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ryuto-kondo
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ryuto-kondo
- **IMDb ID:** nm1109748
- **TMDB ID:** 1275306
- **Wikidata ID:** Q11638965
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11638965, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1109748/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1275306

Cinematographer. Born 1 January 1976 in Aichi, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 1 January 1976, Aichi, Japan
- **Active:** 2018–present
- **Also known as:** Ryûto Kondô, 近藤 龍人
- **Frequently works with:** [Hirokazu Kore-eda](https://film.one/person/hirokazu-kore-eda.md), [Kaoru Matsuzaki](https://film.one/person/kaoru-matsuzaki.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 89 (1), 2020s 54 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11638965, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1109748/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1275306

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Shoplifters*](https://film.one/film/shoplifters.md) (89)

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## Biography

Ryuto Kondo (also credited as Ryûto Kondô or 近藤 龍人) is a Japanese cinematographer. Born in 1976 in Aichi Prefecture, he graduated from Osaka University of Arts.

He began working in film during his university years and has since shot dozens of features and television productions. Notable credits include *Shoplifters* (2018), *Monster* (2023), *A Man* (2022), *The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House* (2023) and *Sheep in the Box* (2026), several of them directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda.

Kondo has received awards including the Japan Academy Prize for Best Cinematography for *Shoplifters* and the Miura Award (Japan Society of Cinematographers Newcomer Award).

*Sources: imdb.com, ja.wikipedia.org, kodak.com, jfdb.jp, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Sheep in the Box* (2026), Fi1m 54, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/sheep-in-the-box.md)
- *Shoplifters* (2018), Fi1m 89, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/shoplifters.md)

## Complete filmography (44)

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

- *Sheep in the Box* (2026), Director of Photography — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/sheep-in-the-box.md)
- *A Town Without Seasons* (2023), series, Director of Photography
- *Monster* (2023), Director of Photography
- *The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House* (2023), series, Director of Photography
- *A Man* (2022), Director of Photography
- *The Center Lane* (2021), Director of Photography
- *The Master Plan* (2021), Director of Photography
- *Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone* (2020), Director of Photography
- *No Longer Human* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Hanalei Bay* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Shoplifters* (2018), Director of Photography — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/shoplifters.md)
- *A Beautiful Star* (2017), Director of Photography
- *White Lily* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Over the Fence* (2016), Director of Photography
- *The Sun* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Somewhere in Kamakura* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Strayer's Chronicle* (2015), Director of Photography
- *The Vancouver Asahi* (2014), Director of Photography
- *My Man* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Ondine's Curse* (2014), Director of Photography
- *The Light Shines Only There* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Mourning Recipe* (2013), Director of Photography
- *The End of Summer* (2013), Director of Photography
- *A Story of Yonosuke* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Blazing Famiglia* (2012), Director of Photography
- *The Kirishima Thing* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Tokyo Drifter* (2011), Director of Photography
- *Scabbard Samurai* (2011), Director of Photography
- *My Back Page* (2011), Director of Photography
- *Sketches of Kaitan City* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Abraxas* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Permanent Nobara* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Solanin* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Non-ko* (2008), Director of Photography
- *Nekonade* (2008), Director of Photography
- *A Gentle Breeze in the Village* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Family Secrets* (2006), Director of Photography
- *The Unknown Person* (2006), Director of Photography
- *Cream Lemon* (2004), Director of Photography
- *Ramblers* (2003), Director of Photography
- *No One's Ark* (2003), Director of Photography
- *Ryuko, in the Unfaithful Evening* (2001), Director of Photography
- *Hazy Life* (1999), Director of Photography
- *The Rotting Woman* (1997), Director of Photography

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