Minoru Maeda

参加作品

スパイ
Director of Photography
Based on true events surrounding a Korean student who had entered Japan unlawfully and escaped illegal alien internment.
武器なき斗い
Director of Photography
It's a story of the life of a man who advocated the necessity of sex education to children, which was unusual at the time, solely opposed to the amendment of the Peace Preservation Law, and was assassinated by a rightist prior to his opposition speech.
人間の壁
Director of Photography
Drama which shows the struggle of Fumiko, a female teacher, at work and at home.
荷車の歌
Cinematography
A lifetime story of a woman who stubbornly lives in a poor mountain village in post-war Japan.
あやに愛しき
Director of Photography
The story of a novelist whose wife is confined in a mental hospital. His love for her drives him to write about her, though he runs into trouble when her parents accuse him of cashing in on her misfortune.
太陽のない街
Director of Photography
日の果て
Director of Photography
Based on Philippines war experiences. Military doctor Leutenant Hanada deserts with a local girl. The officer in command orders Lieutenant Uji to shoot Hanada. Uji takes a sharpshooter called Takagi and tracks him. At first Uji cannot forgive Hanada but as Uji is isolated from the main force he too starts to think of desertion.
真空地帯
Director of Photography
士官の財布を盗んだとして、木谷は陸軍刑務所に二年間服役。出所した木谷は軍の内務班に復帰した。班の内部では班長をはじめ古参兵たちが、初年兵をいじめていた。特に一等兵の會田は大学出ということもあり、日常的に暴力を受けていた。しかし木谷だけはそんないじめには加担していなかった。會田は木谷に好意を寄せ親しくなるが、木谷が野戦送りの人員に選ばれることを知ってしまう。木谷が刑務所へ送られたのも、野戦送りの人員に選ばれたのも、すべては派閥争いによるものだった。
箱根風雲録
Director of Photography
A period film about a peasant revolt in the region near Mount Fuji, occasioned by high officials' depriving the farmers of their water rights.