1953Winner
Best Director
Tokyo Story
Yûharu Atsuta
Actor · Director
Kobe, Japan
January 1, 1905
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1949Winner
Best Director
Late Spring
1962Winner
Best Director
An Autumn Afternoon
Career Highlights
1957Highlight
Best Director
Tokyo Twilight
1959Highlight
Best Director
Good Morning
Video
Tokyo Story
Late Spring
Tokyo Twilight