Koshiro Otsu

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Koshiro Otsu

Biography

Koshiro Otsu (大津 幸四郎 Otsu Koshiro, 1934 - 28 November 2014) was a Japanese cinematographer and film director. Otsu is one of the most famous cinematographers in Japanese film history. He joined Iwanami Productions in 1958. After going freelance, he worked with legendary director Ogawa Shinsuke on The Oppressed Students (1967) and Summer in Narita (1968), with Tsuchimoto Noriaki on Prehistory of the Partisans (1969), Minamata: The Victims and Their World (1971), and many other films.

Production

1975

1976

Message from Minamata to the World

as Director of Photography

1994

1987

Yuntanza Okinawa

as Director of Photography

1991

A Movie Capital

as Director of Photography

1967

The Oppressed Students

as Director of Photography

2014

The Wages of Resistance: Narita Stories

as Director of Photography

1969

Japan Year Zero

as Cinematography

1978

My Town, My Youth

as Cinematography

2005

The Constitution of Japan

as Director of Photography

2002

2005

Ohno Kazuo: Hitori-goto no yō ni

as Director of Photography

1991

The Scene of the Soul

as Cinematography

1990

The Old Man and the Sea

as Cinematography

1983

A Bridge of Tears

as Director of Photography

1969

2017

The Silence

as Cinematography

2008

Fence

as Cinematography

1967

Report from Haneda

as Cinematography

2012

1999

Artists in Wonderland

as Camera Operator

2000

Dolce

as Director of Photography

2006

Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said

as Director of Photography

1971

Minamata: The Victims and Their World

as Director of Photography

2001

Hanako

as Director of Photography

1975

The Shiranui Sea

as Director of Photography

1989

Business Trip

as Director of Photography

1980

Strike the White Ball

as Director of Photography

2011

Barefoot Gen's Hiroshima

as Camera Technician

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