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Hiroyuki Kawase

Hiroyuki Kawase

2 films · 130 frames · top-billed in 2 · 19711973

Born 20 July 1964 · Usa, Prefettura di Ōita, Giappone

How their films are shot

Measured across 130 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Hiroyuki 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, 48% of their frames are day, 58% natural — the look of the work Hiroyuki takes.

Time of day

Day48%
Night33%
Interior10%
Dusk7%

Lighting

Natural58%
Low key29%
High key8%
Silhouette5%

Shot size

Wide48%
Medium28%
Closeup10%
Establishing8%

Camera angle

Eye level76%
Low angle14%
High angle9%

Mood

Neutral70%
Tense12%
Ominous10%

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 130 frames from Hiroyuki Kawase'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.