Koshiro Otsu
Camera · Cinematography · Director of Photography · Director
Active 1966–2014
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.
Filmography
The Silence (2017) — CinematographyThe Wages of Resistance: Narita Stories (2014) — Director · Director of PhotographyBarefoot Gen's Hiroshima (2011) — Camera TechnicianKazuo Ohno: Like a Soliloquy (2007) — Director · Director of PhotographyOut of Place: Memories of Edward Said (2006) — Director of PhotographyThe Constitution of Japan (2005) — Director of PhotographyThe Other Hiroshima: Korean A-bomb Victims Tell Their Story (2005) — CinematographyPower and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times (2002) — Director of PhotographyDolce (2000) — Director of PhotographyArtists in Wonderland (1999) — Camera OperatorThose Who Would Be Einstein (1994) — CinematographyA Movie Capital (1991) — Director of PhotographyThe Old Man and the Sea (1990) — CinematographyYuntanza Okinawa (1987) — Director of PhotographyA Bridge of Tears (1983) — Director of PhotographyMessage from Minamata to the World (1976) — Director of PhotographyThe Shiranui Sea (1975) — Director of PhotographyOh Seagull, Have You Seen the Sparkling Ocean? An Encounter (1975) — Director of PhotographyMinamata Revolt: A People's Quest for Life (1973) — CinematographyMinamata: The Victims and Their World (1971) — Director of PhotographyPrehistory of the Partisans (1969) — CinematographySummer in Sanrizuka (1968) — Director of PhotographyJapan Year Zero (1968) — CinematographyThe Oppressed Students (1967) — Director of Photography