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NIPPON RETRO
SHOOTING THE SUN
Japanese Art-House Film from the 60s to today
Sparks fly off the screen as realms of experience are retraced, redefined, and radically visualized. A rigorously new approach to film began to gain momentum in 1960īs Japan, proposing new ways of exploring politics, sexuality, aesthetics, and the medium itself. Be it from inside the avantgarde, the politically radicalized students, the emerging 8mm film scene: Dissent with dominant film culture was being formulated from several directions at once, and condensed in a wave of exciting and formshattering films. The massive influence this movement exerted is virtually unknown in Europe and America even today. Nippon Connection is proud to present a collection that explores experimental film in Japan from several angles to expose its sheer breadth and scope. International and Japanese guests are present to propose various perspectives on these brave and adventurous films that are almost impossible to see
even in Japan. This retrospective was made possible through the kind cooperation of Image Forum, Gô HIRASAWA, Ken'ichi ÔKUBO and Jonathan Hall.
Event location: Cinema at the Deutschen Filmmuseum (Schaumainkai 41, Frankfurt-Sachsenhausen)
 VISION EXPLODED *
 STATE OF DISSENT
 SPLINTERED SEX
 INDISPENSABLE 8 *
 COUNTERCULTURE *
EXPLANATION:
OmeU = Original Version with English Subtitles
OmU = Original Version with German Subtitles
DP = German premiere
EP = European Premiere
IP = International Premiere
NCA= Film submitted to the Nippon Cinema Award
* = with guest(s)
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