Directed credits
18
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
Koshiro Otsu
Camera
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Directed movies: 18Directed series: 0All crew credits: 35
TMDB ID: 1462266
Known for: Camera
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1967 - 2017
Years active: 51
Also known as
大津 幸四郎 • Kôshirô Ôtsu
Frequent jobs
Director of Photography (16)Director (2)Cinematography (15)Camera Operator (1)Camera Technician (1)
Biography
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.
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Koshiro Otsu.
The Wages of Resistance: Narita Stories
Director
2014 Movie
Kazuo Ohno: Like a Soliloquy
Director
2007 Movie
6.3
Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said
Director of Photography
2006 Movie
The Constitution of Japan
Director of Photography
2005 Movie
6.8
Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times
Director of Photography
2002 Movie
Hanako
Director of Photography
2001 Movie
6.2
Dolce
Director of Photography
2000 Movie
6.0
A Movie Capital
Director of Photography
1991 Movie
Business Trip
Director of Photography
1989 Movie
Yuntanza Okinawa
Director of Photography
1987 Movie
Strike the White Ball
Director of Photography
1980 Movie
Fighting Against The Incurable Disease Aplastic Anemia – Now You Are In The Light
Director of Photography
1978 Movie
Message from Minamata to the World
Director of Photography
1976 Movie
5.2
Oh Seagull, Have You Seen the Sparkling Ocean? An Encounter
Director of Photography
1975 Movie
7.2
The Shiranui Sea
Director of Photography
1975 Movie
7.1
Minamata: The Victims and Their World
Director of Photography
1971 Movie
6.3
The Battle Front for the Liberation of Japan: Summer in Sanrizuka
Director of Photography
1968 Movie
6.8
The Oppressed Students
Director of Photography
1967 Movie
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Koshiro Otsu.
5.2
Oh Seagull, Have You Seen the Sparkling Ocean? An Encounter
Director of Photography
1975 Movie
When the Night Breaks
Cinematography
1973 Movie
The Other Hiroshima: Korean A-bomb Victims Tell Their Story
Cinematography
2005 Movie
Business Trip
Director of Photography
1989 Movie
Those Who Would Be Einstein
Cinematography
1994 Movie
Strike the White Ball
Director of Photography
1980 Movie
6.3
The Battle Front for the Liberation of Japan: Summer in Sanrizuka
Director of Photography
1968 Movie
Fighting Against The Incurable Disease Aplastic Anemia – Now You Are In The Light
Director of Photography
1978 Movie
6.8
The Oppressed Students
Director of Photography
1967 Movie
6.8
Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times
Director of Photography
2002 Movie
4.0
Barefoot Gen's Hiroshima
Camera Technician
2011 Movie
6.0
A Movie Capital
Director of Photography
1991 Movie
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Koshiro Otsu.
10.0
The Silence
Cinematography
2017 Movie
Nuchigafu - Life is a Treasure
Cinematography
2012 Movie
4.0
Barefoot Gen's Hiroshima
Camera Technician
2011 Movie
Fence
Cinematography
2008 Movie
The Other Hiroshima: Korean A-bomb Victims Tell Their Story
Cinematography
2005 Movie
Artists in Wonderland
Camera Operator
1999 Movie
Those Who Would Be Einstein
Cinematography
1994 Movie
The Scene of the Soul
Cinematography
1991 Movie
Song of Arirang - Voices from Okinawa
Cinematography
1991 Movie
The Old Man and the Sea
Cinematography
1990 Movie
My Town, My Youth
Cinematography
1978 Movie
Minamata Disease: A Trilogy
Cinematography
1975 Movie
Minamata Revolt: A People's Quest for Life
Cinematography
1973 Movie
When the Night Breaks
Cinematography
1973 Movie
4.5
Prehistory of the Partisans
Cinematography
1969 Movie
Japan Year Zero
Cinematography
1968 Movie