
Koshiro Otsu
Cinematographer · Director · CrewKoshiro 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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The Wages of Resistance: Narita Stories
2014
Director of Photography

Barefoot Gen's Hiroshima
2011
Camera Technician

Kazuo Ohno: Like a Soliloquy
2007
Director of Photography

Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said
2006
Director of Photography

The Constitution of Japan
2005
Director of Photography

Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times
2002
Director of Photography

Hanako
2001
Director of Photography

Dolce
2000
Director of Photography

Artists in Wonderland
1999
Camera Operator

A Movie Capital
1991
Director of Photography

Business Trip
1989
Director of Photography
- ドキュメント’89脱原発元年
ドキュメント’89脱原発元年
1989
Director of Photography

Yuntanza Okinawa
1987
Director of Photography
- A Bridge of Tears
A Bridge of Tears
1983
Director of Photography

Strike the White Ball
1980
Director of Photography

Fighting Against The Incurable Disease Aplastic Anemia – Now You Are In The Light
1978
Director of Photography

Message from Minamata to the World
1976
Director of Photography

Oh Seagull, Have You Seen the Sparkling Ocean? An Encounter
1975
Director of Photography

The Shiranui Sea
1975
Director of Photography

Minamata Disease: A Trilogy
1975
Director of Photography

Minamata: The Victims and Their World
1971
Director of Photography

Summer in Sanrizuka
1968
Director of Photography

The Oppressed Students
1967
Director of Photography
CREW15

The Silence
2017
Cinematography

Nuchigafu - Life is a Treasure
2012
Cinematography

Fence
2008
Cinematography

The Other Hiroshima: Korean A-bomb Victims Tell Their Story
2005
Cinematography

Those Who Would Be Einstein
1994
Cinematography

The Scene of the Soul
1991
Cinematography

Song of Arirang - Voices from Okinawa
1991
Cinematography

The Old Man and the Sea
1990
Cinematography

My Town, My Youth
1978
Cinematography

Minamata Revolt: A People's Quest for Life
1973
Cinematography

When the Night Breaks
1973
Cinematography

Prehistory of the Partisans
1969
Cinematography

Japan Year Zero
1968
Cinematography

Report from Haneda
1967
Cinematography
- Zero Dead: A Record of Traffic-Related Head Injury
Zero Dead: A Record of Traffic-Related Head Injury
1966
Cinematography





