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Hisashi Igawa

Hisashi Igawa

4 films · 218 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19621993

Born 17 November 1936 · Shenyang, Occupied Manchuria

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hisashi Igawa is a Japanese actor who has appeared in such films as Akira Kurosawa's Dodesukaden, Ran and Madadayo. He starred in Abe Kōbō's production of The Man Who Turned Into A Stick, a surrealist play, in 1969.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 4 films · 218 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19621993

  • Medal with Purple Ribbon2002
  • Kikuta Kazuo engeki shō

How their films are shot

Measured across 218 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Hisashi takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 4 films we hold, 66% of their frames are day, 61% natural — the look of the work Hisashi takes.

Time of day

Day66%
Night25%
Interior4%

Lighting

Natural61%
Low key17%
High key11%
Chiaroscuro7%

Shot size

Wide38%
Medium34%
Fullbody12%
Establishing8%

Camera angle

Eye level80%
High angle14%
Low angle6%

Mood

Neutral66%
Tense20%
Lonely6%

Films in the library

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

Often with

Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.

A reference database for filmmakers

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