Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions

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Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions (2002)

Directed by Barbara Hammer

Documentary · 1h 28m

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.

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Cast

Nagisa Ōshima Himself
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Sumiko Uno Shinsuke Ogawa Himself Noriaki Tsuchimoto himself Kazuo Hara himself Robert Kramer Himself
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Hiroo Fuseya Himself Sumiko Haneda Self
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Iizuka Toshio Self
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Yoshio Shimizu Self
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Takaaki Watanabe Self

Crew

Director
Barbara Hammer
Editor
Barbara Hammer
Producer
Barbara Hammer

Details

Release date
2002-01-26
Runtime
1h 28m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
Japanese
Countries
Japan, United States of America
Production
Barbara Hammer Productions