Sansho dayu cinematography — film frames and visual analysis

1954 · 279 frames · Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi

Explore 279 frames from Sansho dayu and study the film’s composition, color palette, lighting, shot scale and aspect ratio. Open any frame to use composition guides, color analysis and false color tools.

279 frames 1.34:1 Mostly wide shots
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Wide shot frame from Sansho dayu — forest, person, human face
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from Sansho dayu — forest
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from Sansho dayu — standing, person, human face
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from Sansho dayu — standing, dialogue, person
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from Sansho dayu — walking, forest, person
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from Sansho dayu — standing, walking, gun
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from Sansho dayu — sitting, standing, walking
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from Sansho dayu — person, human face
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from Sansho dayu — person, human face, running
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark gray
Frame from Sansho dayu — walking, animal, person
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Low brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from Sansho dayu — walking, hat, coat
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from Sansho dayu — sitting, standing, dialogue
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from Sansho dayu — standing, house, dress
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from Sansho dayu — walking, shirt, forest
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark gray
Frame from Sansho dayu — standing, house, shirt
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Medium brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from Sansho dayu — sitting, dialogue, person
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Wide shot · Medium brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from Sansho dayu — standing, shirt, hair
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from Sansho dayu — sitting, standing, table
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Dark gray
Wide shot frame from Sansho dayu — walking, street, house
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Black
Wide shot frame from Sansho dayu — room, person, window
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Wide shot · Low brightness · Black

Visual profile of Sansho dayu

This visual profile is calculated from 279 frames available in the WatchTheFrame collection.

Color palette of Sansho dayu

Dark gray 54.7% · 279 frames Gray 22.9% · 276 frames Black 18.4% · 271 frames Light gray 2.8% · 82 frames Dark teal 0.7% · 18 frames White 0.4% · 19 frames Dark blue 0.1% · 5 frames Light blue 0% · 3 frames

Lighting and tonal range

Brightness: lower than 65% of films in the collection
DarkBright
Contrast: lower than 54% of films in the collection
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  • Muted and low-saturation colors appear frequently in these frames.

Composition and shot characteristics

Wide shot — 89% — 248 frames248Medium shot — 3% — 9 frames9Close-up — 0% — 1 frames1

Explore the visual relationships

Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
99% color similarity Léon Morin, prêtre (1961)
99% color similarity The Bourne Identity (2002)
98% color similarity Je tu il elle (1974)
98% color similarity L'année dernière à Marienbad (1961)
98% color similarity Limelight (1952)
96% color similarity Fatal Attraction (1987)
96% color similarity Footlight Parade (1933)
96% color similarity Everything Everywhere All at Once (2021)
95% color similarity May December (2023)
95% color similarity Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 (2010)
95% color similarity Mortal Engines (2018)
94% color similarity Foreign Correspondent (1940)
94% color similarity Dune: Part One (2021)
94% color similarity Dune: Part Two (2024)
93% color similarity

Visual tags in Sansho dayu

forest house people show action sea bag walking footwear horse running hat animal dress sitting food flower person dialogue plate standing water coat human face

Films with a similar visual profile

Léon Morin, prêtre (1961)
98% match · 255 frames
Limelight (1952)
98% match · 298 frames
L'année dernière à Marienbad (1961)
97% match · 194 frames
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
96% match · 399 frames
Je tu il elle (1974)
96% match · 80 frames
Footlight Parade (1933)
95% match · 338 frames
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
95% match · 476 frames
The Bourne Identity (2002)
94% match · 647 frames
May December (2023)
92% match · 217 frames
Dune: Part Two (2024)
92% match · 648 frames
Mortal Engines (2018)
92% match · 1044 frames
Dune: Part One (2021)
91% match · 591 frames

About this collection

Metrics on this page are calculated from 279 frames available for Sansho dayu in the WatchTheFrame collection. They describe the analysed frames, not the film as a whole.