Koshiro Otsu
Died: 2014-11-28
Known For: Camera
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.
Filmography
2017
- The Silence ... (Cinematography)
2014
- The Wages of Resistance: Narita Stories ... (Director)
2012
- Nuchigafu - Life is a Treasure ... (Cinematography)
2011
- Barefoot Gen's Hiroshima ... (Camera Technician)
2008
- Fence ... (Cinematography)
2007
- Kazuo Ohno: Like a Soliloquy ... (Director)
2006
- Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said ... (Director of Photography)
2005
- The Constitution of Japan ... (Director of Photography)
- The Other Hiroshima: Korean A-bomb Victims Tell Their Story ... (Cinematography)
2002
- Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times ... (Director of Photography)
2001
- Hanako ... (Director of Photography)
2000
- Dolce ... (Director of Photography)
1999
- Artists in Wonderland ... (Camera Operator)
1994
- Those Who Would Be Einstein ... (Cinematography)
1991
- Song of Arirang - Voices from Okinawa ... (Cinematography)
- A Movie Capital ... (Director of Photography)
- The Scene of the Soul ... (Cinematography)
1990
- The Old Man and the Sea ... (Cinematography)
1989
- Business Trip ... (Director of Photography)
- ドキュメント’８９脱原発元年 ... (Director of Photography)
1987
- Yuntanza Okinawa ... (Director of Photography)
1983
- A Bridge of Tears ... (Director of Photography)
1980
- Strike the White Ball ... (Director of Photography)
1978
- Fighting Against The Incurable Disease Aplastic Anemia – Now You Are In The Light ... (Director of Photography)
- My Town, My Youth ... (Cinematography)
1976
- Message from Minamata to the World ... (Director of Photography)
1975
- Oh Seagull, Have You Seen the Sparkling Ocean? An Encounter ... (Director of Photography)
- The Shiranui Sea ... (Director of Photography)
- Minamata Disease: A Trilogy ... (Director of Photography)
1973
- When the Night Breaks ... (Cinematography)
- Minamata Revolt: A People's Quest for Life ... (Cinematography)
1971
- Minamata: The Victims and Their World ... (Director of Photography)
1969
- Prehistory of the Partisans ... (Cinematography)
1968
- Japan Year Zero ... (Cinematography)
- Summer in Sanrizuka ... (Director of Photography)
1967
- The Oppressed Students ... (Director of Photography)
- Report from Haneda ... (Cinematography)
1966
- Zero Dead: A Record of Traffic-Related Head Injury ... (Cinematography)