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Koshiro Otsu

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Kôshirô Ôtsu
大津 幸四郎

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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.

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Camera Operator:
1999  Artists in Wonderland

Camera Technician:
1999  Artists in Wonderland
2011  Barefoot Gen's Hiroshima

Cinematography:
1967  Report from Haneda
1969  Japan Year Zero
1969  Prehistory of the Partisans
1973  Minamata Revolt: A People's Quest for Life
1975  Minamata Disease: A Trilogy
1978  My Town, My Youth
1990  The Old Man and the Sea
1991  The Scene of the Soul
1994  Those Who Would Be Einstein
1999  Artists in Wonderland
2005  The Other Hiroshima: Korean A-bomb Victims Tell Their Story
2008  Fence
2011  Barefoot Gen's Hiroshima
2017  The Silence

Director:
1967  Report from Haneda
1969  Japan Year Zero
1969  Prehistory of the Partisans
1973  Minamata Revolt: A People's Quest for Life
1975  Minamata Disease: A Trilogy
1978  My Town, My Youth
1990  The Old Man and the Sea
1991  The Scene of the Soul
1994  Those Who Would Be Einstein
1999  Artists in Wonderland
2005  Ohno Kazuo: Hitori-goto no yō ni
2005  The Other Hiroshima: Korean A-bomb Victims Tell Their Story
2008  Fence
2011  Barefoot Gen's Hiroshima
2014  The Wages of Resistance: Narita Stories
2017  The Silence

Director of Photography:
1967  Report from Haneda
1967  The Oppressed Students
1968  The Battle Front for the Liberation of Japan – Summer in Sanrizuka
1969  Japan Year Zero
1969  Prehistory of the Partisans
1971  Minamata: The Victims and Their World
1973  Minamata Revolt: A People's Quest for Life
1975  Minamata Disease: A Trilogy
1975  Oh Seagull, Have You Seen the Sparkling Ocean? An Encounter
1975  The Shiranui Sea
1976  Message from Minamata to the World
1978  Fighting Against The Incurable Disease Aplastic Anemia – Now You Are In The Light
1978  My Town, My Youth
1980  Strike the White Ball
1983  A Bridge of Tears
1987  Yuntanza Okinawa
1989  Business Trip
1990  The Old Man and the Sea
1991  A Movie Capital
1991  The Scene of the Soul
1994  Those Who Would Be Einstein
1999  Artists in Wonderland
2000  Dolce
2001  Hanako
2002  Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times
2005  Ohno Kazuo: Hitori-goto no yō ni
2005  The Constitution of Japan
2005  The Other Hiroshima: Korean A-bomb Victims Tell Their Story
2006  Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said
2008  Fence
2011  Barefoot Gen's Hiroshima
2014  The Wages of Resistance: Narita Stories
2017  The Silence

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