Koshiro Otsu
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Died28 November 2014
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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.
The Silence
2017 · Cinematography
The Wages of Resistance: Narita Stories
2014 · Director
The Wages of Resistance: Narita Stories
2014 · Director of Photography
Nuchigafu - Life is a Treasure
2012 · Cinematography
Barefoot Gen's Hiroshima
2011 · Camera Technician
Fence
2008 · Cinematography
Kazuo Ohno: Like a Soliloquy
2007 · Director
Kazuo Ohno: Like a Soliloquy
2007 · Director of Photography
Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said
2006 · Director of Photography
The Other Hiroshima: Korean A-bomb Victims Tell Their Story
2005 · Cinematography
The Constitution of Japan
2005 · Director of Photography
Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times
2002 · Director of Photography
Hanako
2001 · Director of Photography
Dolce
2000 · Director of Photography
Artists in Wonderland
1999 · Camera Operator
Those Who Would Be Einstein
1994 · Cinematography
A Movie Capital
1991 · Director of Photography
The Sayama Affair
1991 · Director of Photography
The Scene of the Soul
1991 · Cinematography
Song of Arirang - Voices from Okinawa
1991 · Cinematography
The Old Man and the Sea
1990 · Cinematography
Business Trip
1989 · Director of Photography
ドキュメント’８９脱原発元年
1989 · Director of Photography
Yuntanza Okinawa
1987 · Director of Photography
A Bridge of Tears
1983 · Director of Photography
Strike the White Ball
1980 · Director of Photography
Fighting Against The Incurable Disease Aplastic Anemia – Now You Are In The Light
1978 · Director of Photography
My Town, My Youth
1978 · Cinematography
Message from Minamata to the World
1976 · Director of Photography
Oh Seagull, Have You Seen the Sparkling Ocean? An Encounter
1975 · Director of Photography
Minamata Disease: A Trilogy
1975 · Director of Photography
The Shiranui Sea
1975 · Director of Photography
Minamata Revolt: A People's Quest for Life
1973 · Cinematography
When the Night Breaks
1973 · Cinematography
Minamata: The Victims and Their World
1971 · Director of Photography
Prehistory of the Partisans
1969 · Cinematography
Summer in Sanrizuka
1968 · Director of Photography
Japan Year Zero
1968 · Cinematography
Report from Haneda
1967 · Cinematography
The Oppressed Students
1967 · Director of Photography
Zero Dead: A Record of Traffic-Related Head Injury
1966 · Cinematography
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