Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions (2002)

Plot Summary

Devotion investigates the extremely complex and heirarchical relationships among a committed group of Japanese filmmakers who dedicated up to 30 years of their lives making films for one man-Ogawa Shinsuke. Members of Ogawa Pro filmed the student movement of the late 60's; the fight by farmers to save their land from government confiscaton for the Narita airport at Sanrizuka; and the village life of a small farming community, Magino Village, in northern Japan. These heartbreaking and sometimes funny stories have never been told on film before. Rare footage, stills, and diaries with interviews with Oshima Nagisa, Hara Kazuo and Robert Kramer make this historical inquiry visually exciting as well as valuable.

Full Cast & Characters

Nagisa Ōshima

Himself

Sumiko Uno

Shinsuke Ogawa

Himself

Noriaki Tsuchimoto

himself

Kazuo Hara

himself

Robert Kramer

Himself

Hiroo Fuseya

Himself

Sumiko Haneda

Self

Iizuka Toshio

Self

Yoshio Shimizu

Self

Takaaki Watanabe

Self

Director & Crew

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