---
name: "Takuro Ishizaka"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/takuro-ishizaka"
fi1m_id: "takuro-ishizaka"
imdb_id: "nm1359837"
tmdb_id: 60755
wikidata_id: "Q11585355"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "17 August 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T19:19:43.450287+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."
---

# Takuro Ishizaka

## Identity

Takuro Ishizaka

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/takuro-ishizaka
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** takuro-ishizaka
- **IMDb ID:** nm1359837
- **TMDB ID:** 60755
- **Wikidata ID:** Q11585355
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11585355, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1359837/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/60755

Producer. Born 17 August 1974 in Kawasaki.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 17 August 1974, Kawasaki
- **Active:** 2023–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 producing, 1 crew
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11585355, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1359837/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/60755

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Rental Family*](https://film.one/film/rental-family.md) (58)

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

## Biography

Takuro Ishizaka is a Japanese cinematographer born on 17 August 1974 in Kawasaki. He studied cinematography at Chapman University and works between Los Angeles and Tokyo.

He is known for his work on the Rurouni Kenshin live-action film series (2012–2021) and films including *Sakuran* (2006), *Manhunt* (2017), *Samurai Marathon* (2019) and *Knuckle Girl* (2023). Ishizaka served as cinematographer on *Rental Family* (2025).

He is the son of screenwriter Taichi Yamada and brother of director Rieko Miyamoto. Ishizaka has received awards for his cinematography on short films.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

### Produced (1) — the average rests on these

- *All of Us Strangers* (2023), Fi1m 82, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/all-of-us-strangers.md)

### Crew (1)

- *Rental Family* (2025), Fi1m 58, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/rental-family.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *Queen of Mars* (2025), series, Director of Photography
- *Rental Family* (2025), Director of Photography — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/rental-family.md)
- *All of Us Strangers* (2023), Associate Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/all-of-us-strangers.md)
- *Knuckle Girl* (2023), Director of Photography
- *Man in the Mountain* (2023), Cinematography
- *Tang* (2022), Director of Photography
- *Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning* (2021), Director of Photography
- *Rurouni Kenshin: The Final* (2021), Director of Photography
- *Samurai Marathon* (2019), Director of Photography
- *The Hurdy Gurdy Man* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Manhunt* (2017), Director of Photography
- *The Top Secret: Murder in Mind* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Trembling Cow* (2013), series, Camera Operator
- *Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins* (2012), Director of Photography
- *MW -ムウ-* (2009), Camera Operator
- *Dance, Subaru!* (2009), Cinematography
- *Honokaa Boy* (2009), Gaffer
- *Sakuran* (2006), Director of Photography
- *Death Ride* (2006), Director of Photography
- *The Hypnotist* (2001), Grip
- *Lear Rex*, Cinematography
- *The Degrees of Pain*, Director of Photography

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