Biography
Kenji Takama J.S.C. (born March 10, 1949 in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese cinematographer. Takama is a member of the Japanese Society of Cinematographers. As a student at Tokyo Metropolitan University, Kenji Takama first studied Economics. Later, he began working as a camera assistant at Wakamatsu Productions and began shooting commercials, leading to his first assignment as a director of photography on the film Gassan (1978). He received a scholarship to the Artists' Training Program of the Culture Agency, and moved to Hollywood, and then to New York. While in the United States, he trained under a number of cinematographers: Harry Wolf for Little House On The Prairie, John Alonzo for Blue Thunder, John Alcott for The Beast Master, Vilmos Zsigmond for Table For Five, Owen Roizman for Tootsie, and Gordon Willis for Broadway Danny Rose (IMDb, 2019).
After returning to Japan, he worked primarily with younger directors such as Naoto Yamakawa, Shusuke Kaneko, Shun Nakahara and Fran Kuzui. He received the best photography award twice at the Yokohama Film Festival: for Summer Vacation 1999 (1988) and Misty Kid Of Wind (1988). At the Osaka Film Festival, he won best cinematography honors for A High School Teacher and Hear The Duck's Song (1993). He also received the Best photography by children Julie at Poland Film Festival for Naran (1995) and was nominated for best photography at the Japanese Academy Award for Welcome Back, Mr. Macdonald (1997). Further, a Japanese Academy Award nom (1998) for 'Rajio no jikan'.
Filmography
all 72
Movies 70
Director 8
TV Shows 2
Doll Woman (2024)
Go! Go! Sakura Club (2023)
Revolution+1 (2022)
When I Opened the Door to That Garden (2022)
祈り ―幻に長崎を想う刻― (2021)
The Land Beyond the Starry Sky (2021)
The Manga Master (2019)
Life on the Longboard 2nd Wave (2019)
Vamp (2019)
I Will Never Forgive (2018)
The Wind in Your Heart (2017)
Blossoming Into a Family (2017)
Kyoto Elegy (2014)
Eat and Sleep Together, Live Together (2014)
Yokohama Story (2013)
Jazz G Men (2011)
Journey of a Dying Wife (2011)
Haru's Journey (2010)
Pro Bono (2010)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (2009)
Pride (2009)
Peeping Tom (2008)
You'll Die Six Hours Later (2008)
Cinderella Formula (2008)
扉は閉ざされたまま (2008)
Death Note: The Last Name (2006)
9/10 (2006)
God's Left Hand, Devil's Right Hand (2006)
Life on the Longboard (2005)
Taga kokoro nimo ryu wa nemuru (2005)
Holyland (2005)
Synesthesia (2005)
Fantastipo (2005)
Perfect Education 5: Amazing Story (2004)
Road 88: Deaiji shikoku e (2004)
Shirayuri Club Tokyo e iku (2003)
Iden & Tity (2003)
Hotel Hibiscus (2002)
All About Our House (2001)
Merdeka 17805 (2001)
Crossfire (2000)
Nabbie's Love (1999)
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997)
Tokimeki Memorial (1997)
Shizuka na ayashii gogo ni (1997)
Fly Boys, Fly! (1995)
Naran (1995)
Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995)
Sanctuary (1995)
Shoot! (1994)
High School Teacher (1993)
I Can Hear the Duck Singing (1993)
The Gentle 12 (1991)
All's Quiet on the Recruit Front (1991)
Traffic Jam (1991)
! [ai-ou] (1991)
Hong Kong Paradise (1990)
Why Do I Choose? (1989)
Misty Kid of Wind – The Glass Cape (1989)
Rasuto kyabaree (1988)
Tokyo Pop (1988)
Summer Vacation 1999 (1988)
The New Morning of Billy the Kid (1986)
Shocking! in Japan -by G.F.Bigo- (1984)
History: The Age of the Nuclear Chaos (1983)
Gassan (1979)
Atman (1975)
Semi-dokyumento: Kinpatsu-gari (1974)
Gushing Prayer (1971)
The Hateful Beast (1970)
Shinjuku Mad (1970)
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GenderMale
Birthday1949-03-10 (75 years old)
Birth PlaceSuginami, Tokyo, Japan
CitizenshipsJapan
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