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Actor

Yûharu Atsuta

Camera

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Acting credits

2

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TMDB popularity

0.2

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Movies: 48Series: 0Crew credits: 47

TMDB ID: 552001

IMDb ID: nm0040916

Known for: Camera

Born: January 1, 1905

Died: December 7, 1992

Age: 87

Place of birth: Kobe, Japan

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1928 - 1985

Years active: 58

Average TMDB rating: 7.37

Wikidata: Q3574300

Also known as

Yuuji Atsuta

Other jobs

Director of Photography (40)Assistant Camera (3)Camera Operator (2)First Assistant Camera (1)Lighting Technician (1)

Biography

Yuharu Atsuta (January 1, 1905 - December 7, 1992) was a Japanese film cameraman. He is known as a famous cameraman of Yasujiro Ozu's group. Born in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, he grew up in Toranomon, Tokyo. In 1928, he worked as an assistant cinematographer on Yasujiro Ozu's second film, “Dreams of Youth,” and later became a close friend of Ozu's while working as an assistant on many of his films. After 15 years as an assistant, he became a cinematographer during the shooting of “What Ladies Forget” in 1937 and worked as a cinematographer for all of Ozu's films distributed by Shochiku until 1962.