Cinematographer
Koshiro Otsu
19 films
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.
Best known for

Minamata: The Victims and Their World
1971 · Cinematography

Dolce
2000 · Cinematography


Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times
2002 · Cinematography
On OVID

The Shiranui Sea
1975 · Cinematography

Oh Seagull, Have You Seen the Sparkling Ocean? An Encounter
1975 · Cinematography

Summer in Sanrizuka
1968 · Cinematography
Filmography 19

The Wages of Resistance: Narita Stories
2014 · Director, Cinematography

Kazuo Ohno: Like a Soliloquy
2007 · Director, Cinematography


Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said
2006 · Cinematography
On OVID

The Constitution of Japan
2005 · Cinematography


Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times
2002 · Cinematography
On OVID

Hanako
2001 · Cinematography

Dolce
2000 · Cinematography


A Movie Capital
1991 · Cinematography
On DocAlliance Films

Business Trip
1989 · Cinematography

Yuntanza Okinawa
1987 · Cinematography

Strike the White Ball
1980 · Cinematography

Fighting Against The Incurable Disease Aplastic Anemia – Now You Are In The Light
1978 · Cinematography

Message from Minamata to the World
1976 · Cinematography

Oh Seagull, Have You Seen the Sparkling Ocean? An Encounter
1975 · Cinematography

Minamata Disease: A Trilogy
1975 · Cinematography

The Shiranui Sea
1975 · Cinematography

Minamata: The Victims and Their World
1971 · Cinematography

Summer in Sanrizuka
1968 · Cinematography

The Oppressed Students
1967 · Cinematography