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