Shinsaku Himeda Explained

Shinsaku Himeda
Birth Date:	19 November 1916
Birth Place:	Kakogawa, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Occupation:	cinematographer^[1]

was a Japanese cinematographer from Kakogawa, Hyōgo Prefecture.^[2]

Himeda dropped out of Teikoku Art University and started working as an assistant cameraman at the Nikkatsu Tamagawa studio in 1937.^[3] In 1949, he promoted to cinematographer.^[3] He moved to Nikkatsu film company in 1954 and often worked with Shōhei Imamura.^[4] In 1964, Himeda received the Mainichi Film Award for Best Cinematography award for his work in Unholy Desire.^[5]

He received an Oscar nomination for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography along with Charles F. Wheeler, Osamu Furuya and Masamichi Satoh for his work in Tora! Tora! Tora!.^{[6] [7]}

He left Nikkatsu and became a freelance cinematographer in 1978.^[3] In 1980, he won the Best Cinematographer award at the 3rd Japan Academy Film Prize for his work in Vengeance Is Mine.

Filmography

• Haha Kobai (1949)
• Keisatsu Nikki (1955)
• Red Quay (1958)
• My Second Brother (1959)
• Mutekiga Ore o Yondeiru (1960)
• Pigs and Battleships (1961)
• A Killer Without a Grave (1961)
• Foundry Town (1962)
• The Insect Woman (1963)
• Unholy Desire (1964)
• The Pornographers (1966)
• Higashi Shinakai (1968)
• Savage Wolf Pack (1969)
• Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
• Men and War (1970)
• Ichijo's Wet Lust (1972)
• Front Row Life (1972)
• The World of Geisha (1973)
• Lovers Are Wet (1973)
• Failed Youth aka Bitterness of Youth (1974)
• Tokyo Emmanuelle (1975)
• Proof of the Man (1977)
• Never Give up (1978)
• Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
• Tempyō no Iraka (1980)
• Eijanaika (1981)
• To Trap a Kidnapper (1982)
• Abunai Deka (1987)
• Hachiko Monogatari (1987)
• Hotarugawa (1987)
• Hana no Furu Goro (1989)
• Futaridake no Island (1991)

Honours

• Nihon Eiga Gijyutsu Award for Best Cinemagraphy (1964, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1982)^{[8] [3]}
• Mainichi Film Award for Best Cinematography – Unholy Desire (1964^[3])
• Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Cinematographer – Vengeance Is Mine(1980^[9])
• Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Cinematographer – To Trap a Kidnapper (1983^[10])
• Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Cinematographer – Hotarugawa (1987^[11])
• Order of the Sacred Treasure 4th Class (1992)^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 予告-名匠 神代辰巳監督 衝撃の長編デビュー作『かぶりつき人生』が初のソフト化！大阪を舞台にしたストリッパー母娘の人間ドラマ. シネフィル. ja. 25 November 2021.
2. Web site: Shinsaku Himeda. Goo. ja. 25 November 2021.
3. Web site: 20世紀日本人名事典「姫田 真左久」の解説. kotobank. ja. 25 November 2021.
4. Web site: 今村昌平を支えた職人魂生誕100年 キャメラマン・姫田眞左久の仕事. 神保町シアター Shogakukan. ja. 25 November 2021.
5. Web site: 毎日映画コンクール 第19回（1964年. Mainichi Shimbun. ja. 25 November 2021.
6. Web site: 姫田真佐久. 映画COM. ja. 25 November 2021.
7. Web site: The 43rd Academy Awards. Academy Awards. 25 November 2021.
8. Web site: 日本映画技術賞受賞者一覧. MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION ENGINEERING SOCIETY OF JAPAN INC. ja. 25 November 2021.
9. Web site: 第3回日本アカデミー賞. Japan Academy Film Prize Association. ja. 25 November 2021.
10. Web site: 第6回日本アカデミー賞. Japan Academy Film Prize Association. ja. 25 November 2021.
11. Web site: 第11回日本アカデミー賞. Japan Academy Film Prize Association. ja. 25 November 2021.