Personal Info
Known For
Camera
Known Credits
45
Gender
Male
Birthday
1905-01-01
Day of Death
1992-12-07 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
Kobe, Japan
Also Known As
Yuuji Atsuta
Yûharu Atsuta
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.
