Mainichi Film Award for Best CinematographyThe Mainichi Film Award for Best Cinematography is a film award given at the Mainichi Film Awards.YearCinematographerFilm1946Mikiya TachibanaHinoki Butai1947Mitsuo MiuraIma Hitotabi no1948Takeo ItōDrunken Angel1949Asakazu NakaiAoi sanmyakuStray Dog1950Akira MimuraEscape at Dawn1951Masao TamaiRepast1952Kazuo MiyagawaNishijin no ShimaiThousand Cranes1953Yoshio MiyajimaBefore the DawnKanikōsen1954Jōji ObaraAi to Shi no TanimaNiwatori wa Futatabi Naku1955Hiroshi KusudaShe Was Like a Wild ChrysanthemumTōi Kumo1956Mitsuo MiuraThe Legend of the White SerpentNeko to Shōzō to Futari no Onna1957Hiroyuki NagaokaKichigai BurakuSeigiha1958Saburō IsayamaHi no Ataru Sakamichi1959Yoshio MiyajimaThe Human Condition1960Kazuo MiyagawaHer Brother1961Yoshio MiyajimaA Soldier's Prayer1962Yūharu AtsutaAn Autumn Afternoon1963Tōichirō NarushimaTwin Sisters of Kyoto1964Shinsaku HimedaUnholy Desire1965Yoshio MiyajimaKwaidan1966Masahiko IimuraUmi no KotoIchiman Sanzen-nin no Yōgisha1967Hiroshi TakemuraSekishunPortrait of Chieko1968Kiyomi KurodaKuronekoTsuyomushi Onna to Yowamushi Otoko1969Kōzō OkazakiGoyokin1970Asakazu NakaiAkazukin Chan Ki o Tsukete1971Kōzō OkazakiInochi Bō ni Furou1972Noritaka SakamotoThe RendezvousTabi no Omosa1973Noritaka SakamotoTsugaru Jongara Bushi1974Kōzō OkazakiKarei Naru IchizokuNemu no Ki no Uta1975Kōzō OkazakiKasekiI Am a Cat1976Kiyoshi HasegawaThe Inugamis1977Kazuo MiyagawaBallad of Orin1978Takashi KawamataThe IncidentThe Demon1979Setsuo KobayashiAh! Nomugi Toge1980Kazue NagatsukaZigeunerweisen1981Daisaku KimuraStation1982Masaki TamuraFarewell to the Land1983Akira ShiizukaAntarctica1984Kazuo MiyagawaMacArthur's Children1985Yonezō MaedaSorekaraCheckers in Tan Tan TanukiYabanjin no Yō ni1986Yoshihiro YamazakiA PromiseRikon Shinai Onna1987Yukio IsohataEiga Joyū1988Junichirō HayashiWuthering HeightsKyōshū1989Fujio MoritaRikyu1990Takao SaitoShōji UedaDreams1991Tetsuo TakahaMy Sons1992Kōichi KawakamiThe River with No Bridge1993Takeshi HamadaWe Are Not Alone1994Naoki Kayano800 Two Lap Runners1995Tatsuo SuzukiSharaku1996Osame MaruikeSleeping Man1997Daisaku KimuraYūkai1997Masaki TamuraSuzaku2/Duo1998Hideo YamamotoHana-biThe Bird People in China1999Yoshitaka SakamotoSpellbound2000Shōji UedaAfter the Rain2001Masakazu FujisawaInugamiTurnKoko ni Irukoto2002Mutsuo NaganumaThe Twilight Samurai2003Norimichi KasamatsuMy HouseSayonara, KuroAkame 48 Waterfalls2004Kazuhiro SuzukiVibratorKikansha SenseiGirlfriendKokoro to Karada2005Kōzō ShibasakiAlways Sanchōme no Yūhi2006Kōichi KawakamiThe Blossoming of Kamiya Etsuko2007Hideo NakanoThe Mourning Forest2008Tomohiko TsujiUnited Red Army2009Daisaku KimuraMt. Tsurugidake2010Ryūto KondōSketches of Kaitan City2011Nobuyasu KitaHara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai2012Akiko AshizawaChronicle of My Mother2013Takahiro ImaiThe Backwater2014Shiguma MakotoPale Moon2015Masakazu FujisawaSolomon's Perjury2016Kōichi Saitō64: Part I & 64: Part II2017Yōichi KamakariThe Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue2018Yūta TsukinagaMori, The Artist's Habitat 2019Christopher DoyleThey Say Nothing Stays the Same2020Hiromitsu NishimuraUnderdog2021Norimichi KasamatsuUnder the Open Sky2022Yūta TsukinagaSmall, Slow But Steady2023Yōichi KamakariThe Moon2024Naoya Ikeda11 Rebels2025Sofian El FaniKokuho