---
title: 'Takao Saito'
type: 'person'
roles:
  - 'cinematographer'
born: '1929-03-05'
died: '2014-12-06'
birthplace: 'Kyoto'
deathplace: 'Zama'
films_in_library: 12
reviews_of_their_work: 0
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/people/takao-saito'
updated: '2026-08-07'
wikipedia: 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takao_Saito_(cinematographer)'
wikidata: 'Q974053'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Takao Saito

cinematographer.

## Filmography on CinePixo

- 1993 · [Madadayo](https://cinepixo.com/movies/madadayo-1993) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1991 · [Rhapsody in August](https://cinepixo.com/movies/rhapsody-in-august-1991) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1990 · [Dreams](https://cinepixo.com/movies/dreams-1990) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1985 · [Ran](https://cinepixo.com/movies/ran-1985) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1980 · [Kagemusha](https://cinepixo.com/movies/kagemusha-1980) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1970 · [Dodes'ka-den](https://cinepixo.com/movies/dodeska-den-1970) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1969 · [Red Lion](https://cinepixo.com/movies/red-lion-1969) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1965 · [Red Beard](https://cinepixo.com/movies/red-beard-1965) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1963 · [High and Low](https://cinepixo.com/movies/high-and-low-1963) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1963 · [The Lost World of Sinbad](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-lost-world-of-sinbad-1963) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1961 · [Yojimbo](https://cinepixo.com/movies/yojimbo-1961) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1940 · [The Legend of Tank Commander Nishizumi](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-legend-of-tank-commander-nishizumi-1940) — actor · unreviewed here

## Criticism on CinePixo

Nothing written about their work here yet.

Source: https://cinepixo.com/people/takao-saito
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