Yasuo Otsuka

Visual Effects

Yasuo Otsuka

Born — Died

1931-07-11 — 2021-03-15

Place of birth

Tsuwano, Japan

Known for

Visual Effects

Credits

9 titles

Known for

The Red Spectacles poster
6.5

Summer 1995. With the arrival of the "Age of Cats", the former Kerberos police unit is now disbanded. However one member remains, a stray dog who returns to his old roost after a three-years exile. This wild dog no longer has a master, but now the "Young Lady of Fate" will guide him on his journey.

The Red Spectacles

1987

Lupin the Third: Pilot Film poster
6.7

The first animated adaptation of the popular manga series, this pilot introduces the main characters of "Lupin the Third" with montages, presented through a short frame narrative illustrating a typical gang escape.

Lupin the Third: Pilot Film

1969

Paul Grimault, image par image poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Paul Grimault, image par image

2003

Animation Maestro Gisaburo poster
7.0

A master of Japanese animation, Gisaburo Sugii talks candidly about his career and creative process in this rare and exciting piece of film.

Animation Maestro Gisaburo

2012

Yasuo Ōtsuka's Joy in Motion poster
NR

Yasuo Ōtsuka was the mentor of Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki, the man who taught them to feel the joy of animation. As the supervising animator of their films and through the creation of superb scenes such as Lupin leaping from turret to turret in Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro, Ōtsuka made the impossible believable, and touched people’s emotions. To look back at the many works he was involved in is to review the history of Japanese animation after WWII. This film is a must for anime fans who want to learn how Japanese animation evolved.

Yasuo Ōtsuka's Joy in Motion

2004

Tenguri, Boy of the Plains poster
5.5

The story surrounds a boy and a cow who have always lived their lives together. One winter, a famine strikes their village. The villagers resolve to the cow, but the boy secretly helped the cow escape. A few years ago, the boy (now grown-up) and the cow meet again...

Tenguri, Boy of the Plains

1977

Film credits

Behind the camera