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To my fellow foreigners,
I always wish to work not only in Japan but also in foreign countries, especially with Asian people.Recently I made some documentary films with Asians such as "Shanghai Peking Opera Paradise"(China), "The Blooming Schools"(Bangladesh),"Don't ask for your mother's breast"(describing the AIDS orphans and the problem of mother-to-child infection of AIDS in Thailand and India/Asia), and many other TVCFs.A narrative film is also scheduled to be made in Egypt in 2002. How pleasant it is to meet the people from various countries who have different views and ideas and tobe able to make films with them! I hope to link many creators from around the world.
September, 2001/Akiko Ashizawa
Cinematographer Akiko Ashizawa
myself


Brief Record F Born in Tokyo. After working as an assistant under Mr. Hideo Ito, Mr. Ryusei Oshikiri and so on, in '82 she became independent as a cinematographer. The first work she was involved in was a TV commercial film "Weekly Housing Information" (directed by Mr.Toru Kawasaki). Since then many TVCF experiences.Among her works are collections of her photos; "Elegy for the Wooden Schoolhouse" for the Kanto district, "Elegy for the Wooden Schoolhouse" for the Kinki and Chugoku district (both are issued by Joho Center Publisher), CDROM "Wooden Schoolhouse" (released from SYNFOREST),etc..
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œMain photoplays
Year of Production Title Director Starring Lighting director
2001 Misuzu Sho Igarashi Misato Tanaka Masao Kanazawa
UNLOVED Kunitoshi Manda Yoko Moriguchi,Toru Nakamura,Shunsuke Matsuoka Masao Kanazawa
(Comment)This movie got the prize at Canne Film Festival.Love story of thirty-year-old man and woman.The highlight;heated performance of actors (Moriguchi, Nakamura, Matsuoka). To be released at Euro Space in Spring of the year 2002.
2000 Click-cinema< I Like You >(3-part omnibus) Masahiko Nagasawa Rena Tanaka Hiroki Nakamura
Bardot Yumi Yoshiyuki Rumi Mochizuki @Seiichi Shiraishi
SABAKU (Chained) Ko Kajino Kazuhiro Tachizawa, Kazuhiro Sano Yukio Nishimura
1999 I Want to Protect You! Yoshinari Nishikiori Miho Kanno Sosuke Yoshikado
My Home on Mars Hiroshi Oshima Shigeko Suzuki Hiromasa Obata
1998 YYK Eternal Misunderstanding Isao Okishima Yukino Asai Kenji Ushiba
1997 Time Leap Akiyoshi Imazeki Aiko Sato Sosuke Yoshikado
A Rabbit-Shaped Apple Hiroshi Kobayashi Yudai Ueno Masaaki Sakurai
1996 In The Bush Hisayasu Sato Shunsuke Matsuoka Kohei Mikami
1995 NAKED-BLOOD - Woman Abused Hisayasu Sato Misa Aimi Sosuke Yoshikado
Nuru Nuru, Kan Kan (Lukewarm "sake") Yoichi Nishiyama Toshiya Fujita,Mamoru Watanabe Tatsuya Nagata
1994 Father Fucker Genjiro Arato Asami Nakamura Mitsuo Onishi
Let's Play with Good Kids! Hideyuki Hirayama Kazuo Takahashi Fumio Maruyama
The Easy-Going Zombi (TVj Kunitoshi Manda Rikiya Iwaki Tadanori Ueshima
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œMain documentaries and others
Year of Production Title Director Comments
2001 OKINAWA-A Story You Must Not Forget Osamu Minorikawa Shooting Director Seiichi Morishita and
his staff of the Studio Twinkle animated pictures of Mr.Kuroda little by little. It was a work that normally would take over a month. However, thanks to their day-and-night dedication, it was finished within a week. You can see wonderful shooting tricks, such asmoving fighting scenes and the multiple exposure. You can't miss them!
The Ancient City:Kamakura Yuji Koike,Yuka Takahashi Eight volumes of the detail descriptions of Kamakurathrough four seasons, its history, etc..I pursued active images by HD camera, respecting my own taste. It took me over three years! The VHSs are on sale by Japan Correspondence Education Federation. The 1st vol. "Three Generations of Tokugawa Family and TsurugaokaHachimangu Shrine", the 2nd vol."Houjo Family and North Kamakura", the 3rd vol." Around the Scene of Taiheiki", the 4th vol." The Ancient City with The Sea and Mountains", the 5th "The Prime of Spring", the 6th vol."The Bustle of Summer", the 7th vol."A stroll underAutumn Tints", the 8th vol." A Literary Walk inKamakura"
2000 The Blooming School Etsuko Nakanishi Shooting experience in Bangladesh, where people take the meal with the right hand while using the left hand in the toilet and value even one sheet of paper, has become my great property. I met many "people with rich heart". I wish to carry out making films keeping those people in mind.
1999 ‡Loitering‡ Naoya Iwahashi, Akiyoshi Sugiura TV Tokyo coverages at midnight. Free and unrestrained-taste finish.
Yoko Yamamoto" Experience Series: Modern Arts & America" Kunitoshi Manda Ms Yamamoto, walking around with a light and lively step in New York, was just great!
1998 KAKIBAKA (The Painting Freak), Seitaro Kuroda Osamu Minorikawa The world of Mr. Kuroda's live-painting, the Kobe Great earthquake,the interaction with children....at any rate, painting is fun!
If I Were Born Again Takahisa Zeze Formation;Jinsei Tsuji Starring; Morio Agata
TV documentary "Mother, I don't want to die."(Touching 1002 days of love: a record of the kidney transplantaion / a winning work at the Broadcast & Culture Fund Contest) Tokuzo Kadota The transplantation of mother's kidney to her child.The first long work. The best parts are the scenes of the contemplation about the Kidney transplantation and the beautiful running of the hero at the Olympic Games.
1997 TV documentary "Don't Ask for Your Mother's Breast"(the AIDS orphans and problem of mother-to-child infection of AIDS in Asia) Itsuko Shibuya A winning work at the Broadcast & Culture Fund Contest. The reportage film of the mother-to-child infection of AIDS in Thailand and India. Over half of mothers and their children appeared in this film were already dead.Some of the villages I visited disappeared. When I was filming in close-up a three-month baby with congenital AIDS, she suddenly threw me a look like one of Buddha. I heard that she died soon after. I'can never forget her look.
TV documentary "Shanghai Peking Opera Paradise" Masahiko Nagasawa I could enjoy the cooperated work with Shanghai filming team to the full.
1991 Nikko-The Temptaions of Mother Nature(on display atThe Nikko Nature Museum) Koichi Okouchi "The Exploration of Noted Falls" was under the concept of filming the noted falls at Nikko from various unusual points of view. I was well rewarded. When I climbed down to the bottom of any falls, I could feelsomething like the existence of sprits.On these locations, the awe of Nature overwhelmed me.
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