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Toyomichi Kurita

Name in Native Language: "栗田豊通" (Japanese/JA)
Cinematographer | * 1950 (74) | Mito (Japan)
Toyomichi Kurita (栗田 豊道 Kurita Toyomichi; born 1950) is a Japanese cinematographer who has worked in both Japan and the United States. Kurita won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography for Trouble in Mind (1985) with two additional nominations for The Moderns (1988) and Powwow Highway (1989), and was nominated for a Japanese Academy Award for his work on Nagisa Oshima's 1999 film Taboo. He has collaborated with directors like Oshima, Alan Rudolph, Paul Schrader, Tyler Perry, Robert Altman, and Takashi Miike. He is an alumnus of the American Film Institute Conservatory. ()
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Toyomichi Kurita (born 1950 in Mito, Ibaraki, Japan) is a Japanese cinematographer who has worked in both Japan and the USA. He has frequently worked with American directors, Alan Rudolph and Tyler Perry, after graduating from the AFI Conservancy in 1981. In Japan, he has frequently collaborated with Takashi Miike.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

Samantha MacKenzie, the daughter of the president of the United States, arrives at college with a group of Secret Service agents. Samantha, however, resents their presence and decides she wants to att ...

First Daughter

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2004 | 3.1/5 | 1h 45min
Kids & Family, Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
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The lives of an ex-con, a coffee-shop owner, and a young couple looking to make it rich intersect in the hypnotic Rain City. ...

Trouble in Mind

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1985 | 2.9/5 | 1h 51min
Crime, Drama, Comedy
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Nick Hart is a struggling American artist who lives amongst the expatriate community in 1920s Paris. He spends most of his time drinking and socializing in local café's and pestering gallery owner Li ...

The Moderns

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1988 | 3.0/5 | 2h 6min
Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
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A nameless gunfighter arrives in a town ripped apart by rival gangs and, though courted by both to join, chooses his own path. ...

Sukiyaki Western Django

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2007 | 3.2/5 | 2h 1min
Adventure, Action, Comedy, Western, Thriller
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Movies with Toyomichi Kurita as Actor(1)

as himself2010 Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind

Movies with Toyomichi Kurita as Crew(26)

Crew/Cinematography2011 Madea's Big Happy Family
Crew/Cinematography2010 Why Did I Get Married Too?
Crew/Cinematography2007 Why Did I Get Married?
Camera/Director of Photography2007 Sukiyaki Western Django
Camera/Director of Photography2007 Daddy's Little Girls
Camera/Director of Photography2006 Madea's Family Reunion
Camera/Director of Photography2006 IMPRINT
Camera/Director of Photography2004 First Daughter
Camera/Director of Photography1999 Cookie's Fortune
Camera/Director of Photography1999 Taboo
Camera/Director of Photography1997 Afterglow
Camera/Director of Photography1996 Crime of the Century
Camera/Director of Photography1996 Infinity
Camera/Director of Photography1995 Waiting to Exhale
Camera/Director of Photography1994 Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee
Camera/Director of Photography1993 Moving
Camera/Director of Photography1991 A Rage in Harlem
Camera/Director of Photography1991 Grand Isle
Camera/Director of Photography1990 Shadow of China
Camera/Director of Photography1989 Blood Red
Camera/Director of Photography1989 Powwow Highway
Camera/Director of Photography1988 The Moderns
Camera/Second Unit Director of Photography1985 Hard Rock Zombies
Camera/Director of Photography1985 Trouble in Mind
Crew/Cinematography1985 Trouble in Mind
Camera/Camera Operator1984 Big Wave

Citizenship: Japan
Born: 1950 in Mito (Japan) (current age: 74 years)
Languages: Japanese (JA)
Educated at: AFI Conservatory
Other names for Toyomichi Kurita (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"くりた とよみち" (Kana/Japanese)
Toyomichi Kurita frequently works together with these people:
Tyler Perry (20x, Crew)
Alan Rudolph (7x, Crew)
Forest Whitaker (6x, Actor)
Steven Legler (5x, Crew)
David Blocker (4x, Crew)
Mark Isham (4x, Crew)
Maysie Hoy (4x, Crew)
Keith G. Lewis (4x, Crew)
Reuben Cannon (4x, Crew)
Carolyn Pfeiffer (4x, Crew)
Matthew Broderick (3x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:952058, Added: 11/22/2018, Last updated: 04/14/2024