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A Magician of Images: Director Kazuyuki Izutsu's Journey

A Magician of Images: Director Kazuyuki Izutsu'...

Born in Ikuno Ward, Osaka, in 1952, Kazuyuki Izutsu grew up in the lively atmosphere of a postwar working-class neighborhood. A frequent cinema visitor from childhood who often encountered films...

A Magician of Images: Director Kazuyuki Izutsu'...

Born in Ikuno Ward, Osaka, in 1952, Kazuyuki Izutsu grew up in the lively atmosphere of a postwar working-class neighborhood. A frequent cinema visitor from childhood who often encountered films...

Kinuyo Tanaka’s Directorial Debut Love Letter: The Birth of a Film by Japan’s First Female Director

Kinuyo Tanaka’s Directorial Debut Love Letter: ...

A historic event occurred in Japanese cinema in November 1953: the release of Love Letter, directed by Kinuyo Tanaka. It was the first dramatic feature in Japanese film history directed...

Kinuyo Tanaka’s Directorial Debut Love Letter: ...

A historic event occurred in Japanese cinema in November 1953: the release of Love Letter, directed by Kinuyo Tanaka. It was the first dramatic feature in Japanese film history directed...

Kinuyo Tanaka: The Journey of Japan’s First Female Film Director

Kinuyo Tanaka: The Journey of Japan’s First Fem...

Born in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on February 29, 1909, Kinuyo Tanaka lost her father at age five and grew up in poverty with her mother. From age ten, her difficult...

Kinuyo Tanaka: The Journey of Japan’s First Fem...

Born in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on February 29, 1909, Kinuyo Tanaka lost her father at age five and grew up in poverty with her mother. From age ten, her difficult...

Takahisa Zeze, a Filmmaker of Darkness and Light: A Realist Portrait of Contemporary Society

Takahisa Zeze, a Filmmaker of Darkness and Ligh...

Takahisa Zeze is known as one of Japanese cinema’s directors with the sharpest social perspectives. Born in 1961, he applies the viewpoint he developed in television documentary to filmmaking, earning...

Takahisa Zeze, a Filmmaker of Darkness and Ligh...

Takahisa Zeze is known as one of Japanese cinema’s directors with the sharpest social perspectives. Born in 1961, he applies the viewpoint he developed in television documentary to filmmaking, earning...

Takahisa Zeze's From Siberia with Love: Applying Dignity and Memory to Video Production

Takahisa Zeze's From Siberia with Love: Applyin...

Directed by Takahisa Zeze, From Siberia with Love is based on the true story of Japanese prisoners of war detained in Siberian labor camps, or lagers, after World War II....

Takahisa Zeze's From Siberia with Love: Applyin...

Directed by Takahisa Zeze, From Siberia with Love is based on the true story of Japanese prisoners of war detained in Siberian labor camps, or lagers, after World War II....

Takahisa Zeze's 64: Truths About Organizations and People Revealed by an Unsolved Case

Takahisa Zeze's 64: Truths About Organizations ...

64 is Takahisa Zeze's screen adaptation of Hideo Yokoyama's bestselling novel. The title refers to the case number of a young girl's kidnapping and murder in Showa 64. Still unsolved...

Takahisa Zeze's 64: Truths About Organizations ...

64 is Takahisa Zeze's screen adaptation of Hideo Yokoyama's bestselling novel. The title refers to the case number of a young girl's kidnapping and murder in Showa 64. Still unsolved...