Discovery of Image – The Era of Toshio Matsumoto (2017)
Synopsis
A five-part documentary chronicling Toshio Matsumoto, the legendary filmmaker known as a pioneer of experimental cinema in Japan and also active as a film theorist, who exerted a profound influence on innovative film expression from the 1950s onward. Directed by filmmaker and critic Takefumi Tsutsui—himself both a filmmaker and critic like Matsumoto—the project was filmed over the course of ten years. Interweaving excerpts from Matsumoto’s works with an extensive series of interviews with collaborators and critics, the documentary retraces, through the figure of Matsumoto, the tumultuous decades from the 1950s to the 2000s across five parts, totaling 700 minutes.
Release Date: 2017-12-09
Runtime: 700 minutes
Director: Takefumi Tsutsui
Top Cast
- Toshio Matsumoto as
- Joji Yuasa as
- Toshi Ichiyanagi as
- Hideo Kanze as
- Mamoru Sasaki as
- Nobuhiro Kawanaka as
- Katsu Kanai as
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