After the war, many filmmakers were expelled from the Japanese film industry due to the Toho Dispute and the Red Purge. Amid such circumstances, there were people who set up their own independent production companies and embarked on film production without relying on corporations. This documentary film focuses on the passionate "spirit of film" of directors such as Satsuo Yamamoto and Tadashi Imai, who, despite many hardships, produced a succession of masterpieces overflowing with humanism and rebellious spirit.

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7.7/10

Visions of Light
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7.0/10

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6.8/10

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7.4/10

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7.2/10

To Be Takei
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7.2/10

The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness
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7.6/10

Night Will Fall
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7.6/10

The Class of ‘92
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7.1/10

Fuck
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6.4/10

The Director and the Jedi
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7.2/10

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
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7.0/10

Burden of Dreams
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7.6/10

Seduced and Abandoned
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6.2/10

Room 237
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6.1/10

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7.4/10

Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki
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7.5/10

The Skywalker Legacy
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7.8/10

The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
2009
7.0/10

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1980
7.1/10
Teruo Ishii Fan Club
2006
0/10