Biography
Iwao Ōtani (Japanese: 大谷 巌, Hepburn: Ōtani Iwao, 1919 – August 3, 2017) was a Japanese recording engineer who worked with influential film directors Akira Kurosawa and Kenji Mizoguchi.
Ōtani worked on Kurosawa's 1950 film Rashomon in Kyoto. Due to setbacks and some lost audio, the crew took the urgent step of bringing actor Toshiro Mifune back to the studio after filming to record another line, which Ōtani added to the film along with the music, using a different microphone.He won the Mainichi Film Award for Best Sound Recording for the 1953 film Ugetsu. In 2000, he worked on the sound for Kon Ichikawa's film Dora-heita.Ōtani died of cerebral infarction on August 3, 2017.
Filmography
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Movies 41
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Sound Recordist
Heat Wave (1991)
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Sound Recordist
The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma (1987)
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Sound Recordist
Death Shadows (1986)
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Sound Recordist
Tracked (1985)
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Sound Recordist
Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman (1971)
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4.47
Sound Recordist
The Magoichi Saga (1969)
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Sound Recordist
Devil's Temple (1969)
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Sound Recordist
Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle Menagerie (1969)
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Sound Recordist
Zatoichi Challenged (1967)
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4.85
Sound Recordist
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage (1966)
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3.2
Sound Recordist
On the Road Forever (1964)
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Sound Recordist
The Third Shadow Warrior (1963)
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Sound Designer
An Actor's Revenge (1963)
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Sound Recordist
The Fencing Master (1962)
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Sound Recordist
The Tale of Zatoichi (1962)
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4.5
Sound Recordist
Satan's Sword (1960)
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Sound Recordist
Enchanted Princess (1959)
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Sound Recordist
Yotsuya Ghost Story (1959)
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Sound Recordist
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion (1958)
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Sound Recordist
Taira Clan Saga (1955)
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Sound Recordist
The Great White Tiger Platoon (1954)
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Sound Designer
Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
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3.86
Sound Designer
A Geisha (1953)
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Sound Recordist
Ugetsu (1953)
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4.57
Sound Recordist
This Way, That Way (1952)
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Sound Recordist
Miss Oyu (1951)
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Sound Recordist
Judge of the Ashuras (1951)
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Edotoku
Goronbo-gai (1936)
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Information
Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1919-08-04
Deathday2017-08-03 (98 years old)
Birth PlaceOsaka Prefecture, Japan
CitizenshipsJapan
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