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 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
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Nagisa Ōshima
Himself
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A Life of Mao
Rahman: Father of Bengal
Sumiko Uno
Barbara Hammer
Chiho Fuseya
Video Interview
Shinsuke Ogawa
Himself
Rie Nakano
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Kekko Kamen 2: We'll be back...
Noriaki Tsuchimoto
himself
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Cinema Is about Documenting Lives: The Works and Times of Noriaki Tsuchimoto
Yukimo Fuseya
Video Interview
Seiko Ono
Kazuo Hara
himself
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Shin Godzilla
Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment
Robert Kramer
Himself
Known for
L'ennui
The State of Things
Hiroo Fuseya
Himself
Also in
M/Other
Barbara Hammer Director
United States release April 21, 2001 · Produced in Japan, United States
Production
Barbara Hammer Productions
Production
Japan · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
United States · April 21, 2001
Premiere · Images Festival
Japan · January 26, 2002
Theatrical
Australia
August 22, 2021 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival
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