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Koshiro Otsu

JA, EN, RU cinema · 39 credits

Died

28 November 2014 (aged )

Also known as 大津 幸四郎 · Kôshirô Ôtsu

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.

Known for

Filmography

The Silence poster

The Silence

JA · 201710.0

Cinematography

The Wages of Resistance: Narita Stories poster

The Wages of Resistance: Narita Stories

JA · 20148.0

Director, Director of Photography

Nuchigafu - Life is a Treasure poster

Nuchigafu - Life is a Treasure

JA · 2012Not rated

Cinematography

Barefoot Gen's Hiroshima poster

Barefoot Gen's Hiroshima

JA · 20114.0

Camera Technician

Fence poster

Fence

JA · 2008Not rated

Cinematography

Kazuo Ohno: Like a Soliloquy poster

Kazuo Ohno: Like a Soliloquy

JA · 2007Not rated

Director, Director of Photography

Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said poster

Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said

EN · 20066.3

Director of Photography

The Other Hiroshima: Korean A-bomb Victims Tell Their Story poster

The Other Hiroshima: Korean A-bomb Victims Tell Their Story

JA · 2005Not rated

Cinematography

The Constitution of Japan poster

The Constitution of Japan

JA · 20059.0

Director of Photography

Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times poster

Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times

JA · 20027.0

Director of Photography

Hanako poster

Hanako

JA · 2001Not rated

Director of Photography

Dolce poster

Dolce

RU · 20006.5

Director of Photography

Artists in Wonderland poster

Artists in Wonderland

JA · 19999.0

Camera Operator

Those Who Would Be Einstein poster

Those Who Would Be Einstein

JA · 19948.0

Cinematography

A Movie Capital poster

A Movie Capital

JA · 19916.0

Director of Photography

The Scene of the Soul poster

The Scene of the Soul

JA · 1991Not rated

Cinematography

Song of Arirang - Voices from Okinawa poster

Song of Arirang - Voices from Okinawa

JA · 1991Not rated

Cinematography

狭山事件-石川一雄・獄中27年-

1991

The Sayama Affair

JA · 1991Not rated

Director of Photography

The Old Man and the Sea poster

The Old Man and the Sea

JA · 19909.0

Cinematography

Business Trip poster

Business Trip

JA · 1989Not rated

Director of Photography

ドキュメント’89脱原発元年

1989

ドキュメント’89脱原発元年

JA · 1989Not rated

Director of Photography

Yuntanza Okinawa poster

Yuntanza Okinawa

JA · 1987Not rated

Director of Photography

泪橋

1983

A Bridge of Tears

JA · 19837.0

Director of Photography

Strike the White Ball poster

Strike the White Ball

JA · 1980Not rated

Director of Photography

My Town, My Youth poster

My Town, My Youth

JA · 1978Not rated

Cinematography

Fighting Against The Incurable Disease Aplastic Anemia – Now You Are In The Light poster

Fighting Against The Incurable Disease Aplastic Anemia – Now You Are In The Light

JA · 1978Not rated

Director of Photography

Message from Minamata to the World poster

Message from Minamata to the World

JA · 1976Not rated

Director of Photography

Oh Seagull, Have You Seen the Sparkling Ocean? An Encounter poster

Oh Seagull, Have You Seen the Sparkling Ocean? An Encounter

JA · 19756.0

Director of Photography

The Shiranui Sea poster

The Shiranui Sea

JA · 19757.7

Director of Photography

Minamata Disease: A Trilogy poster

Minamata Disease: A Trilogy

JA · 1975Not rated

Director of Photography

Minamata Revolt: A People's Quest for Life poster

Minamata Revolt: A People's Quest for Life

JA · 1973Not rated

Cinematography

When the Night Breaks poster

When the Night Breaks

JA · 1973Not rated

Cinematography

Minamata: The Victims and Their World poster

Minamata: The Victims and Their World

JA · 19717.3

Director of Photography

Prehistory of the Partisans poster

Prehistory of the Partisans

JA · 19695.6

Cinematography

Japan Year Zero poster

Japan Year Zero

JA · 1968Not rated

Cinematography

Summer in Sanrizuka poster

Summer in Sanrizuka

JA · 19686.4

Director of Photography

The Oppressed Students poster

The Oppressed Students

JA · 19676.8

Director of Photography

Report from Haneda poster

Report from Haneda

JA · 1967Not rated

Cinematography

死亡0 交通頭部外傷の記録

1966

Zero Dead: A Record of Traffic-Related Head Injury

JA · 1966Not rated

Cinematography