Kōzō Shibasaki (柴崎 幸三, Shibasaki Kōzō, born January 30, 1958)^[1] is a Japanese cinematographer. A member of the Japanese Society of Cinematographers [ja], he is the recipient of four Japanese Academy Awards, three of which were for films directed by acclaimed filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki.

Shibasaki was born on January 30, 1958,^[1] in Tochigi, Japan.^[1][2] In 1981, Shibasaki graduated from Nihon University's Department of Cinema and began working as a freelance photographer.^[1] He made his debut working on The Games Teachers Play (1992).^[2] He then moved on to serve as the cinematographer for It's a Summer Vacation Everyday (1994),^[2] School Ghost Stories (1995),^[3][4] Haunted School 2 (1996),^[5] Parasite Eve (1997),^[6][4] School Ghost Stories 3 (1997),^[7] Juvenile (2000),^[4] Returner (2002),^[8] Out (2002),^[9] Lady Joker (2004),^[10] Always: Sunset on Third Street (2005),^[11] Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007),^[12] Three for the Road (2007),^[13] K-20: Legend of the Mask (2008),^[2][14] Space Battleship Yamato (2010),^[2][15] Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 (2012),^[2][16] The Eternal Zero (2013),^[2][17] A Man Called Pirate (2016),^[18] Close-Knit (2017),^[19] The Great War of Archimedes (2019),^[20] Yokaipedia (2022),^[21] and Godzilla Minus One (2023).^[22]