Toru Takemitsu Movies

  • 1962
    A Full Life

    A Full Life

    A Full Life

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    A woman becomes dissatisfied with her marriage and joins a political theater troupe to protest the U.S. Security Pact.

    A Full Life
  • 1983
    Tokyo Trial

    Tokyo Trial

    Tokyo Trial

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    One of the major documentaries on a specific chapter in modern Japanese history, this look at the trial of Japanese militarists accused of war crimes...

    Tokyo Trial
  • 1982
    Prophecy

    Prophecy

    Prophecy

    01982HD

    This rare documentary is one of the very last efforts from preeminent documentarist/activist Susumu Hani best known for his feature films. This one...

    Prophecy
  • 1965
    The Song of the Bwana Toshi

    The Song of the Bwana Toshi

    The Song of the Bwana Toshi

    01965HD

    Traveling to Africa in a cultural exchange program, a young Japanese engineer discovers a world completely unlike the one he knows. His interaction...

    The Song of the Bwana Toshi
  • 1965
    The Koumiko Mystery

    The Koumiko Mystery

    The Koumiko Mystery

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    While filming the Olympics, a filmmaker encounters a Japanese girl. Manchurian born and French educated, she's an intriguing anomaly. He films her...

    The Koumiko Mystery
  • 1995
    Spiritual Voices

    Spiritual Voices

    Spiritual Voices

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    In 1994, Alexander Sokurov accompanied Russian troops assigned to a frontier military post at the Tajikistan/Afghanistan border to film their...

    Spiritual Voices
  • 1980
    Ki or Breathing

    Ki or Breathing

    Ki or Breathing

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    'Ki or Breathing' is a spare concoction assembled from slow motion shots of nature and set to a score by the much-acclaimed Tohru Takemitsu.

    Ki or Breathing
  • 1987
    A Boy Named Hiroshima

    A Boy Named Hiroshima

    A Boy Named Hiroshima

    01987HD

    Thirty-eight years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, a boy is born with only a single day to live. Named "Hiroshima," he sets out into the city...

    A Boy Named Hiroshima
  • 1965
    Jose Torres II

    Jose Torres II

    Jose Torres II

    6.51965HD

    This is the sequel to Jose Torres (1959), the portrayal of Puerto Rican boxer Jose Torres, who won a silver medal in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. We...

    Jose Torres II
  • 1981
    The Minamata Mural

    The Minamata Mural

    The Minamata Mural

    01981HD

    After a handful of groundbreaking films detailing the tragedy and suffering of the mercury-poisoned Japanese town of Minamata, documentary master...

    The Minamata Mural
  • 1960
    X (Batsu)

    X (Batsu)

    X (Batsu)

    01960HD

    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...

    X (Batsu)
  • 1963
    Mon-Yo: Ornamental Motifs from Japan

    Mon-Yo: Ornamental Motifs from Japan

    Mon-Yo: Ornamental Motifs from Japan

    01963HD

    This is a documentary centered on traditional Japanese patterns. To capture the unique sensibility of the Japanese people, the film features 170...

    Mon-Yo: Ornamental Motifs from Japan
  • 1961
    Bad Boys

    Bad Boys

    Bad Boys

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    A young delinquent takes part in a robbery and is sentenced to a juvenile detention center, where he clashes with other youths and reflects on his...

    Bad Boys
  • 1980
    The Lovers' Exile

    The Lovers' Exile

    The Lovers' Exile

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    An adaptation of “The Courier for Hell” (“Meido no Hikyaku”) by Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653-1725).

    The Lovers' Exile
  • 1992
    Dream Window: Reflections on the Japanese Garden

    Dream Window: Reflections on the Japanese Garden

    Dream Window: Reflections on the Japanese Garden

    01992HD

    Exquisite exploration of landscape and Toru Takemitsu's music for a Japanese moss garden.

    Dream Window: Reflections on the Japanese Garden
  • 1979
    House of Flames

    House of Flames

    House of Flames

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    Through puppets and animation, a traveler tells his story of walking through Settsu, coming to the town of Ikuta. He asks if someone can show him the...

    House of Flames
  • 1962
    Atami Blues

    Atami Blues

    Atami Blues

    7.41962HD

    A young woman arrives at a resort and is soon pursued by a young man. Initially, he appears to be infatuated with her, but it becomes clear he simply...

    Atami Blues
  • 1978
    The Japanese Part 3: Farm Song

    The Japanese Part 3: Farm Song

    The Japanese Part 3: Farm Song

    01978HD

    An hour long documentary looking at the life of the Kato family, Japanese farmers living in Miyazaki city, Miyagi prefecture

    The Japanese Part 3: Farm Song
  • 2023
    A Slippage in Five Movements

    A Slippage in Five Movements

    A Slippage in Five Movements

    02023HD

    A visual accompaniment to Tōru Takemitsu's sonically sparse composition 'Corona for Pianist(s)'. Taking inspiration from the graphic score that...

    A Slippage in Five Movements
  • 1955
    Silver Wheel

    Silver Wheel

    Silver Wheel

    01955HD

    A surrealist commercial for bicycles.

    Silver Wheel