Shuntaro Tanikawa Trailers
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Most Popular Shuntaro Tanikawa Trailers
Total trailers found: 17
Japan and the Japanese Trailer (1970)
15 March 1970
A documentary Ichikawa made for the 1970 Osaka Expo, originally made for projection on eight split panels.
Video Portraits - Men: Shuntaro Tanikawa Trailer (1982)
01 January 1982
In his darkened apartment the poet, translator, and lyricist discusses his work and his "art of being alone".
Super Folk Song: Piano ga Aishita Onna Trailer (1992)
02 September 1992
A documentary capturing the recording process of singer Yano Akiko's 1992 cover album, Super Folk Song.
X (Batsu) Trailer (1960)
10 April 1960
A man marks everything he encounters with an X, from telephone poles to fruit and books he fondles in markets to a woman he pursues who lies on the ground, first clothed, then unclothed.
Love Trailer (1964)
31 December 1964
A short experimental anime about a woman desperately in love. Made by Yoji Kuri, a well-known Japanese indie animator.
Youth: The 50th National High School Baseball Tournament Trailer (1968)
21 September 1968
Tokyo Olympiad director Kon Ichikawa documents the 50th anniversary of the Koshien games.
To Love Again Trailer (1971)
15 May 1971
A Japanese girl and a French boy make strides in overcoming the cultural barriers that prevent them from fully expressing the love they have for one another.
The Summer of Stickleback Trailer (2006)
14 October 2006
Set in Kyoto, 1990. Mizuho Oshima is a high school girl who hates her alcoholic mom, adores her father, and has a crush on school swim team member Sho Sugimoto.
Tokyo Olympiad Trailer (1965)
20 March 1965
This impressionistic portrait of the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics pays as much attention to the crowds and workers as it does to the actual competitive events.
The Phoenix Trailer (1978)
12 August 1978
This extraordinarily complex film is not only a send-up of every samurai film ever made, it is also an extrapolation of the value of life.
Yah Chayka! Trailer (2008)
15 October 2008
Renowned Japanese poet Shuntaro Tanikawa teams with former "rock chick" Wakako Kaku to craft this pensive love story told almost entirely in still photographs.
Visions of Eight Trailer (1973)
06 October 1973
Eight acclaimed filmmakers bring their unique and differing perspectives to the 1972 Summer Olympic Games held in Munich.
The Wanderers Trailer (1973)
07 April 1973
Follows the fluctuating fortunes of three ronin in feudal Japan who wander from castle to castle, selling their services to whichever lord will fill their rice bowls.
Human Zoo Trailer (1962)
14 September 1962
A montage of scenes that describe how people can be as bad as animals.
Carol Trailer (1974)
22 June 1974
Identity and integrity are discussed in connection with a tour of rock band Carol.
Video Letter Trailer (1983)
01 January 1983
This remarkable compilation follows an exchange of video letters that took place between Shuji Terayama and Shuntaro Tanikawa in the months immediately preceding Terayama's death.
Ink Music: In the Land of the Hundred-Tongued Lyricist Trailer (2009)
18 June 2009
Everyone in Japan knows his work, yet few recognize his face. Chris Mosdell, British expatriate, pop lyricist, poet and visual artist, during his 30-year residence in Tokyo has written chart-topping hits with some of Japan's most influential musicians and composers, penned lyrics to anime film scores, and run with the multimedia underground of that city's avant-garde.
