Known for Camera
Sohei Tanikawa (谷川 創平, Tanikawa Sōhei, 1962) is a Japanese cinematographer born in Saitama Prefecture.
Born
January 1, 1962 (age 64)
Birthplace
Saitama, Japan
Filmography
30 films, 3 shows


Cells at Work!
2024 · 1h 50m
country: Japan
A novice red blood cell and a relentless white blood cell work together to protect their human from invading germs, pathogens and other threats.


What If Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa Was to Become the Prime Minister
2024 · 1h 50m
country: Japan
In the year 2020, when Covid-19 is rapidly spreading around the world, chaos ensues and people's daily lives are completely upended. A virus outbreak suddenly occurs at the prime minister's office in Japan. This leads to the prime minister's sudden death. The Japanese government then puts in place an unprecedented plan, which is to bring back the greatest leaders from Japan's past through AI holograms and form a super cabinet with them. These famous individuals include Ieyasu Tokugawa, Ryoma Sakamoto, Nobunaga Oda, and Hideyoshi Toyotomi. People are stunned and at the same time go crazy over the endless execution of policies by this new legendary cabinet. Risa Nishimura wants to become an announcer and currently works as a TV reporter for a broadcasting station. She approaches a government spokesperson, Ryoma Sakamoto, for an exclusive scoop. Due to an unexpected case, she realizes that something is going on behind this cabinet.


In Love and Deep Water
2023 · 2h 7m
country: Japan
On a massive luxury cruise ship while at sea, the loyal butler and a mysterious woman cross paths as they try to uncover a murder-mystery that occurs on the ship.


Lupin's Daughter: The Movie
2021 · 1h 50m
country: Japan
Hana Mikumo (Kyoko Fukada), born into the "L Family," a family of thieves for generations, falls in love with Kazuma Sakuraba (Koji Seto), the son of a family of police officers for generations. While hiding her true identity, she dreams of living a normal life. Eventually, Kazuma discovers her true identity, but the two overcome numerous difficulties, accept their fate, and finally get married. They are blessed with a child, An, and live happily, despite the problems that arise between their two families. Then one day, Hana's father, Takashi (Atsuro Watabe), declares his "retirement from thievery" after a certain incident. He then gives Hana and Kazuma a slightly belated honeymoon as a gift for all the trouble he has caused them. However, this turns out to be the "L Family's" final job in search of the greatest treasure in history, and a grand adventure that will uncover a family secret that even Hana is unaware of.


Prisoners of the Ghostland
2021 · 1h 43m
country: Japan
In the treacherous frontier city of Samurai Town, a ruthless bank robber is sprung from jail by wealthy warlord The Governor, whose adopted granddaughter Bernice has gone missing. The Governor offers the prisoner his freedom in exchange for retrieving the runaway. Strapped into a leather suit that will self-destruct within five days, the bandit sets off on a journey to find the young woman—and his own path to redemption.


Signal 100
2020 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
A group of high school students are forced into a game where they are hypnotized to commit suicide on an unknown command. Where no one is safe from a sudden death, how can they avoid their fates?


The Forest of Love
2019 · 2h 31m
country: Japan
A con man and a would-be filmmaking crew force themselves into the lives of two grief-scarred young women. But nothing is as it seems.


Fly Me to the Saitama
2019 · 1h 46m
country: Japan
People from Saitama Prefecture are persecuted and, because of this, they hide the fact that they are from there. In Tokyo, Momomi Hakuhodo is a male high school student and the son of the Tokyo governor. Physically, Momomi Hakuhodo looks like a girl. One day, he meets mysterious male transfer student Rei Asami. They are attracted to each other, but Rei Asami is from Saitama Prefecture.


KASANE –Beauty and Fate–
2018 · 1h 52m
country: Japan
Kasane Fuchi is the daughter of a beautiful, legendary actress. Kasane has excellent acting skills as well, but she is not attractive. She has a hard time due to her unattractiveness. Kasane has a lipstick left behind by her late mother. The lipstick holds a strange power. Whenever Kasane applies the lipstick and kisses someone, she takes that person's face. Meanwhile, Nina Tanzawa is a beautiful actress with poor acting skills. She meets Kasane Fuchi and their fates change.


The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers
2018 · 2h 12m
country: Japan
A sequel to the 1980 movie The Legend of the Stardust Brothers. As well as being a rock musical comedy, it also borrows elements from other genres such as road movies, westerns, and meta fiction.


