[1] Yukihiro Okimura was born in 1969 in Osaka Prefecture, Kansai, Japan.
He went to Shimizudani High School and the Osaka University of Arts Photography Department, where he started 8 mm film making.
After graduating in 1992, he started working as an assistant cinematographer for Nikkatsu (Japan's oldest major movie studio) on films with Juzo Itami, Yoshimitsu Morita, and Kei Kumai.
He also studied camera operation under Yonezo Maeda, Hiroshi Takase, and Shogo Ueno.
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