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name: "Yoshio Miyajima"
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tmdb_id: 552308
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roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "3 February 1909"
died: "21 February 1998"
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# Yoshio Miyajima

## Identity

Yoshio Miyajima

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/yoshio-miyajima
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** yoshio-miyajima
- **IMDb ID:** nm0590799
- **TMDB ID:** 552308
- **Wikidata ID:** Q11454129
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshio_Miyajima, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11454129, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0590799/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/552308

Cinematographer. Born 3 February 1909 in Nagano Prefecture. Died 21 February 1998.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 3 February 1909, Nagano Prefecture
- **Died:** 21 February 1998
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshio_Miyajima, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11454129, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0590799/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/552308

## Biography

Yoshio Miyajima was a Japanese cinematographer. Born on 3 February 1909 in Nagano Prefecture, he died on 21 February 1998.

He served as director of photography on *The Human Condition* trilogy (1959–1961), *Harakiri* (1962), *Kwaidan* (1964) and *Empire of Passion* (1978). Miyajima received Mainichi Film Awards for Best Cinematography for his work on *Before Dawn* and *Kanikosen* (both 1953), the first two parts of *The Human Condition* (1959), the third part (1961) and *Kwaidan* (1964). He was active from 1929 until his death.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Harakiri* (1962), Fi1m 91, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/harakiri.md)

## Complete filmography (52)

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

- *Oretachi wa tetsuro ni ikiru* (1986), Director, Director of Photography
- *Baian the Assassin* (1981), Director of Photography
- *The Night of Martial Law* (1980), Director of Photography
- *The Fall of Ako Castle* (1978), Director of Photography
- *Empire of Passion* (1978), Director of Photography
- *The Tattered Banner* (1974), Director of Photography
- *Banner of the Young* (1970), Director of Photography
- *Ikari o utae!* (1970), Director
- *Forward, Young People!* (1969), Director of Photography
- *Young People* (1968), Director of Photography
- *Kwaidan* (1965), Director of Photography
- *Cheollima* (1964), Director
- *Harakiri* (1962), Director of Photography — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/harakiri.md)
- *Love Under the Crucifix* (1962), Director of Photography
- *The Weavers of Nishijin* (1961), Director of Photography
- *The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer* (1961), Director of Photography
- *A Woman’s Uphill Slope* (1960), Director of Photography
- *The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity* (1959), Director of Photography
- *Night of the Suspicions* (1959), Director of Photography
- *Diary of Forsaken Love* (1959), Director of Photography
- *The Human Condition I: No Greater Love* (1959), Director of Photography
- *The Naked Sun* (1958), Director of Photography
- *Beyond the Seasonal Wind* (1958), Director of Photography
- *Firefly Light* (1958), Director of Photography
- *Harbor Rats* (1957), Director of Photography
- *Stepbrothers* (1957), Director of Photography
- *Yellow Crow* (1957), Director of Photography
- *Actress* (1956), Director of Photography
- *Twice on a Certain Night* (1956), Director of Photography
- *Wedding Day* (1956), Director of Photography
- *The Beauty and the Dragon* (1955), Director of Photography
- *If Indeed One Loves* (1955), Director of Photography
- *Women of Ginza* (1955), Director of Photography
- *Wakai hito-tachi* (1954), Director of Photography
- *Cape Ashizuri* (1954), Director of Photography
- *Before Dawn* (1953), Director of Photography
- *The Cannery Boat* (1953), Director of Photography
- *Murahachibu* (1953), Director of Photography
- *Violence* (1952), Director of Photography
- *Still I Live On* (1951), Director of Photography
- *A Woman's Life* (1949), Director of Photography
- *War and Peace* (1947), Director of Photography
- *The Dawn of Freedom* (1944), Director of Photography
- *Story of Leadership* (1941), Director of Photography
- *The Burning Sky* (1940), Director of Photography
- *Madam with a Ribbon* (1939), Director of Photography
- *The Town* (1939), Director of Photography
- *Beautiful Departure* (1939), Director of Photography
- *Family Diary Part II* (1938), Director of Photography
- *Family Diary Part I* (1938), Director of Photography
- *Pastoral Symphony* (1938), Director of Photography
- *Japanese Women's Textbook* (1937), Director of Photography

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