Believing that cinematography is a vessel of light — revealing unseen beauty, connecting people across cultures —
Yoshihisa has brought stories to life in over 40 countries through feature films, episodic series, commercials, music videos and documentaries.
Yoshihisa is fluent in English and based in L.A and Tokyo.
Awards:
Berlin International Film Festival [Silver Bear] [N.E.T.PACK Award] [C.I.C.A.E Award ]
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Japan Representation
Porto International Film Festival [Best Picture Award]
Montreal International Film Festival [Best Picture in documentary feature section]
Short Short Film Festival ASIA [Branded Movie Award]
MTV JAPAN [Best New Artist Video Award]
PIA Film Festival [Best Cinematography Award]
Amsterdam International Filmmaker Festival [Best Cinematography Nominee]
Festval of Cinema NYC[Best Cinematography Nominee]
Education:
American Film Institute
American Society of Cinematographers Master Class
The Film School in Tokyo/映画美学校
B.A in Film production, Tokyo Polytechnic University/東京工芸大学
Filmography
2025
・Kireina, Aku /Feature film, produced by Team Okuyama
Dir: Kazuyoshi Okuyama
2024
・Land of Tanabata / Disney+, Hulu
Dir: Yusuke Taki
2023
・American Express Gold Card / AMEX Brand Movie Dir.Eiji Kitahara
・Sugisaki Hana no Satsukyu / WOWOW TV episodic show 杉咲花の撮休 Dir. Imaizumi Rikiya
2022
・The 13 Lords of the Shogun /鎌倉殿の13人 - NHK TV episodic show
Dir: Teruyuki Yoshida, Sou Suenaga, Keita Hosaka
・Hermès Brand Movie Ep2 / Dir. Hiroshi okuyama
2021
・“My Dear Exes” “Towako Omameda and Her Three Ex-husbands” / FUJI TV episodic show
大豆田とわ子と三人の元夫
Dir:Kazuhito Nakae, Yusuke Taki
・Hermès /Brand Movie Ep1 Dir. Hiroshi okuyama
2020
・Maidens in Your Savage Season
荒ぶる季節の乙女どもよ Dir:Maki Sakai, Yusuke Taki
・The Nile perch no Josikai
ナイルパーチ の女子会 Dir: Yusuke Taki
・Piple Dir:Maki Sakai, Yusuke Taki
2019
・Ghost Master (Dir. Paul Young) ゴーストマスター -Feature Film
・See You on the Other Side(Dir:Yoko Nakayama)
・おやすみ、また向こう岸で
・21st Century Girl - 21世紀の女の子ー離ればなれの花々へ
“For Lonesome Blossoms” (Dir. Yuki Yamato) -Feature Film
・After the Sunset (Dir. Koshikawa Michio) -Feature Film
・Jeux de plage (Dir. Aime Natsuto) -Feature Film
2018
・Path of Dreams (Dir. Tamara Ruppart)) -Short
・Tina Tamashiro Dreaming (Dir Yuki Yamato)- short 玉城ティナは夢想する
・Brother’s Husband (Dir. Teruyuki Yoshida) 弟の夫
・MARIO (Dir. Teruyuki Yoshida) マリオーAIのゆくえ
2017
・Takayuki Yamada’s Cannes film festival 山田孝之のカンヌ映画祭
・Yamada Takayuki 3D movie
Dir.Tetsuaki Matsue, Nobuhiro Yamashita
2016
・Amazon Prime Tokyo Girl- 東京女子図鑑 Dir: Yuki Tanada
・Ken-san (Dir. Yuichi Hibi) - Documentary Feature
・Raise Your Arms and Twist! Documentary of NMB48
(Dir. Atsushi Funahashi) - Documentary Feature
2015
・Areno - The Wildness (Dir. Koshikawa Michio) Feature Film
・There is no Lid on the Sea (Dir. Keisuke Toyoshima) 海のふた Feature Film
2014
・My Guide to HAWAII (Dir. Koji Maeda) わたしのハワイの歩きかた Feature Film
2013
・A Band Rabbit (Dir. Takuji Suzuki) Feature Fialm
2012
・Our Homeland (DIr. Yang Yonghi) Feature Film
かぞくのくに
2011
・Caterpillar (Dir. Koji Wakamatsu)- Co-Cinematographer Feature Film
キャタピラー
2010
・The Red Army (Dir. Koji Wakamatsu)- Co-Cinematographer Feature Film
実録 連合赤軍
