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Isao Tamagawa

Isao Tamagawa

5 films · 346 frames · top-billed in 2 · 19641978

Born 11 January 1922 · Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan · died 1 January 2004

How their films are shot

Measured across 346 frames from the 5 films we hold. This is the look of the work Isao takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 5 films we hold, 56% of their frames are night, 40% low key — the look of the work Isao takes.

Time of day

Night56%
Day36%
Interior6%

Lighting

Low key40%
Natural28%
Chiaroscuro17%
High key11%

Shot size

Medium37%
Wide32%
Closeup18%
Fullbody11%

Camera angle

Eye level83%
High angle10%
Low angle5%

Mood

Neutral56%
Tense26%
Lonely10%
Ominous4%

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

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 346 frames from Isao Tamagawa's 5 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.