Mitsuru Otsuka

Biography

Career Overview

Mitsuru Otsuka has 21 screen credits in a career dating back to 1990. Signature works include Shōgun, Dreams, Hokusai's Daughter. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Costume & Make-Up

Gender

male

Known Credits

21

Known For

• 

  Shōgun
• 

  Dreams
• 

  Hokusai's Daughter
• 

  11 Rebels
• 

  Samurai Vengeance
• 

  Climbing for Life

Frequent Collaborators

• Akira Kurosawa (3 collaborations)
• Genichi Tsushima (3 collaborations)
• Kazuko Kurosawa (2 collaborations)
• Kenji Sato (2 collaborations)
• Nobuyuki Obikane (2 collaborations)
• Justin Marks (2 collaborations)
• Hiroyuki Sanada (2 collaborations)
• Rachel Kondo (2 collaborations)
• Kei Kawamura (2 collaborations)
• Maureen Webb (2 collaborations)

Credits

• costume & make-up (21 credits)

  • Samurai Vengeance

    costumer

    costume & make-up
    2026
  • Climbing for Life

    costume design

    costume & make-up
    2025
  • Hokusai's Daughter

    costumer

    costume & make-up
    2025
  • Yasuko, Songs of Days Past

    costume designer

    costume & make-up
    2025
  • Black Ox

    costumer

    costume & make-up
    2024
  • 11 Rebels

    costumer

    costume & make-up
    2024
  • Promised Land

    costume design

    costume & make-up
    2024
  • Shōgun

    other

    costume & make-up

    - A Dream of a Dream (2024) ... other costume & make-up

    - Crimson Sky (2024) ... other costume & make-up

    - The Abyss of Life (2024) ... other costume & make-up

    - A Stick of Time (2024) ... other costume & make-up

    - Ladies of the Willow World (2024) ... other costume & make-up
    2024
  • Okiku and the World

    costumer

    costume & make-up
    2023
  • THE LEGEND & BUTTERFLY

    costume design

    costume & make-up
    2023
  • Fragments of the Last Will

    costume design

    costume & make-up
    2022
  • Shimamori Tower

    costumer

    costume & make-up
    2022
  • Independence of Japan

    costumer

    costume & make-up
    2020
  • Falling Camellia

    costume design

    costume & make-up
    2018
  • Mumon: The Land of Stealth

    costume design

    costume & make-up
    2017
  • Lear on the Shore

    costumer

    costume & make-up
    2017
  • Honnouji Hotel

    costume design

    costume & make-up
    2017
  • Nobunaga Concerto: The Movie

    costumer

    costume & make-up
    2016
  • The Floating Castle

    costume design

    costume & make-up
    2012
  • After the Rain

    costumer

    costume & make-up
    2000
  • Dreams

    wardrobe designer

    costume & make-up
    1990