Kazuo Yamada

Nascimento : 1919-03-25, Tokyo, Japan

Morte : 2006-01-29

Filmes

Encontros e Desencontros
Hospital Receptionist
Bob Harris (Bill Murray) é uma estrela de cinema, que está em Tóquio para fazer um comercial de uísque. Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson), por sua vez, está na cidade acompanhando seu marido, um fotógrafo workaholic (Giovanni Ribisi) que a deixa sozinha o tempo todo. Sofrendo com o horário, Bob e Charlotte não conseguem dormir. Eles se encontram, por acaso, no bar de um hotel de luxo, e em pouco tempo tornam-se grandes amigos. Resolvem então partir pela cidade juntos. A eles junta-se uma jovem atriz chamada Kelly (Anna Faris), com quem vão viver algumas aventuras pela cidade de Tóquio.
Onmitsu Doshin: The Edo Secret Police
Director of Photography
A group of warriors decide to unite to help the oppressed masses. Disguised as ordinary people, they are dedicated to fighting evil till the end.
Onna no hanamichi
Cinematography
Incident at Blood Pass
Director of Photography
In the Edo period, a nameless ronin accepts an assignment to go to a mountain pass and wait. Near the pass he stops at an inn where a collection of characters gather, including a gang set on stealing shogunate gold that's soon to come over the pass. When the Ronin's assignment becomes clear, to help the gang, he's ordered to kill the inn's residents, including a woman he's rescued from an abusive husband. He's reluctant to murder innocent people; then he learns that the gold shipment is a trap and he's part of a double cross. How he sorts through these divided loyalties tests of his samurai honor, and perhaps of his love for a woman.
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
Director of Photography
Near the end of the nineteenth century, as the balance of power shifts from Shogunate towards the Emperor, Japan restlessly awaits the dawning of a new age. But not all are content...The Shinsengumi, a small army of samurai, farmers and peasants, band together to do battle against the tide of history. Their leader, Isami Kondo is a man who rises from farmer to fighter to head the fierce Shinsengumi brigade. Using a stern hand and a heart of gold, he rallies his men in defense of the tottering Shogunate. But bloodshed and treachery lurk around every corner.
Portrait of Hell
Director of Photography
The story, set in the Heian era, depicts the conflict between Korean painter Yoshihide (Nakadai) and his Japanese patron, the cruel and egotistical daimyo Horikawa (Nakamura). It is based on the 1918 short story Hell Screen by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa.
Samurai Banners
Director of Photography
Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He enters the service of Takeda, the lord of Kai domain. He convinces Takeda to kill the lord of neighboring Suwa and take his wife as a concubine. He then convinces the widow, Princess Yu, to accept this arrangement and to bear Takeda a son. He pledges them his life. He then spends years using treachery, poetic sensibility, military and political strategy to expand Takeda's realm, advance the claim of Yu's son as the heir, and prepare for an ultimate battle with the forces of Echigo. Has Kansuke overreached? Are his dreams, blinded by love, too big?
Admiral Yamamoto
Director of Photography
As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is appointed supreme commander of the Japanese fleet. With Japan headed inexorably toward war, Yamamoto, despite his misgivings, believes the only possible victory lies in destroying the American fleet by surprise at Pearl Harbor. The attack succeeds, but fails to sink the American carrier fleet. Thus Yamamoto must lead the Japanese navy into war with ever-diminishing likelihood of success.
Golden Eyes
Director of Photography
A killer-for-hire gets mixed up with a cast of wacky characters involved in a gold smuggling route from Beirut to Tokyo.
O Filho de Godzilla
Director of Photography
Em uma ilha tropical, cientistas estão conduzindo experimentos meteorológicos e encontram louva-a-deuses gigantescos e uma aranha gigante que estão atacando o filho de Godzilla, que chega para defender a sua prole.
Rebelião Samurai
Director of Photography
A mãe do único herdeiro de um senhor feudal é raptada para longe do marido pelo lorde. O marido e o seu pai samurai devem decidir se acatam a decisão injusta ou arriscam a morte para recuperá-la.
Ebirah, Terror dos Abismos
Director of Photography
Um cruzeiro marítimo vai mal quando um acidente em uma ilha tropical sujeita a tripulação a encontrar um exército que quer dominar o mundo. Enquanto eles tentam sair vivos, Godzilla luta contra um monstro marinho gigante que habita as águas e só pode ser mantido afastado pelo suco de uma fruta que cresce na ilha.
Rise Against the Sword
Director of Photography
Farmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. He raises an army of farmers to fight them and does so brilliantly. When Lord Asakura sees the success Goemon has achieved, he attempts to recruit him to fight in a conflict between Asakura and another clan. Goemon refuses, and Lord Asakura sets out to destroy him.
O que Há, Tigresa?
