Movies

  • 1968
    The Battle Front for the Liberation of Japan – Summer in Sanrizuka

    The Battle Front for the Liberation of Japan – Summer in Sanrizuka

    The Battle Front for the Liberation of Japan – Summer in Sanrizuka

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    In 1968, Ogawa decided to form Ogawa Productions and locate it at the newly announced construction site of Narita International Airport in a district...

    The Battle Front for the Liberation of Japan – Summer in Sanrizuka
  • 1999
    M/Other

    M/Other

    M/Other

    5.61999HD

    Tetsuro is living with his young girlfriend Aki in a pleasant house in Tokyo. They both spend a lot of time at their jobs. However their routine is...

    M/Other
  • 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
  • 1982
    Furuyashiki: A Japanese Village

    Furuyashiki: A Japanese Village

    Furuyashiki: A Japanese Village

    6.51982HD

    This is Ogawa Productions’ first major film from their Yamagata period. They had already started photography on Magino Village -A Tale but they...

    Furuyashiki: A Japanese Village
  • 2007
    Cinema Is about Documenting Lives: The Works and Times of Noriaki Tsuchimoto

    Cinema Is about Documenting Lives: The Works and Times of Noriaki Tsuchimoto

    Cinema Is about Documenting Lives: The Works and Times of Noriaki Tsuchimoto

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    Documentary about the great Japanese documentary maker Tsuchimoto Noriaki made a couple of years before his death.

    Cinema Is about Documenting Lives: The Works and Times of Noriaki Tsuchimoto
  • 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
  • 1971
    Sanrizuka: Peasants of the Second Fortress

    Sanrizuka: Peasants of the Second Fortress

    Sanrizuka: Peasants of the Second Fortress

    5.71971HD

    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
  • 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
  • 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

    6.21973HD

    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
  • 1975
    Dokkoi! Songs from the Bottom

    Dokkoi! Songs from the Bottom

    Dokkoi! Songs from the Bottom

    01975HD

    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
  • 1998
    The Weald

    The Weald

    The Weald

    5.71998HD

    Naomi Kawase returns to the mountains of her feature film Suzaku and portraits the people that inspired the movie.

    The Weald
  • 1970
    Sanrizuka: The Three Day War

    Sanrizuka: The Three Day War

    Sanrizuka: The Three Day War

    01970HD

    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
  • 1972
    Sanrizuka: The Building of Iwayama Tower

    Sanrizuka: The Building of Iwayama Tower

    Sanrizuka: The Building of Iwayama Tower

    01972HD

    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
    Winter In Sanrizuka

    Winter In Sanrizuka

    Winter In Sanrizuka

    01970HD

    Winter In Sanrizuka
  • 1977
    The Magino Village Story: Raising Silkworms

    The Magino Village Story: Raising Silkworms

    The Magino Village Story: Raising Silkworms

    01977HD

    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