After the war, many filmmakers were expelled from the Japanese film industry due to the Toho Dispute and the Red Purge. Amid such circumstances, there were people who set up their own independent production companies and embarked on film production without relying on corporations. This documentary film focuses on the passionate "spirit of film" of directors such as Satsuo Yamamoto and Tadashi Imai, who, despite many hardships, produced a succession of masterpieces overflowing with humanism and rebellious spirit.
A documentary on Teruo Ishii, the Japanese "King of Cult".
An intimate chronicle of the shooting of Ran (1985), a film directed by the legendary Japanese filmm...
Film director and screenwriter Seijun Suzuki (1923-2017), who in the sixties was the great innovator...
KEN SAN pieces together the puzzle of the life and legacy of Japan's mythical acting icon, Ken Takak...
A short documentary primarily focused on Nikkatsu's Roman Porno series.
Because his style was similar to that of Yasujiro Ozu, who was already active at Shochiku, he moved ...
The film is a series of vignettes from Taiji Tonoyama's life and film clips, interspersed with a dia...
Keichi Tanaamis new animation work Red Shade (2021) is based on paintings that he had produced on th...
Legendary anime director Rintaro’s (Metropolis, X/1999, Galaxy Express 999) first new work in over a...
An exploration of the unique circumstances in Bristol, Connecticut, that fostered a community intert...
In the summer of 1980, Tallinn hosted yachtsmen participating in the 22nd Summer Olympics. The compe...
Discover the Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony full preparations, from first sketches until the very end o...
A short look at Jello Biafra's run for Mayor of San Francisco.
Documentary tracing the extreme life of outlaw writer, performance artist and punk icon, Kathy Acker...
On learning that her infant niece, Maya, is dying of a rare disease, newly pregnant Sharon decides s...