Director of Photography
Woody Allen, em seu cômico filme de estréia, comprou um filme japonês de espionagem (008 Contra a Grande Chantagem (A Chave das Chaves) (1965)), removeu as vozes e gravou falas de sua própria autoria. Sem se importar nem um pouco com o roteiro original, o filme então tem sua trama, seu enredo, voltado para uma receita secreta de Salada de Ovos!
Zero Fighter
Cinematography
Japanese war movie.
Adventure in Kigan Castle
Director of Photography
Osami, a soldier-of-fortune from Japan, joins with priest Ensai in a quest for the ashes of the great Buddha. Their journey takes them to a kingdom in the Middle East, where they find intrigue and romance in the court of an evil king.
008 Contra a Grande Chantagem (A Chave das Chaves)
Director of Photography
É o 4º de cinco filmes da série "Kokusai himitsu keisatsu". É uma paródia dos filmes de espionagem no estilo James Bond. Foi usado por Woody Allen, junto com cenas do 3º filme da série, em um de seus primeiros filmes, 'O que Há, Tigresa? (1966)', onde o diálogo original é substituído por uma dublagem em inglês transformando num enredo sobre uma receita secreta de Salada de Ovos.
A Keg of Powder
Director of Photography
In the third installment in the "Kokusai himitsu keisatsu" series, agent Jiro Kitami investigates the mysterious disappearance of a prominent scientist. Edited into Woody Allen's "What's Up, Tiger Lily?" along with the 4th film in the series, "Key of Keys".
Whirlwind
Director of Photography
Set at the end of the Siege of Osaka this film follows the exploits of several members of the defeated Toyotomi clan as they cope with the post battle chaos and the persecution of the Shogun's army. Five samurai decide on different fates when it becomes clear that their side is being destroyed. One wants to attack the enemy head on in a final honorable death. Another decides to commit hari-kiri but wants to find a glorious view to do it. His close friend, the "coward", just wants to run and give up the life of a samurai. The final two set their own castle on fire to garner favors from the enemy and therefore avert their own death during the massacre of all defeated soldiers as
Young Swordsman
Director of Photography
This Japanese action-adventure is set in the 17th century when all forms of swordplay were banned. One fighter, an excellent swordsman believes the law is unfair. His brother keeps his opinions about the law to himself. The swordsman vents his frustration by cutting off the thumbs of an enemy. The fighter is then banished. To live, he becomes a thief. To restore the family's lost honor, the other brother is forced to challenge the fighter to a duel.
Outpost of Hell
Cinematography
The fifth film of the desperado outpost series directed by Senkichi Taniguchi
Attack Squadron
Director of Photography
Lt. Col. Senda resists the idea of sending Japanese fighter pilots on suicide missions. He believes that what is really necessary for Japan to regain momentum in the war is for the air force to gather its most brilliant pilots into an elite squadron and use the unit to pinpoint attacks on the Americans. Disrespected by the kamikaze pilots who think the "non-suicidal" pilots are afraid, the unit redeems itself by stunning victories. But success leads the military leaders to expect too much of the unit, and new orders portend disaster.
47 Ronin
Director of Photography
The story tells of a group of samurai who were left leaderless (becoming ronin) after their daimyo (feudal lord) was forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide) for assaulting a court official named Kira Yoshinaka, whose title was Kōzuke no suke. The ronin avenged their master's honor after patiently waiting and planning for over a year to kill Kira. In turn, the ronin were themselves forced to commit seppuku for committing the crime of murder.
The Youth and His Amulet
Cinematography
Gen is a lonely orphan boy. His sole sense of companionship comes from an imaginary friend, the god Prince Fudo-Myo. Prince Fudo-Myo comes to the boy's rescue in times of difficulty.
Blood on the Sea
Director of Photography
Four fishermen friends are caught up in a piracy plot.
Daredevil in the Castle
Director of Photography
During the raging war between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans, the swordsman Mohei (whose family has been completely decimated) is recruited by Toyotomi to overcome the seat of power, Osaka Castle. Mohei's daredevil skills will be put to severe tests.
Storm Over the Pacific
Director of Photography
Lt. Koji Kitami is a navigator-bombardier in Japan's Naval Air Force. He participates in the Japanese raid on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in 1941 and is welcomed with pride in his hometown on his return. As Japan racks up victory after victory in the Pacific War, Kitami is caught up in the emotion of the time and fights courageously for the standard of Japanese honor. But his assuredness of his government's righteousness is shaken after the Japanese navy is defeated in the debacle of Midway.
The Secret of the Telegian
Director of Photography
Men are being murdered by a psycho called "The Telegian," who uses a matter-transmitting device to locate his victims.
