The Mainichi Film Award for Best Cinematography is a film award given at the Mainichi Film Awards.
Year Cinematographer Film 1946 Mikiya Tachibana Hinoki Butai 1947 Mitsuo Miura Ima Hitotabi no 1948 Takeo Itō Drunken Angel 1949 Asakazu Nakai Aoi sanmyakuStray Dog 1950 Akira Mimura Escape at Dawn 1951 Masao Tamai Repast 1952 Kazuo Miyagawa Nishijin no ShimaiThousand Cranes 1953 Yoshio Miyajima Before the DawnKanikōsen 1954 Jōji Obara Ai to Shi no TanimaNiwatori wa Futatabi Naku 1955 Hiroshi Kusuda She Was Like a Wild ChrysanthemumTōi Kumo 1956 Mitsuo Miura The Legend of the White SerpentNeko to Shōzō to Futari no Onna 1957 Hiroyuki Nagaoka Kichigai BurakuSeigiha 1958 Saburō Isayama Hi no Ataru Sakamichi 1959 Yoshio Miyajima The Human Condition 1960 Kazuo Miyagawa Her Brother 1961 Yoshio Miyajima A Soldier's Prayer 1962 Yūharu Atsuta An Autumn Afternoon 1963 Tōichirō Narushima Twin Sisters of Kyoto 1964 Shinsaku Himeda Unholy Desire 1965 Yoshio Miyajima Kwaidan 1966 Masahiko Iimura Umi no KotoIchiman Sanzen-nin no Yōgisha 1967 Hiroshi Takemura SekishunPortrait of Chieko 1968 Kiyomi Kuroda KuronekoTsuyomushi Onna to Yowamushi Otoko 1969 Kōzō Okazaki Goyokin 1970 Asakazu Nakai Akazukin Chan Ki o Tsukete 1971 Kōzō Okazaki Inn of Evil 1972 Noritaka Sakamoto The RendezvousTabi no Omosa 1973 Noritaka Sakamoto Tsugaru Jongara Bushi 1974 Kōzō Okazaki Karei Naru IchizokuNemu no Ki no Uta 1975 Kōzō Okazaki KasekiI Am a Cat 1976 Kiyoshi Hasegawa The Inugami Family 1977 Kazuo Miyagawa Ballad of Orin 1978 Takashi Kawamata The IncidentThe Demon 1979 Setsuo Kobayashi Nomugi Pass 1980 Kazue Nagatsuka Zigeunerweisen 1981 Daisaku Kimura Station 1982 Masaki Tamura Farewell to the Land 1983 Akira Shiizuka Antarctica 1984 Kazuo Miyagawa MacArthur's Children 1985 Yonezō Maeda SorekaraCheckers in Tan Tan TanukiYabanjin no Yō ni 1986 Yoshihiro Yamazaki A PromiseRikon Shinai Onna 1987 Yukio Isohata Eiga Joyū 1988 Junichirō Hayashi Wuthering HeightsKyōshū 1989 Fujio Morita Rikyu 1990 Takao SaitoShōji Ueda Dreams 1991 Tetsuo Takaha My Sons 1992 Kōichi Kawakami The River with No Bridge 1993 Takeshi Hamada We Are Not Alone 1994 Naoki Kayano 800 Two Lap Runners 1995 Tatsuo Suzuki Sharaku 1996 Osame Maruike Sleeping Man 1997 Daisaku Kimura Yūkai Masaki Tamura Suzaku2/Duo 1998 Hideo Yamamoto Hana-biThe Bird People in China 1999 Yoshitaka Sakamoto Jubaku: Spellbound 2000 Shōji Ueda After the Rain 2001 Masakazu Fujisawa InugamiTurnKoko ni Irukoto 2002 Mutsuo Naganuma The Twilight Samurai 2003 Norimichi Kasamatsu My HouseSayonara, KuroAkame 48 Waterfalls 2004 Kazuhiro Suzuki VibratorKikansha SenseiGirlfriendKokoro to Karada 2005 Kōzō Shibasaki Always Sanchōme no Yūhi 2006 Kōichi Kawakami The Blossoming of Kamiya Etsuko 2007 Hideo Nakano The Mourning Forest 2008 Tomohiko Tsuji United Red Army 2009 Daisaku Kimura Mt. Tsurugidake 2010 Ryūto Kondō Sketches of Kaitan City 2011 Nobuyasu Kita Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai 2012 Akiko Ashizawa Chronicle of My Mother 2013 Takahiro Imai The Backwater 2014 Shiguma Makoto Pale Moon 2015 Masakazu Fujisawa Solomon's Perjury 2016 Kōichi Saitō 64: Part I & 64: Part II 2017 Yōichi Kamakari The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue 2018 Yūta Tsukinaga Mori, The Artist's Habitat 2019 Christopher Doyle They Say Nothing Stays the Same 2020 Hiromitsu Nishimura Underdog 2021 Norimichi Kasamatsu Under the Open Sky 2022 Yūta Tsukinaga Small, Slow But Steady 2023 Yōichi Kamakari The Moon 2024 Naoya Ikeda 11 Rebels 2025 Sofian El Fani Kokuho
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