Yûharu Atsuta

Personal Info

Know For

Camera

Gender

Male

Birthday

1905-01-01 (87 years old)

Deathday

1992-12-07

Place of Birth

Kobe, Japan

Yûharu Atsuta

Biography

Yuharu Atsuta (January 1, 1905 - December 7, 1992) was a Japanese film cameraman. He is known as a famous cameraman of Yasujiro Ozu's group. Born in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, he grew up in Toranomon, Tokyo. In 1928, he worked as an assistant cinematographer on Yasujiro Ozu's second film, “Dreams of Youth,” and later became a close friend of Ozu's while working as an assistant on many of his films. After 15 years as an assistant, he became a cinematographer during the shooting of “What Ladies Forget” in 1937 and worked as a cinematographer for all of Ozu's films distributed by Shochiku until 1962.

Acting

1985

Tokyo-Ga

as Self

1983

Production

1966

The River Yokobori

as Director of Photography

1962

A Roaring Trade

as Director of Photography

1953

Sisters

as Director of Photography

1946

Yurusareta ichiya

as Director of Photography

1928

Couple on the Move

as Director of Photography

1952

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

as Director of Photography

1939

Haha o tataeru uta

as Director of Photography

1953

Tokyo Story

as Director of Photography

1956

I Will Buy You

as Director of Photography

1957

Black River

as Director of Photography

1948

A Hen in the Wind

as Director of Photography

1961

The Estuary

as Director of Photography

1936

The Only Son

as Lighting Technician

1951

Early Summer

as Director of Photography

1940

Nobuko

as Director of Photography

1947

Record of a Tenement Gentleman

as Director of Photography

1937

What Did the Lady Forget?

as Director of Photography

1957

Tokyo Twilight

as Director of Photography

1956

Early Spring

as Director of Photography

1959

Good Morning

as Director of Photography

1949

Late Spring

as Director of Photography

1958

Equinox Flower

as Director of Photography

1960

Late Autumn

as Director of Photography

1962

An Autumn Afternoon

as Director of Photography

1946

1931

The Sorrow of the Beautiful Woman

as First Assistant Camera

1951

Home Sweet Home

as Director of Photography

1942

There Was a Father

as Director of Photography

1941

Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family

as Director of Photography

1983

I Lived, But...

as Director of Photography

1967

Lover's Duet

as Director of Photography

1938

Family Diary

as Director of Photography

1963

Double Wedding

as Director of Photography

1928

Dreams of Youth

as Director of Photography

1928

Pumpkin

as Cinematography

1928

Wife Lost

as Cinematography

1929

Treasure Mountain

as Assistant Director of Photography

1950

Omoide no borero

as Director of Photography

1953

Hibari Jolly Angel

as Cinematography

1951

Over That Hill

as Cinematography

1938

Mother and Child

as Assistant Camera

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