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Koshiro Otsu

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.

Et billede af Koshiro Otsu

Camera

1967

[ ] The Oppressed Students (Director of Photography)

1968

[ ] The Battle Front for the Liberation of Japan – Summer in Sanrizuka (Director of Photography)

1971

[ ] Minamata: The Victims and Their World (Director of Photography)

1975

[ ] Oh Seagull, Have You Seen the Sparkling Ocean? An Encounter (Director of Photography)
[ ] The Shiranui Sea (Director of Photography)

1976

[ ] Message from Minamata to the World (Director of Photography)

1978

[ ] Fighting Against The Incurable Disease Aplastic Anemia – Now You Are In The Light (Director of Photography)

1980

[ ] Strike the White Ball (Director of Photography)

1983

[ ] A Bridge of Tears (Director of Photography)

1987

[ ] Yuntanza Okinawa (Director of Photography)

1989

[ ] Business Trip (Director of Photography)

1991

[ ] A Movie Capital (Director of Photography)

1999

[ ] Artists in Wonderland (Camera Operator)

2000

[ ] Dolce (Director of Photography)

2001

[ ] Hanako (Director of Photography)

2002

[ ] Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times (Director of Photography)

2005

[ ] The Constitution of Japan (Director of Photography)

2006

[ ] Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said (Director of Photography)

2007

[ ] Kazuo Ohno: Like a Soliloquy (Director of Photography)

2011

[ ] Barefoot Gen's Hiroshima (Camera Technician)

2014

[ ] The Wages of Resistance: Narita Stories (Director of Photography)

Crew

1966

[ ] Zero Dead: A Record of Traffic-Related Head Injury (Cinematography)

1967

[ ] Report from Haneda (Cinematography)

1968

[ ] Japan Year Zero (Cinematography)

1969

[ ] Prehistory of the Partisans (Cinematography)

1973

[ ] Minamata Revolt: A People's Quest for Life (Cinematography)
[ ] When the Night Breaks (Cinematography)

1975

[ ] Minamata Disease: A Trilogy (Cinematography)

1978

[ ] My Town, My Youth (Cinematography)

1990

[ ] The Old Man and the Sea (Cinematography)

1991

[ ] The Scene of the Soul (Cinematography)
[ ] Song of Arirang - Voices from Okinawa (Cinematography)

1994

[ ] Those Who Would Be Einstein (Cinematography)

2005

[ ] The Other Hiroshima: Korean A-bomb Victims Tell Their Story (Cinematography)

2008

[ ] Fence (Cinematography)

2012

[ ] Nuchigafu - Life is a Treasure (Cinematography)

2017

[ ] The Silence (Cinematography)

Directing

2007

[ ] Kazuo Ohno: Like a Soliloquy (Director)

2014

[ ] The Wages of Resistance: Narita Stories (Director)