Toru Takemitsu Movies

  • 1984
    2084: Video Clip for the Trade Unions' Reflection and Pleasure

    2084: Video Clip for the Trade Unions' Reflection and Pleasure

    2084: Video Clip for the Trade Unions' Reflection and Pleasure

    6.11984HD

    Filmed on the 100th anniversary of the labour union laws in France, the quasi-science fiction film is set in 2084. A robot moderator helps us look...

    2084: Video Clip for the Trade Unions' Reflection and Pleasure
  • 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
  • 1995
    Spiritual Voices

    Spiritual Voices

    Spiritual Voices

    6.21995HD

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

    Spiritual Voices
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1983
    Lanterns on Blue Waters

    Lanterns on Blue Waters

    Lanterns on Blue Waters

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    The story of a Japanese man who as a 16-year-old went to Maui to work in the sugar cane fields in order to support his family back in Japan. Now 89...

    Lanterns on Blue Waters
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1964
    Children Hand in Hand

    Children Hand in Hand

    Children Hand in Hand

    01964HD

    Children Hand in Hand
  • 1959
    Jose Torres

    Jose Torres

    Jose Torres

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    A documentary about the eponymous Puerto Rican boxer

    Jose Torres
  • 1962
    Human Zoo

    Human Zoo

    Human Zoo

    31962HD

    A montage of scenes that describe how people can be as bad as animals.

    Human Zoo
  • 1962
    A Full Life

    A Full Life

    A Full Life

    01962HD

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

    A Full Life
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1979
    House of Flames

    House of Flames

    House of Flames

    5.91979HD

    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
  • 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
  • 1955
    Silver Wheel

    Silver Wheel

    Silver Wheel

    01955HD

    A surrealist commercial for bicycles.

    Silver Wheel