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Nippon Express Carries the Olympics to Tokyo
Nippon Express Carries the Olympics to Tokyo
A documentary focusing on the things and animals necessary for the Olympics in Tokyo in 1964.
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The Song of Stone
The Song of Stone
While extracting and polishing their blocks of stone, stonecutters used to say “the stone is coming to life". This paradox provided Matsumoto with the best metaphor for what making a ...
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The Weavers of Nishijin
The Weavers of Nishijin
The Weavers of Nishijin captures the process of traditional textile manufacture in Nishijin.
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Record of A Long White Line
Record of A Long White Line
Early experimental PR "cine-poem" by Toshio Matsumoto. Commissioned by Kansai Electricity, the film paints an abstract, near-wordless retelling of the development of power stations in ...
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300 Ton Trailer
300 Ton Trailer
A short documentary about a trailer weighing over 300 tons that carries material for the construction of a dam toward Tokyo.
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Security Treaty
Security Treaty
An early experimental film by Toshio Matsumoto. Produced as part of the student riots in Japan at the start of the 1960s, Matsumoto uses collage, archival footage, and impassioned ...