Shinjuku Swan II
2017 · 2h 13m
country: Japan
Tatsuhiko relocates from Shinjuku to Yokohama, where he comes into conflict with Masaki Taki, CEO of the local scout company.


Hibi Rock
2014 · 1h 41m
country: Japan
Young rocker Takuro meets pop star Saki at one of his band's shows. When she asks him to write a song for her, their views on life and music collide.


Kiki's Delivery Service
2014 · 1h 48m
country: Hong Kong
A young girl named Kiki must leave her home for a year to begin training in witchcraft. She leaves on her broom, but first says goodbye to her friends and family. Kiki then begins her new life with her trusted cat Jiji.


Himizu
2012 · 2h 10m
country: Japan
Two 14-year-olds from troubled, abusive homes come together sharing misery and pain. In the aftermath of an earthquake, the classmates learn how to survive while relying on one another for emotional and physical support.


Guilty of Romance
2011 · 2h 25m
country: Japan
While police investigate a woman found dead in a derelict love hotel, a romance novelist's wife lives a life that seems simply a daily repetition without romance. To escape the loveless monotony, she follows her desires and becomes a nude model. Soon, she meets a mentor and begins selling her body to strangers, while at home, she hides behind the façade of the doting wife.


Sukiyaki
2011 · 1h 48m
country: Japan
Kenta Kurihara (Tasuku Nagaoka) is sent to prison for battery. In his cell he is referred to as the "newcomer." Meanwhile, Kenta is bummed out with simple meal offerred in prison. The four other prisoners in his jail cell have no problems eating his food. On lunar new year's day the prison offers the traditional Osechi-Ryori dish. The inmates in the cell gather to play a game that has become an annual ritual. They compete for items from each other's dishes by boating about the most delicious things they have ever eaten. Shunsuke Aida (Motoki Ochiai) begins their game by talking about a dish which his mother made ...


Here Comes the Bride, My Mom!
2010 · 1h 50m
country: Japan
Tsukiko, whose father died before she was born, lives with her mother Yoko and they provide mutual support for each other. One day, Yoko comes home completely drunk with Kenji, a young man with blond hair, and tells Tsukiko, "I'm going to marry him."


All to the Sea
2010 · 2h
country: Japan
Natsuki, a sales clerk of a bookstore, and Koji. a high school student. Seemingly nothing in common, they have one thing they can share: books.


Make the Last Wish
2009 · 1h 49m
country: Japan
Koike Minami returns from USA to Japan to accomplish her deceased twin sister's wish to win a competition and sing with Avril Lavigne on the stage in a concert in Tokyo.


Love Exposure
2008 · 3h 57m
country: Japan
The story of a teenage boy called Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while operating for the sake of sin as an upskirt photographer in an offshoot of the porn industry. His attempts to woo her are complicated by a spot of cross-dressing - which convinces Yoko that she is lesbian - dalliances with kung-fu and crime, and a constant struggle with the guilt that's a legacy of his Catholic upbringing.


Scenery to Remember
2008 · 2h 18m
country: Japan
Toshiko does not have long to live. She wants to make the most of her time while she can and takes a sojourn to where her true hometown for which she has so much nostalgia and admiration. With her husband on her side she remains can-do and keeps her chin up, but can only lament the passing of time and what will happen next to everyone and everything she loves.


Adrift in Tokyo
2007 · 1h 41m
country: Japan
A thug offers to pay a law student's gambling debt if the student will accompany him on a trip across Tokyo.


Balloon Club Revisited
2006 · 1h 33m
country: Japan
Mitsuko Murakami puts the passion to balloon in the hot-air balloon Circle "Airheads". The club gathered young people holding a variety of thoughts. But "Airheads" is disbanded not too long. Five years after their time in the Balloon Club ended, the members' former club leader brings them back together and rekindles old flames.


Noriko's Dinner Table
2005 · 2h 39m
country: Japan
A teenager named Noriko Shimabara runs away from her family in Toyokawa, to meet Kumiko, the leader of an Internet BBS, Haikyo.com. She becomes involved with Kumiko's family circle, which grows darker after the mass suicide of 54 high school girls.
A Frightful School Horror
A Frightful School Horror
2001 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
This film tells three scary stories that take place in and around a school in Japan. While each of the stories can be viewed independently, they are linked by location and by the time they occur. The events are defined on the last day of summer vacation, the students contemplate the passage of their temporary freedom and the resumption of classes