# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/asakazu-nakai
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:57:45.773Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/asakazu-nakai"
name: "Asakazu Nakai"
slug: "asakazu-nakai"
description: "Asakazu Nakai  was a Japanese cinematographer born in Hyōgo Prefecture, best known for his work with Akira Kurosawa. In 1950, he won the Mainichi Film Award for Best Cinematography for Stray Dog. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on the film Ran (1985), being the oldest nominee ever in that category."
tagline: "Japanese cinematographer (1901-1988)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Asakazu_Nakai.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1901-08-29"
deathDate: "1988-02-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.45
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.753493333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0620014/"
    handle:    "nm0620014"
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B8%2C_%D0%90%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B7%D1%83"
    title: "Накаи, Асакадзу"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%88_%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "اساكازو ناكاى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asakazu_Nakai"
    title: "Asakazu Nakai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asakazu_Nakai"
    title: "Asakazu Nakai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B3%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%88_%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%DB%8C"
    title: "آساکازو ناکای"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asakazu_Nakai"
    title: "Asakazu Nakai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asakazu_Nakai"
    title: "Asakazu Nakai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E4%BA%95%E6%9C%9D%E4%B8%80"
    title: "中井朝一"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asakazu_Nakai"
    title: "Asakazu Nakai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2329908"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/34380"
    title: "Asakazu Nakai"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump