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Personal Details
Publicity Listings:
1 Biographical Movie
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1 Print Biography
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4 Articles
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Alternate Names:
Shuutarou Komiya | James Maki | Ernst Schwartz | Yasujiro
Height:
5' 6½" (1.69 m)
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Personal Quote:
About this time [late 1950s], CinemaScope was getting popular. I wanted to have nothing to do with it, and consequently I shot more close-ups and used shorter shots.
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Trivia:
It's often thought that he placed the camera at the eye level of a person kneeling on a Tatami mat. Actually, it's often lower than that, only one or two feet off the ground.
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Trademark:
Shots that violate the 180 degree rule (The rule states that cameras filming a conversation must stay on one side of an imaginary line drawn between two people talking or continuity will be broken).
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Star Sign:
Sagittarius