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Taiichi Kankura

Cinematographer · Died January 28, 1981, aged 68

Born
April 30, 1912
Died
January 28, 1981 (aged 68)
Works as
Cinematographer
Titles
3 on MovieCove · 59 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Up 26% in 30 days

What are Taiichi Kankura's films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Power.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
51%
Power
31%
Society
18%
Survival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 0

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 1 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 2

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 1

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 3 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Thrilling
2
Tense
2
Absurd
1
Joyful
1

How their films linger

Fun3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Taiichi Kankura's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Criterion Channel (2).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Taiichi Kankura's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

59 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page.

  • Space Amoeba(1970)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Latitude Zero(1969)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Destroy All Monsters(1968)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • A Comic Storyteller — Uproarious Laughter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Cinematographer

  • Comic Storyteller: Great Delay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Cinematographer

  • Taming an Unruly Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Cinematographer

  • Night in Bangkok (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Cinematographer

  • More Than 10,000 Women But... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Cinematographer

  • Stairs of Evil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Cinematographer

  • You Can If You Try (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Cinematographer

  • Hibari, Chiemi, Izumi: We Are Three Best Friends (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Cinematographer

  • The Sun is Calling You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Cinematographer

  • Walleyed Nippon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Cinematographer

  • Interpol Code 8 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Cinematographer

  • Travel Stories of a Company President Part II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Cinematographer

  • Roppongi Nights: Love Me, Love Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Cinematographer

  • Me and Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Cinematographer

  • Ganpā kachō (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Cinematographer

  • A Cat and Dried Bonito Flakes: The Story of a Swindler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Cinematographer

  • The Masterless 47 – Part II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Cinematographer

  • The Masterless 47 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Cinematographer

  • Anything Goes Three Dolls' Way (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Cinematographer

  • This Greedy Old Skin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Cinematographer

  • Tell It to the Dolls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Cinematographer

  • Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Cinematographer

  • Three Dolls and Three Guys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Cinematographer

  • 3 Dolls Go to Hong Kong (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Cinematographer

  • Sazae-san's Newlywed Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Cinematographer

  • Three Dolls in Ginza (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Cinematographer

  • Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Cinematographer

  • 3 Dolls in College (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Cinematographer

  • The College Hero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Cinematographer

  • Romance and Rhythm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Cinematographer

  • The Little Actress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Cinematographer

  • The Capital of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Cinematographer

  • Skin-Colored Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Cinematographer

  • On Wings of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Cinematographer

  • Forgotten Flower Petal: Conclusion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Cinematographer

  • Ôban (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Cinematographer

  • Funny Fellows (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Cinematographer

  • Jacks and Jills (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Cinematographer

  • Fighting Cha Cha Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Cinematographer

  • Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Cinematographer

  • The Wife is a University Student (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Cinematographer

  • Beyond The Stars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Cinematographer

  • Utae! Seishun Harikiri Musume (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Cinematographer

  • So Young, So Bright (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Cinematographer

  • So Deep in My Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Cinematographer

  • New Tengu Kurama: Samurai in the Pouring Rain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Cinematographer

  • All is Well 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Cinematographer

  • All is Well (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Cinematographer

  • The Surf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Cinematographer

  • Bride in a Bathing Suit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Cinematographer

  • Girls in the Orchard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Cinematographer

  • Moth Lamp (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Cinematographer

  • The Man Who Came to Port (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Cinematographer

  • A Second Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Cinematographer

  • Those Who Make Tomorrow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Cinematographer

  • Wings of Victory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Cinematographer

Career shape

A full career of 59 titles from 1942 to 1970.

Biggest box office

Destroy All Monsters (1968)

$472 worldwide

Highest rated

Destroy All Monsters (1968)

Midcredits 61st

By role

only this rolewith another role
Cinematography59 of 59: 59 only cinematography, 0 with another role

By decade

1940s3 · crew1950s30 · crew1960s25 · crew1970s1 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

How do Taiichi Kankura's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 43rd percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 47th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

47thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

39thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 3 titles, by percentile

  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th2

Shape of the crowd

None of their 3 titles divides audiences: 2 are Mixed.

  • Crowd Pleaser1
  • Mixed2

Most loved · cinematographer

Destroy All Monsters (1968)

Midcredits 61st · 53% liked

Reviewers score the cinematography 60/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 67, detractors 45. The element that speaks to their work as a cinematographer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Taiichi Kankura work with?

People who share at least 2 of Taiichi Kankura's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ishirō Honda shares the most, 3.

Directors

Actors

Composers

Producers