[KineJapan] Hara Masato documentary

[Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan]

Kaneko Yu has made a feature length documentary on the legendary Hara
Masato. Hara-san was known as the "tensai seishun santoku" back in the late
60s and early 70s, when he was making experimental films on 8mm and 16mm.
After winning awards and garnering lots of press, writing his own
criticism, Oshima tapped him to co-write The Man Who Left His Will on Film.
Not long after that Hara kind of dropped from sight and finally came up for
air with a new film at the 1993 Yamagata. He also showed his most famous
work, First Emperor (Hatsukuni shiramikoto, 1973). Since then, he's been
showing multi-screen, multi-format films with live music......regrettably
he loves to sing, which is definitely not good for the films. Kaneko's film
is somewhat messy—echoing Hara-san's own life?—but is still a fascinating
look at an important director from the experimental world.

https://youtu.be/sTWdnZNp-qM

Markus


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*Markus Nornes*
*Professor of Asian Cinema*
Department of Screen Arts and Cultures, Department of Asian Languages and
Cultures, Penny Stamps School of Art & Design

*Department of Screen Arts and Cultures*
*6348 North Quad*
*105 S. State Street*
*Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285*
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