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name: "Shoji Ueda"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/shoji-ueda"
fi1m_id: "shoji-ueda"
imdb_id: "nm0879921"
tmdb_id: 70130
wikidata_id: "Q2815117"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "1 January 1938"
died: "16 January 2025"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:25:34.194745+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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# Shoji Ueda

## Identity

Shoji Ueda

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/shoji-ueda
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** shoji-ueda
- **IMDb ID:** nm0879921
- **TMDB ID:** 70130
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2815117
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoji_Ueda_(cinematographer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2815117, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0879921/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70130

Cinematographer. Born 1 January 1938 in Funabashi, Chiba, Japan. Died 16 January 2025.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 1 January 1938, Funabashi, Chiba, Japan
- **Died:** 16 January 2025
- **Also known as:** Masaharu Ueda
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoji_Ueda_(cinematographer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2815117, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0879921/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70130

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Ran*](https://film.one/film/ran.md) (92)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Shoji Ueda, also credited as Masaharu Ueda or Shōji Ueda, was a Japanese cinematographer. He was born on 1 January 1938 in Funabashi, Chiba, Japan, and died on 16 January 2025 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.

He worked frequently with director Akira Kurosawa. His credits include *Kagemusha* (1980), *Ran* (1985), *Dreams* (1990), *Rhapsody in August* (1991) and *Madadayo* (1993). For *Ran*, he shared cinematography duties with Takao Saito and Asakazu Nakai and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography.

Ueda also served as director of photography on several films directed by Takashi Koizumi, including *After the Rain* (1999), *Letters from the Mountains* (2002) and *Best Wishes for Tomorrow* (2007).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Ran* (1985), Fi1m 92, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/ran.md)

## Complete filmography (30)

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

- *The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai* (2022), Director of Photography
- *A Samurai Chronicle* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Best Wishes for Tomorrow* (2007), Camera Technician
- *For Those We Love* (2007), Director of Photography
- *The Professor and His Beloved Equation* (2006), Director of Photography
- *To the Bracken Fields* (2003), Director of Photography
- *Letter from the Mountain* (2002), Director of Photography
- *After the Rain* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Marriage* (1993), Director of Photography
- *Madadayo* (1993), Director of Photography
- *Rhapsody in August* (1991), Director of Photography
- *Dreams* (1990), Director of Photography
- *Only 5 Grams* (1988), Director of Photography
- *Ran* (1985), Director of Photography — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/ran.md)
- *I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident* (1985), Director of Photography
- *F2 Grand Prix* (1984), Director of Photography
- *The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S* (1982), Director of Photography
- *Good Luck Love* (1981), Director of Photography
- *The Bushido Blade* (1981), Director of Photography
- *Return of the Champ* (1981), Director of Photography
- *Kagemusha* (1980), Director of Photography
- *Murder in the Doll House* (1979), Director of Photography
- *The Last Dinosaur* (1977), Director of Photography
- *Greatest Game Ever Part II* (1976), Director of Photography
- *Slope of the Sun* (1975), Director of Photography
- *Greatest Game Ever* (1975), Director of Photography
- *ESPY* (1974), Director of Photography
- *Horror of the Wolf* (1973), Director of Photography
- *B.G Story: Designs of a 20 Year-Old* (1961), Camera Production Assistant
- *Executive Chair* (1958), Camera Department Production Assistant

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1986: Best Cinematography (nominated), for *Ran*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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