Joji Ohara

Jōji Ohara (小原譲治, Ohara Jōji, 27 September 1902 – 24 June 1990)^[1] was a Japanese cinematographer.

Career

Born in Tokyo, Ohara entered the Kamata section of the Shochiku film studios in 1924 and was promoted to cinematographer in 1927.^[2]^[3] Ohara helped establish the modern touch of the studio's cinematography at Kamata together with Bunjirō Mizutani and Mitsuo Miura,^[4] and is known for the soft tone of his images.^[3] He regularly worked for director Heinosuke Gosho on films like The Dancing Girl of Izu, Burden of Life and An Inn at Osaka.^[2]^[3]^[5]

Ohara later worked at Tokyo Hassei Eiga, Toho, Shintoho, and Daiei Film,^[3] and shot films for directors such as Akira Kurosawa, Yasujirō Ozu, Kenji Mizoguchi, Kōzaburō Yoshimura, Masahiro Makino and Shōhei Imamura. In 1954, he received the Mainichi Film Award for Best Cinematography for his work on The Valley Between Love and Death and The Cock Crows Twice.^[6]

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Sasaki, Yoriaki (2008). "Ohara Jōji". In Iwamoto, Kenji (ed.). Sekai eiga daijiten = Encyclopedia of world cinema (in Japanese) (Shohan ed.). Tōkyō: Nihon Tosho Sentā. p. 190. ISBN 978-4-284-20084-4.
^ "上映会情報シリーズ・日本の撮影監督(2) Master Cinematographers of Japan Part 2". National Film Center (in Japanese). Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, National Film Center. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
^ Nolletti Jr., Arthur (2008). The Cinema of Gosho Heinosuke: Laughter through Tears. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-34484-7.
^ "毎日映画コンクール第9回（1954年） - 毎日新聞". Mainichi (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 April 2018.