Shuntaro Tanikawa Movies

  • 2006
    The Summer of Stickleback

    The Summer of Stickleback

    The Summer of Stickleback

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    Set in Kyoto, 1990. Mizuho Oshima is a high school girl who hates her alcoholic mom, adores her father, and has a crush on school swim team member Sho...

    The Summer of Stickleback
  • 1982
    Video Portraits - Men: Shuntaro Tanikawa

    Video Portraits - Men: Shuntaro Tanikawa

    Video Portraits - Men: Shuntaro Tanikawa

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    In his darkened apartment the poet, translator, and lyricist discusses his work and his "art of being alone". In the words of Tanikawa: "If there is l...

    Video Portraits - Men: Shuntaro Tanikawa
  • 1983
    Video Letter

    Video Letter

    Video Letter

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    This remarkable compilation follows an exchange of video letters that took place between Shuji Terayama and Shuntaro Tanikawa in the months immediatel...

    Video Letter
  • 1992
    Super Folk Song: Piano ga Aishita Onna

    Super Folk Song: Piano ga Aishita Onna

    Super Folk Song: Piano ga Aishita Onna

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    A documentary capturing the recording process of singer Yano Akiko's 1992 cover album, Super Folk Song.

    Super Folk Song: Piano ga Aishita Onna
  • 2009
    Ink Music: In the Land of the Hundred-Tongued Lyricist

    Ink Music: In the Land of the Hundred-Tongued Lyricist

    Ink Music: In the Land of the Hundred-Tongued Lyricist

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    Everyone in Japan knows his work, yet few recognize his face. Chris Mosdell, British expatriate, pop lyricist, poet and visual artist, during his 30-y...

    Ink Music: In the Land of the Hundred-Tongued Lyricist