Filmmaker, critic, and photographer. Graduated in 1957 from Keio University, Faculty of Literature, Department of English Literature. Hired by the International Department of Shochiku Film, and assigned to be interpreter for the president, ShirÅ Kido. He became acquainted with underground filmmakers while participating in Harvard University international seminars, then took a sabbatical from Shochiku to attend Northwestern University for one year as a Fulbright scholar. He left school after fini...
Filmmaker, critic, and photographer. Graduated in 1957 from Keio University, Faculty of Literature, Department of English Literature. Hired by the International Department of Shochiku Film, and assigned to be interpreter for the president, ShirÅ Kido. He became acquainted with underground filmmakers while participating in Harvard University international seminars, then took a sabbatical from Shochiku to attend Northwestern University for one year as a Fulbright scholar. He left school after finishing the film âAmerica, America, Americaâ, then returned to Japan, and in 1966 finished the film âHopscotchâ. In 1964, he collaborated with Takahiko Iimura, KÅichirÅ Ishizaki, Nobuhiko Åbayashi, YÅichi Takabayashi, Shigechika SatÅ, Donald Richie, and Masao Adachi to found the experimental film group âFilm Independentâ.
