Koshiro Otsu
Camera • Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
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.
Known For
7.3Minamata: The Victims and Their World
1971
6.5Dolce
2000
7.0Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times
2002
7.7The Shiranui Sea
1975
6.4Summer in Sanrizuka
1968
6.0Oh Seagull, Have You Seen the Sparkling Ocean? An Encounter
1975
From Nerdspin
Filmography
- 2014★ 8.0
- 2011★ 4.0
- 2007
- 2006★ 6.3
- 2005★ 9.0
- 2002★ 7.0
- 2001
- 2000★ 6.5
- 1999★ 9.0
- 1991★ 6.0
- 1991
- 1989
- 1989
- 1987
- 1983★ 7.0
- 1980
- 1978Fighting Against The Incurable Disease Aplastic Anemia – Now You Are In The LightFilm
Director of Photography
- 1976
- 1975★ 7.7
- 1975★ 6.0
- 1975
- 1971★ 7.3
- 1968★ 6.4
- 1967★ 6.8
