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Akira Yamanouchi

Akira Yamanouchi

2 films · 128 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19711973

Born 11 July 1921 · Tokyo, Japan · died 29 October 1993

How their films are shot

Measured across 128 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Akira takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 2 films we hold, 52% of their frames are day, 53% natural — the look of the work Akira takes.

Time of day

Day52%
Night34%
Golden hour6%
Dusk5%

Lighting

Natural53%
Low key34%
Silhouette9%

Shot size

Wide33%
Medium31%
Closeup21%
Establishing8%

Camera angle

Eye level80%
Low angle12%
High angle7%

Mood

Neutral65%
Tense19%
Ominous10%
Lonely4%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 128 frames from Akira Yamanouchi's 2 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.