The Last Gunfight
Director of Photography
Japanese police detective Saburo Fujioka is suspected of corruption, demoted, and sent to the city of Kojin. Kojin is the scene of fierce fighting between rival gangs. Fujioka is assigned to investigate the death of the wife of gangster Tetsuo Maruyama of the Kozuka gang, probably at the hands of one of the Oka gang. During a gang gunfight, Maruyama is rescued by Detective Fujioka and the two become friends. But Maruyama insists on avenging his wife's murder, even if it means conflict with his new friend.
Samurai Saga
Director of Photography
Edmund Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac, transplanted to Japan. A poet-warrior with an oversized nose (matched only by his great heart) loves a lady. But she sees him only as a friend, so he helps another man to woo her by giving him the poetry of his own heart.
The Rickshaw Man
Director of Photography
The story of Muhōmatsu, a rickshaw man who becomes a surrogate father to the child of a recently widowed woman.
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)
Director of Photography
Historical drama about a sleep-eyed ronin
O Samurai Dominante 3: Duelo na Ilha Ganryu
Cinematography
Neste terceiro filme da Trilogia do Samurai de Hiroshi Inagaki (baseado no livro "Musashi" de Eiji Yoshikawa), Musashi (Toshirô Mifune) é desafiado pelo confiante e habilidoso Sasaki Kojiro (Koji Tsuruta), com o qual duelará dentro de um ano. Neste período decide viver nos arredores de uma vila cultivando legumes, enquanto ainda é perseguido por Otsu (Kaoru Yachigusa) e Akemi (Mariko Okada), ambas apaixonadas por ele. Conforme a data do duelo se aproxima, Musashi é forçado a tomar uma decisão que concilie ou não seus sentimentos por Otsu e sua paixão pelo caminho do guerreiro, ao mesmo tempo que se prepara para o maior desafio de sua vida.
No Response from Car 33
Cinematography
Film directed by Senkichi Taniguchi
A Man Among Men
Director of Photography
Gangsters Ken and Maki are rivals in the ticket-scalping game. They make an uneasy truce, but Ken wrecks the truce by agreeing to fix a boxing match in which Maki has an interest in one of the fighters. After a terrible brawl, the two gangsters discover that they have both been played for suckers by their bosses. They join forces to turn the tables on the bosses.
Ghost Man
Cinematography
A ghost man with his face hidden entirely by bandages is killing beautiful nude models. Detective Kindaichi investigates.
Jirocho in Disgrace
Director of Photography
Farewell Rabaul
Director of Photography
This is a film about a Naval Air Corps Director who hates the war. Director Honda uses this film to ask the question "What is war?", showing the human bonds between Japan and America, Japanese military tactics which had little regard for life, and the attitude of Japanese military personnel who treated their actions as if they were just doing a job. This film contains few battle scenes, concentrating instead on the love stories of young officers and female members of the community in this lonely air base.
Eagle of the Pacific
Director of Photography
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grave misgivings about leading Japan's navy into war with the United States. He opposes the attack on Pearl Harbor, but, overruled, he leads his forces to the best of his ability.
Kisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-Maker
Cinematography
1953 jidaigeki directed by Nobuo Nakagawa of Jigoku and Ghost of Yotsuya fame.
Jirocho's Home-Coming
Director of Photography
Her Captive Gamblers
Director of Photography
Sunflower Girl
Cinematography
Young Setsuko Fujino begins a new job at Tokyo Chemical Company. She likes her boss, Ippei Hitachi, and enjoys serving him tea, despite the fact that her fellow workers think the women employees should not have to act in such a servile manner. When the women go on strike over the issue, Setsuko finds herself caught in the middle. When the heir to the company, Ryosuke Tanabe, proposes marriage to Setsuko, she is honored, but realizes that her real affection is for Hitachi.
Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
Director of Photography
Jirocho the gambler hits the road.
Jirocho Rises in Fame
Director of Photography
The rise of the famed gambler.
Swift Current
Cinematography
Forbidden Path
Director of Photography
Okuni and Gohei
Director of Photography
A high-born woman named Okuni travels around the country with Gohei, a samurai retainer who is in service to her. They are in search of Tomonojo, who has killed the man who was Okuni’s husband and Gohei’s master, and they cannot return to their lord’s home until they have fulfilled their duty of hunting down and killing Tomonojo.
赤道祭
Director of Photography
Wakôdo no uta
Director of Photography
The White Orchid
Director of Photography
A Japanese adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's short story Boule de Suif, directed by Kimura Keigo
Cão Danado
Assistant Camera
Murukami, um jovem investigador de homicídios, é roubado em um ônibus e perde sua pistola. Ele começa uma busca insana atrás de sua preciosa arma, sem sucesso, até receber a ajuda de um sábio e mais experiente detetive chamado Sato. Clássico noir do mestre Akira Kurosawa, que redefiniu o padrão de filmes policiais japoneses. (e 12 - Estimado 12 Anos)