Devotion investigates the extremely complex and heirarchical relationships among a committed group of Japanese filmmakers who dedicated up to 30 years of their lives making films for one man-Ogawa Shinsuke. Members of Ogawa Pro filmed the student movement of the late 60's; the fight by farmers to save their land from government confiscaton for the Narita airport at Sanrizuka; and the village life of a small farming community, Magino Village, in northern Japan. These heartbreaking and sometimes funny stories have never been told on film before. Rare footage, stills, and diaries with interviews with Oshima Nagisa, Hara Kazuo and Robert Kramer make this historical inquiry visually exciting as well as valuable.
Genre: Documentary
Stars: Nagisa Ōshima, Sumiko Uno, Shinsuke Ogawa, Noriaki Tsuchimoto, Kazuo Hara, Robert Kramer
Crew: Barbara Hammer (Producer), Barbara Hammer (Editor), Barbara Hammer (Director)
Country: Japan, United States of America
Language: 日本語
Studio: Barbara Hammer Productions
Runtime: 88 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jan 26, 2002
IMDb: 10
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