Masao Nakabori

is a Japanese cinematographer, known as DP of Koreeda's Maborosi. He won the Golden Osella for the film.

Selected filmography

TV films

• Ultra Seven (, 1967)
• Silver Kamen (', 1971–1972)
• Ultraman Taro (, 1973 - 1974)
• Lanterns on Blue Waters (', 1983)

Feature films

• This Transient Life (', 1970)
• Utamaro's World (', 1977)
• ' (', 1988)
• ' (', 1990)
• Edogawa Rampo monogatari: Yaneura no sanpo sha (', 1992)
• Maborosi (', 1995)
• Falling Into the Evening (', 1998)
• Murder on D Street (', 1998)
• Return of Happiness (', 2000)
• Women in the Mirror (', 2002)
• Blessing Bell (', 2002)
• Summer of Ubume (', 2005)
• Dead Run (', 2005)
• Hard Luck Hero (', 2005)
• The Harimaya Bridge (', 2009)