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Kayo Matsuo

Kayo Matsuo

3 films · 195 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19641972

Born 17 March 1943 · Shimomeguro, Tokyo, Japan

Kayo Matsuo was born on March 17, 1943 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Shogun Assassin (1980), Outlaw: Gangster VIP (1968) and Hikaru umi (1963).

How their films are shot

Measured across 195 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Kayo takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 3 films we hold, 47% of their frames are night, 47% low key — the look of the work Kayo takes.

Time of day

Night47%
Day45%
Interior5%

Lighting

Low key47%
Natural39%
High key9%

Shot size

Medium33%
Wide28%
Closeup19%
Fullbody14%

Camera angle

Eye level80%
Low angle15%
High angle5%

Mood

Neutral61%
Tense22%
Lonely9%
Ominous5%

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 195 frames from Kayo Matsuo's 3 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.