Kōzō Shibasaki

Kōzō Shibasaki (柴崎 幸三) is a Japanese cinematographer. A member of the Japanese Society of Cinematographers, he is the recipient of four Japanese Academy Awards, three of which were for films directed by acclaimed filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki.

Life and career
Shibasaki was born on January 30, 1958, in Tochigi, Japan. In 1981, Shibasaki graduated from Nihon University's Department of Cinema and began working as a freelance photographer. He made his debut working on The Games Teachers Play (1992). He then moved on to serve as the cinematographer for It's a Summer Vacation Everyday (1994), School Ghost Stories (1995), Haunted School 2 (1996), Parasite Eve (1997), School Ghost Stories 3 (1997), Juvenile (2000), Returner (2002), Out (2002), Lady Joker (2004), Always: Sunset on Third Street (2005), Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007), Three for the Road (2007), K-20: Legend of the Mask (2008), Space Battleship Yamato (2010), Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 (2012), The Eternal Zero (2013), A Man Called Pirate (2016), Close-Knit (2017), The Great War of Archimedes (2019), Yokaipedia (2022), and Godzilla Minus One (2023).

Cinematographer

 * The Games Teachers Play (1992)
 * It's a Summer Vacation Everyday (1994)
 * School Ghost Stories (1995)
 * Haunted School 2 (1996)
 * Parasite Eve (1997)
 * School Ghost Stories 3 (1997)
 * Juvenile (2000)
 * Returner (2002)
 * Out (2002)
 * Lady Joker (2004)
 * Always: Sunset on Third Street (2005)
 * Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007)
 * Three for the Road (2007)
 * After School (2008)
 * K-20: Legend of the Mask (2008)
 * Ballad (2009)
 * Space Battleship Yamato (2010)
 * Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 (2012)
 * The Eternal Zero (2013)
 * Ogawacho Serenade (2014)
 * I Am a Monk (2015)
 * A Man Called Pirate (2016)
 * Close-Knit (2017)
 * Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura (2017)
 * Our Departures (2018)
 * The Great War of Archimedes (2019)
 * Closed Ward (2019)
 * Love, Life and Goldfish (2021)
 * What Did You Eat Yesterday? (2021)
 * Yokaipedia (2022)
 * Godzilla Minus One (2023)