Atsuta Yuharu

Stephen Cremin asianfilmlibrary
Wed Aug 8 18:26:30 EDT 2001


He died in 1992.

Stephen

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>From: "Pete Larson" <bulb at netway.com>
>To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
>Subject: RE: Atsuta Yuharu
>Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 17:12:21 -0400
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>I had heard that he died shortly after making that movie, but I can't be
>sure at all.
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>[mailto:owner-KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu]On Behalf Of jonah
>horwitz
>Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 5:01 PM
>To: kinejapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>Subject: Atsuta Yuharu
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>I watched Wim Wenders's "Tokyo-Ga" this weekend, and although I had mixed
>feelings about the film as a whole, I was very impressed with the amount
>of time given over to the recollections of Ozu's longtime cinematographer
>Atsuta Yuharu.  Atsuta went into some detail regarding the director's
>working habits and personality.  What struck me most about Atsuta (as well
>as with Ryu Chishu, also interviewed in the film) was how extraordinarily
>self-effacing he was.  I was very moved by the depth of respect and
>admiration he showed for Ozu.
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>Is Atsuta still alive?  Does anyone know of an article which includes more
>of his recollections of working with Ozu?
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>I have an unrelated, somewhat off-topic, question as well.  Does anyone
>know of a good beginning Japanese course in Chicago?
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>Jonah
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