Daisaku Kimura

CinematographerDirectorWriterActorCrew Jul 13 (age 86) Tokyo, Japan 1959–2025 (66 year career)

6.2 avg rating

Highest Rated

A Light in the Harbor

2025 · Director of Photography

9.5

Climbing to Spring

2014 · Director

8.3

Climbing to Spring

2014 · Director of Photography

8.3

Known For

Film

Yojimbo

Focus Puller

Film

Virus

Director of Photography

Film

Railroad Man

Director of Photography

Film

Falling Camellia

Director

Film

Submersion of Japan

Director of Photography

Film

A Chorus of Angels

Director of Photography

Film

Mount Hakkoda

Director of Photography

Film

Climbing to Spring

Director

Filmography

Acting (6)

Movies (6)

Photographing Mt. Tsurugi: 873 days of fierce fighting at an altitude of 3,000 meters

2009

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'

2002

as Self

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Dodes'ka-den'

2002

as Self

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'

2002

as Self

8.0

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Yojimbo'

2002

as Self

The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi

1979

as Photo Studio Staff B

6.4

Crew (62)

Movies (62)

A Light in the Harbor

2025

Director of Photography

Falling Camellia

Director

Falling Camellia

Director of Photography

7.9

Reminiscence

2017

Director of Photography

Climbing to Spring

Director

Climbing to Spring

Director of Photography

Climbing to Spring

Screenplay

A Chorus of Angels

Director of Photography

6.8

The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity

2009

Director

6.4

The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity

2009

Director of Photography

6.4

The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity

2009

Screenplay

6.4

The Haunted Samurai

2007

Director of Photography

5.0

Red Moon

2004

Director of Photography

6.0

Railroad Man

1999

Director of Photography

7.0

The Geisha House

1999

Director of Photography

7.4

Diary of Early Winter Shower

1998

Director of Photography

8.0

Abduction

1997

Director of Photography

Night Train to the Stars

1996

Director of Photography

5.7

Lost in Time

1996

Director of Photography

6.5

A Brief Message from the Heart

1995

Director of Photography

Yakuza Ladies: Blood Ties

1995

Director of Photography

6.0

Bloom in the Moonlight “The Story of Rentaro Taki”

1993

Director of Photography

5.7

Heavenly Sin

1992

Director of Photography

3.0

Midwinter Camellia

1992

Director of Photography

Yakuza Ladies Revisited

1991

Director of Photography

6.5

Ryakudatsu ai

1991

Director of Photography

3.7

Estate Inheritance

1990

Director of Photography

5.0

She-Shogun

1990

Director of Photography

Yakuza Ladies: The Final Battle

1990

Director of Photography

3.5

Buddies

1989

Director of Photography

6.9

Yakuza Ladies 3

1989

Director of Photography

6.0

A Chaos of Flowers

1988

Director of Photography

7.5

The Boss' Wife

1988

Director of Photography

5.0

Labyrinth Romanesque

1988

Director of Photography

4.5

Night Train

1987

Director of Photography

1.0

Reason For Not Divorcing

1987

Director of Photography

Too Much

Cinematography

Too Much

Director of Photography

6.4

House on Fire

1986

Director of Photography

4.1

Demon

1985

Director of Photography

7.0

Moment of Demon

1985

Director of Photography

4.8

The Yoshida School

1983

Director of Photography

Choji Snack Bar

1983

Director of Photography

7.0

The Longest Tunnel

1982

Director of Photography

Station

1981

Director of Photography

6.1

Virus

1980

Director of Photography

6.3

The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi

1979

Director of Photography

6.4

Blood Type: Blue

1978

Director of Photography

5.5

幽霊列車

1978

Director of Photography

Monument to Holy Service

1978

Director of Photography

Sugata Sanshiro

1977

Director of Photography

Mount Hakkoda

1977

Director of Photography

6.4

Tidal Wave

1975

Cinematography

Tidal Wave

1975

Director of Photography

The Beast Shall Die

1974

Director of Photography

6.0

Aoba shigereru

1974

Director of Photography

Submersion of Japan

1973

Director of Photography

6.9

The Black Battlefront Kidnappers

1973

Director of Photography

6.5

Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant

1968

Camera Production Assistant

Five Gents on the Spot

1966

Camera Production Assistant

Yojimbo

1961

Focus Puller

8.1

Fox and Raccoon

1959

Camera Department Production Assistant