Yasu Tanida

Movies

Stretch
Director of Photography
A hard-luck limo driver struggling to go straight and pay off a debt to his bookie takes on a job with a crazed passenger whose sought-after ledger implicates some seriously dangerous criminals.
The Retrieval
Cinematography
On the outskirts of the Civil War, a boy is sent north by a bounty hunter gang to retrieve a wanted man.
Rounds
Cinematography
Music, beer and pick-up basketball games set the backdrop as three friends struggle withs relationships, money and the pursuit of happiness.
Violent Blue
Director of Photography
Katarina is a music teacher obsessed with an unfinished symphony. She worries about her brother, Ondrej an introverted inventor whose financiers are reputedly shady and dangerous. Then one day, her ex-husband Pietro shows up in her house and locks her in a cage.
The Hiding
Director of Photography
When tragedy strikes a family on the verge of a new beginning, they are forced to face the demons of their past in order to still have a chance at a future.
Down the P.C.H.
Director of Photography
After serving a two-year prison sentence for alleged drug dealing, 26-year-old Garrett realizes his famous parents have all but disowned him. He is determined to re-unite with his 16-year-old brother Noah, and get his life back on track, using $ 30,000 in cash he had stashed away. Garrett soon discovers the money is gone, his parents are acting suspicious, and his brother has run away. He must make a choice to move on or risk his life saving his family.
Within
Director of Photography
8 explorers trapped in a Russian cave system are hunted by an unknown presence.
Until the Night
Director of Photography
Filmmaker Gregory Hatanaka fashions a stunning film about love and excess. Robert is a writer who hasn't done much writing lately; instead, he's busy pushing the envelope with his toxic mix of boredom, drugs and a dalliance with a married woman, Elizabeth. In spite of Elizabeth's marital status, Robert falls for her completely -- a commitment that just may blow up in his face, along with the rest of his life.