Person

Takashi Sugimoto

Lighting · Born 1975-01-01 · Japan

Biography

Born in Japan, in 1975, he studied photography at the European Design Institute (Turin), interned at the photo agency Magnum (Paris) and has a post-graduate degree in dramaturgy and film direction from the Lisbon Theatre and Film School. He was selected for the 100 Young Italian Artists – FURLA per l’arte Award 2000. His film Wakasa won the Best Short Film Image Award at IndieLisboa 2011.

Known for

Filmography

2025The Final PieceGaffer
2025Samurai FuryLighting Director
2025New Abarenbō ShōgunGaffer
2024Black GoldDirector
2024Samurai Detective Onihei: Blood for BloodGaffer
2024House of NinjasGaffer
2024Samurai Detective Onihei: Lawless LoveLighting Director
2023Okiku and the WorldGaffer
2023My Happy MarriageGaffer
2023Yudo: The Way of the BathGaffer
2022Radiation House: The MovieGaffer
2020Fukushima 50Lighting Director
2019DomínioCinematography
2019Samurai ShiftersGaffer
2019Ooku SaishushoGaffer
2018Red BladeSound Recordist
2018Nemuri Kyōshirō: The FinalGaffer
2016The ProjectsGaffer
2016Live Tropical FishDirector
2016Ama-SanSound
2016三屋清左衛門残日録Gaffer
2016Nobunaga Concerto: The MovieGaffer
2015Attack on Titan II: End of the WorldGaffer
2014Slum-PolisSound Recordist
2014Thermae Romae IIGaffer
2012A Chorus of AngelsGaffer
2012The Floating CastleGaffer
2012No Man's LandDirector of Photography
2012波の塔Gaffer
2011WakasaDirector of Photography
2010Zatoichi: The LastGaffer
2008Children of the DarkGaffer
2007Chacha: The Princess of HeavenLighting Technician
2007The Haunted SamuraiGaffer
2006The Battle at SekigaharaLighting Technician
2004IzoGaffer
1999The Woman of S.R.I.Lighting Technician
1978Abarenbo ShogunLighting Technician

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