Koshiro Otsu

Koshiro Otsu

  • Also know as: 大津 幸四郎

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

The Wages of Resistance: Narita Stories

2014

As Director of Photography

A Bridge of Tears

1983

As Director of Photography

Prehistory of the Partisans

1969

As Cinematography

Fence

2008

As Cinematography

Report from Haneda

1967

As Cinematography

Artists in Wonderland

1999

As Camera Operator

Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said

2006

As Director of Photography

Hanako

2001

As Director of Photography

Dolce

2000

As Director of Photography

The Shiranui Sea

1975

As Director of Photography

Minamata: The Victims and Their World

1971

As Director of Photography

Business Trip

1989

As Director of Photography

Strike the White Ball

1980

As Director of Photography

Barefoot Gen's Hiroshima

2011

As Camera Technician

Those Who Would Be Einstein

1994

As Cinematography

Minamata Disease: A Trilogy

1975

As Cinematography

Message from Minamata to the World

1976

As Director of Photography

Yuntanza Okinawa

1987

As Director of Photography

A Movie Capital

1991

As Director of Photography

The Oppressed Students

1967

As Director of Photography

My Town, My Youth

1978

As Cinematography

Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times

2002

As Director of Photography

The Constitution of Japan

2005

As Director of Photography

The Scene of the Soul

1991

As Cinematography

Ohno Kazuo: Hitori-goto no yō ni

2005

As Director of Photography

The Silence

2017

As Cinematography

Japan Year Zero

1969

As Cinematography

The Old Man and the Sea

1990

As Cinematography

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