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Toyomichi Kurita

  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Additional Crew
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Toyomichi Kurita was born in 1950 in Japan. He is a cinematographer, known for Sukiyaki Western Django (2007), First Daughter (2004) and Trouble in Mind (1985).
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      • 2 wins & 3 nominations total

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    Sukiyaki Western Django (2007)
    Sukiyaki Western Django
    6.1
    • Cinematographer
    • 2007
    Katie Holmes in First Daughter (2004)
    First Daughter
    5.2
    • Cinematographer
    • 2004
    Trouble in Mind (1985)
    Trouble in Mind
    6.4
    • Cinematographer
    • 1985
    The Moderns (1988)
    The Moderns
    6.6
    • Cinematographer
    • 1988

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    Cinematographer



    • Cube (2021)
      Cube
      4.5
      • Cinematographer
      • 2021
    • The Brain Man (2013)
      The Brain Man
      6.4
      • director of photography
      • 2013
    • Cassi Davis, Natalie Desselle Reid, Loretta Devine, Shad Moss, Tamela J. Mann, Tyler Perry, Rodney Perry, Lauren London, Shannon Kane, David Mann, Isaiah Mustafa, Steven Wash Jr., Nicholas Milton, Teyana Taylor, and Benjamin 'LB' Aiken in Madea's Big Happy Family (2011)
      Madea's Big Happy Family
      4.9
      • Cinematographer
      • 2011
    • Janet Jackson, Richard T. Jones, Sharon Leal, Lamman Rucker, Jill Scott, Tasha Smith, Michael Jai White, Malik Yoba, and Tyler Perry in Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010)
      Why Did I Get Married Too?
      4.8
      • Cinematographer
      • 2010
    • Kôji Yakusho and Eita Nagayama in Toad's Oil (2009)
      Toad's Oil
      6.7
      • Cinematographer
      • 2009
    • Kathy Bates, Sanaa Lathan, Alfre Woodard, Rockmond Dunbar, Cole Hauser, Taraji P. Henson, KaDee Strickland, and Tyler Perry in The Family That Preys (2008)
      The Family That Preys
      6.0
      • Cinematographer
      • 2008
    • Janet Jackson, Richard T. Jones, Sharon Leal, Jill Scott, Tasha Smith, Michael Jai White, and Tyler Perry in Why Did I Get Married? (2007)
      Why Did I Get Married?
      5.9
      • Cinematographer
      • 2007
    • Sukiyaki Western Django (2007)
      Sukiyaki Western Django
      6.1
      • Cinematographer
      • 2007
    • Louis Gossett Jr. in Daddy's Little Girls (2007)
      Daddy's Little Girls
      5.9
      • director of photography
      • 2007
    • Masters of Horror (2005)
      Masters of Horror
      7.4
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2006
    • Cicely Tyson, Henry Simmons, Blair Underwood, Lynn Whitfield, Lisa Arrindell, Boris Kodjoe, Jenifer Lewis, Tyler Perry, Rochelle Aytes, and Keke Palmer in Madea's Family Reunion (2006)
      Madea's Family Reunion
      5.3
      • Cinematographer
      • 2006
    • Katie Holmes in First Daughter (2004)
      First Daughter
      5.2
      • director of photography
      • 2004
    • Takeshi Kitano, Tadanobu Asano, Ryûhei Matsuda, and Shinji Takeda in Taboo (1999)
      Taboo
      6.8
      • Cinematographer
      • 1999
    • Julianne Moore, Liv Tyler, Glenn Close, Chris O'Donnell, Charles S. Dutton, and Patricia Neal in Cookie's Fortune (1999)
      Cookie's Fortune
      6.8
      • director of photography
      • 1999
    • Nick Nolte, Julie Christie, Lara Flynn Boyle, and Jonny Lee Miller in Afterglow (1997)
      Afterglow
      6.0
      • Cinematographer
      • 1997

    Camera and Electrical Department



    • Ken Ogata in Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
      Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
      7.9
      • camera operator
      • 1985
    • Heather Langenkamp in Nickel Mountain (1984)
      Nickel Mountain
      6.0
      • camera operator
      • 1984
    • Night Patrol (1984)
      Night Patrol
      4.7
      • additional photographer
      • 1984
    • Hard Rock Zombies (1984)
      Hard Rock Zombies
      4.5
      • director of photography: second unit
      • 1984
    • Big Wave (1984)
      Big Wave
      6.9
      • camera operator
      • 1984
    • American Playhouse (1980)
      American Playhouse
      7.3
      TV Series
      • first assistant camera
      • 1983
    • The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979)
      The Man Who Stole the Sun
      7.5
      • assistant camera
      • 1979
    • The Woman with Two Heads (1977)
      The Woman with Two Heads
      7.1
      Short
      • camera operator
      • 1977
    • Seishun no satsujinsha (1976)
      Seishun no satsujinsha
      6.8
      • assistant camera
      • 1976
    • Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees (1975)
      Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
      7.3
      • assistant photographer
      • 1975
    • Pastoral: To Die in the Country (1974)
      Pastoral: To Die in the Country
      7.7
      • camera operator
      • 1974

    Additional Crew



    • The Depths (2010)
      The Depths
      6.3
      • pedagogical supervisor: Tokyo University of the Arts
      • 2010

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      • 1950
      • Japan

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