Akira Kurosawa’s longtime cinematographer Takao Saito has died, aged 85. The Japanese moviemaker passed away on Tuesday (06Jan15) following a battle with lymphocytic cancer.
Saito was best known for working on the films of Seven Samurai director Kurosawa and was later considered a member of his “Kurosawa-gumi” – a group of cast and crew who collaborated with the legendary moviemaker on a number of projects.
Saito won an Oscar nomination for his work on Kurosawa’s 1985 samurai epic.
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