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Yui Natsukawa

Yui Natsukawa

2 films · 129 frames · top-billed in 1 · 20062008

Born 1 June 1968 · Kumamoto, Japan

Yui Natsukawa (夏川結衣) is a Japanese actress. She was born on June 1, 1968 in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto, Japan. She is a left-hander (but she writes with her right hand). She has received numerous awards, including the 34th Japan Academy Film Prize as Excellent Supporting Actress for her performance in A Lone Scalpel.

How their films are shot

Measured across 129 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Yui 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, 63% of their frames are day, 73% natural — the look of the work Yui takes.

Time of day

Day63%
Night20%
Golden hour8%
Dusk6%

Lighting

Natural73%
Low key13%
Silhouette9%
High key5%

Shot size

Wide38%
Medium31%
Closeup13%
Fullbody12%

Camera angle

Eye level77%
Low angle13%
High angle9%

Mood

Neutral78%
Lonely10%
Tense5%
Ominous4%

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 129 frames from Yui Natsukawa'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.