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1969, era of movie box office, which was the pinnacle of Japan's entertainment industry in the 1950s is, according to the TV of the spread that was launched in 1952, it began to gradually decline. Such as from supervision until it actor, shooting, is a leading movie company, which has been supported by the "studio system" that all of the staff is dedicating agreement with a specific film company, was gradually lost its centripetal force, falls on the just transition period . Shochiku also, one of the major movie companies that have experienced the upheaval of Japan movie box office history at the time. Shochiku, which was forced to route change from the soap opera work group that has been good at in the 1950s, entered in 1960, young film director was the assistant director to it, Nagisa Oshima, Yoshishige Yoshida, debuted in succession Masahiro Shinoda et al. . Capture the modern society realistically, that announced the works that accused the social issues, oriented to their art movie called "Shochiku nouvelle vague" is, on the one hand to the box office plan of the entertainment of Shochiku justified not, subject to the disposal of such censored immediately after publication. Oshima et al., Resigned one after another Shochiku, launch an independent professional. Such they of became a receiving port is, in 1961, was established film company a non-box office art film production distribution of the purpose, was the Japan Art Theatre Guild (ATG). Initially, ATG is mainly had carried out the distribution, screening of art film overseas, from 1967, start a movie production of low-budget, which is called while equally an independent professional and budget to "one million yen movie". Later, decrease in attendance of Japanese films well into the 1970s, not only, of a major movie company "studio system" decline along with the decrease in the number of production work. On the other hand, the movie due to production that can be pink movies and independent professional even at low budget was breakthrough.

Current Playing in Shibuya, and Toshio Matsumoto, Morisaki east of the retrospective is, that to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the debut of both the director, respectively. Just there to tempestuous period that Japanese cinema has been forced to a big change in direction, 1968 - 9 they played a theater debut was followed in the year, I want to follow two of the road.

Theater Image ForumIn,"Aesthetics Toshio Matsumoto movie retrospective of vision."Referred to as, from Toshio feature film debut Matsumoto "Funeral Parade of Roses", with screenings and feature films all four works of "Shura", "War of the sixteen-year-old," "Dogura Magura", a typical experimental film there.
Toshio Matsumoto, who graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1954, was joined in the production company at the same time news movie graduation "New RIKEN movie". Japan bicycle Industry Association of overseas PR for the Short Story "Ginrin" (55 years), Eiji Tsuburaya Sci-Fi Live Action, production along with the music and Toru Takemitsu. After leaving "New RIKEN movie" is, Kyoto "Nishijin" with lots of shots of close-up by the recording appreciation organization produced the movie (61 years) and was commissioned production from the documentary program of TBS, by Ernest Sato shooting and to complete the hundreds of photo collage movie "stone of poetry" using (1963). In addition, the activity as a "documentary film" or "film criticism" in the magazine, film critic with the aim of unification of the documentary and the avant-garde, had a major impact at the time of the Shochiku Nouvelle Vague. 1968, already by the co-production of the ATG also leaving the Oshima works of Nagisa was production and distribution of the Shochiku, complete the "rose of the funeral procession." This work became a theatrical debut is, Stanley Kubrick is also said to have a reference of "A Clockwork Orange".

Since then, the situation theater, presided over by Juro Kara is off a bizarre presence "Shura" (1971), was staring at the scars of war remain in the now "war of sixteen-year-old" (1974), "the video of not representative of the Japanese literature that was being said and the possible "curiosa, as" Dogura Magura "of Kyusaku Yumeno original (1988), one after another ambitious movies to reproduce the genius of the theater and literary circles in the film industry completed.
On the other hand, the video work that uses a measuring device that has been developed for medical and engineering "Metashitashisu <metabolism>" (1971), animated by the analog computer called "scanimate" "Mona Lisa" (1973), a still image such as the reality was realized the camera work impossible by lapse "Atman" (1975), it was devoted to the production of experimental video that utilize a variety of media.
Starting from the documentary film, music from an early stage, photo, theater, literature, etc., and interact with artists of different genres, Toshio Matsumoto, which has carried out a cross-disciplinary work making. At present, widely known as a pioneer existence of video art that does not stay in Japan film history.

Shinemavera ShibuyaIn,"Morisaki east of the current"Entitled, to publish Everyone representative works, a total of 18 works to the latest work from the debut of the east Morisaki.
Morisakihigashi graduated from Kyoto University Faculty of Law, through the editing of the movie magazine, in 1956, joined Shochiku. Yoshitarō Nomura, participated as a playwright in Yoji Yamada work, was his directorial debut in 1969 "comedy woman is courage." After that, the stripper stem 旋所 "Shinjuku entertainment company" was on the stage, "comedy-woman" series (the first installment "We live comedy woman", "comedy woman Hometown Yo man," the second installment, the third installment, "comedy in woman sale will "), ridiculous even humaneness richly draw a like a woman to live Zubutoku.
In the "studio system" 1970s was in the middle of a collapse, re-film adaptation work "Stray Dog" (1973) of the same name works of Akira Kurosawa, convey the grief of thugs not only awkward to live in a corner of the times oversee the "city lights". Then, subject to dismissal from Shochiku. Morisaki director became free, it oversees the "comedy special out string Heaven" (1975) by Toei. In 77 years, at the ATG, intertwined young people who dream of a stuntman and film director and the "love and adventure of Taro Kuroki", you die by out Are the flowers at that time that "We are living dealing with nuclear power plant issue, which has been a taboo it announced a masterpiece such as by up to Party declaration "(85).
Shochiku thorns-turned to the exclusive supervision through the era free supervision, Morisaki director survived stretch of the turbulent times that symbolizes the transition period of the Japanese movie. In 2004, his achievements are recognized, Art Encouragement of Education, Culture, Sports, Science Minister's Prize in the latest "Chicken is a barefoot", has received the Tokyo International Film Festival Best Artistic Contribution Award.

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