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name: "Toyomichi Kurita"
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roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "1 January 1950"
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average_fi1m_score: 78
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# Toyomichi Kurita

## Identity

Toyomichi Kurita

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/toyomichi-kurita
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** toyomichi-kurita
- **IMDb ID:** nm0475746
- **TMDB ID:** 57709
- **Wikidata ID:** Q552985
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyomichi_Kurita, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q552985, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0475746/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57709

Cinematographer. Born 1 January 1950 in Mito, Ibaraki, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 1 January 1950, Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
- **Active:** 1985–1991
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 86 (1), 1990s 71 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyomichi_Kurita, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q552985, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0475746/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57709

## Biography

Toyomichi Kurita is a Japanese cinematographer. Born in 1950 in Mito, Ibaraki, Japan, he graduated from the AFI Conservatory in 1981.

He has worked on films in both Japan and the United States. His credits include *A Rage in Harlem* (1991), *Waiting to Exhale* (1995), *Cookie's Fortune* (1999), *First Daughter* (2004), *Sukiyaki Western Django* (2007), *Madea's Family Reunion* (2006), *Why Did I Get Married?* (2007) and *Madea's Big Happy Family* (2011). He has collaborated with directors including Alan Rudolph, Tyler Perry and Takashi Miike.

Kurita won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography for *Trouble in Mind* (1985) and the Sitges Film Festival award for Best Cinematography for *Sukiyaki Western Django* (2007). He received nominations for the Independent Spirit Award for *The Moderns* (1988) and *Powwow Highway* (1989), and for the Japan Academy Film Prize for *Taboo* (1999).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *A Rage in Harlem* (1991), Fi1m 71, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/a-rage-in-harlem.md)
- *Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters* (1985), Fi1m 86, Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/mishima-a-life-in-four-chapters.md)

## Complete filmography (34)

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

- *Cube* (2021), Director of Photography
- *The Brain Man* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Madea's Big Happy Family* (2011), Director of Photography
- *Why Did I Get Married Too?* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Toad's Oil* (2009), Director of Photography
- *Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys* (2008), Director of Photography
- *Why Did I Get Married?* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Sukiyaki Western Django* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Daddy's Little Girls* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Imprint* (2006), Director of Photography
- *Madea's Family Reunion* (2006), Director of Photography
- *First Daughter* (2004), Director of Photography
- *Taboo* (1999), Director of Photography
- *Cookie's Fortune* (1999), Director of Photography
- *Afterglow* (1997), Director of Photography
- *Infinity* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Crime of the Century* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Homecoming* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Waiting to Exhale* (1995), Director of Photography
- *Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee* (1994), Director of Photography
- *Pinocchio: The Making of a Masterpiece* (1993), Director of Photography
- *Moving* (1993), Director of Photography
- *Grand Isle* (1991), Director of Photography
- *A Rage in Harlem* (1991), Director of Photography — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/a-rage-in-harlem.md)
- *Convicts* (1991), Director of Photography
- *Shadow of China* (1990), Director of Photography
- *Blood Red* (1989), Director of Photography
- *Powwow Highway* (1989), Director of Photography
- *The Moderns* (1988), Director of Photography
- *Trouble in Mind* (1985), Director of Photography
- *Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters* (1985), Camera Operator — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/mishima-a-life-in-four-chapters.md)
- *Hard Rock Zombies* (1985), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Big Wave* (1984), Camera Operator
- *Pastoral: To Die in the Country* (1974), Camera Operator

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- Sitges Film Festival Best cinematography 2007: Sitges Film Festival Best cinematography (won), for *Sukiyaki Western Django*
- Independent Spirit Awards 1985: Best Cinematography (won), for *Trouble in Mind*

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

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