Movies

  • 1987
    Magino Village: A Tale

    Magino Village: A Tale

    Magino Village: A Tale

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    The movie compiles footage taken by Ogawa Production for a period of more than ten years after the collective moved to Magino village. Unique to this...

    Magino Village: A Tale
  • 1975
    Dokkoi! Songs from the Bottom

    Dokkoi! Songs from the Bottom

    Dokkoi! Songs from the Bottom

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    After the waning of the protests in Sanrizuka, Ogawa Pro started questioning the future of the collective and looking for other subjects to...

    Dokkoi! Songs from the Bottom
  • 2002
    Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions

    Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions

    Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions

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    Devotion investigates the extremely complex and heirarchical relationships among a committed group of Japanese filmmakers who dedicated up to 30...

    Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
  • 1991
    A Movie Capital

    A Movie Capital

    A Movie Capital

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    This film is a record of the first Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival. It reflects the various ways the festival was given shape by...

    A Movie Capital
  • 1970
    Winter In Sanrizuka

    Winter In Sanrizuka

    Winter In Sanrizuka

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    Winter In Sanrizuka
  • 1971
    Sanrizuka: Peasants of the Second Fortress

    Sanrizuka: Peasants of the Second Fortress

    Sanrizuka: Peasants of the Second Fortress

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    It's the mid 60s. Tokyo needs a new airport. There isn't anywhere in Tokyo to put it, so the government decides on displacing some adjacent villages....

    Sanrizuka: Peasants of the Second Fortress
  • 1977
    Sanrizuka: The Sky of May

    Sanrizuka: The Sky of May

    Sanrizuka: The Sky of May

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    In the mid-1970s, protests were waning across Japan after the Red Army scandal of Asama Cottage. In Sanrizuka, people were weary of the violence and...

    Sanrizuka: The Sky of May
  • 1973
    Sanrizuka: Heta Village

    Sanrizuka: Heta Village

    Sanrizuka: Heta Village

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    Shinsuke Ogawa documentary about the life of the farmers in Heta Village opposing their resettlement due to the construction of Narita Airport.

    Sanrizuka: Heta Village
  • 1972
    Sanrizuka: The Building of Iwayama Tower

    Sanrizuka: The Building of Iwayama Tower

    Sanrizuka: The Building of Iwayama Tower

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    The third film in Ogawa Productions’ Narita/Sanrizuka series of documentaries about the resistance by farmers and activists to the construction...

    Sanrizuka: The Building of Iwayama Tower
  • 1970
    Sanrizuka: The Three Day War

    Sanrizuka: The Three Day War

    Sanrizuka: The Three Day War

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    In 1968 the plan by the government to construct a new international airport in the fields of Sanrizuka near Tokyo unleashed one of the most...

    Sanrizuka: The Three Day War
  • 2007
    A Movie Capital, Again

    A Movie Capital, Again

    A Movie Capital, Again

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    Film festivals in Japan are being forced to cut back or fold. In 2006 the operation of Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, celebrating...

    A Movie Capital, Again
  • 1978
    The Magino Village Story: Pass

    The Magino Village Story: Pass

    The Magino Village Story: Pass

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    This rural documentary features poet Jin Makabe. Thoughts about agriculture, memories, landscapes.

    The Magino Village Story: Pass
  • 1977
    The Magino Village Story: Raising Silkworms

    The Magino Village Story: Raising Silkworms

    The Magino Village Story: Raising Silkworms

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    Ogawa Production Staff, who moved to Makinomura in Yamagata Prefecture, looks at sericulture, sericulture labor, agriculture ... Let's listen to...

    The Magino Village Story: Raising Silkworms
  • 1973
    Filmmaking and the Way to the Village

    Filmmaking and the Way to the Village

    Filmmaking and the Way to the Village

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    This film was directed by a member of the Ogawa collective, Fukuda Katsuhiko, while they were finishing the documentary Sanrizuka: Heta Village....

    Filmmaking and the Way to the Village