Japanese Postwar Documentary Tradition (1950–1980)

1. Iwanami Productions founded for educational documentaries

   Jan 1, 1950Labels: Iwanami Productions, Iwanami Shoten

   • Iwanami

2. Hani’s child-centered observational style breaks through

   Jan 1, 1956Labels: Susumu Hani, Children Who

   • YIDFF
   • ACMI
   • Iwanami

3. Tsuchimoto joins Iwanami, linking politics and craft

   Jan 1, 1956Labels: Noriaki Tsuchimoto, Iwanami Productions

   • Tsuchimoto
   • SIGLO

4. Hani’s ‘pseudo-documentary’ style reaches feature cinema

   Jan 1, 1961Labels: Susumu Hani, Bad Boys

   • BadBoys
   • BAMPFA

5. ATG founded, expanding non-studio film distribution

   Nov 15, 1961Labels: Art Theatre, ATG

   • ATG
   • PSU

6. Tsuchimoto’s ‘Exchange Student’ model of activist independence

   Jan 1, 1965Labels: Noriaki Tsuchimoto, Exchange Student

   • Tsuchimoto
   • SIGLO

7. Report from Haneda documents protest and counters police claims

   Jan 1, 1967Labels: Shinsuke Ogawa, Report from

   • YIDFF
   • HFA

8. Ogawa Productions founded and commits to movement filmmaking

   Jan 1, 1968Labels: Ogawa Productions, Ogawa

   • ICA
   • CinReal

9. Summer in Sanrizuka launches a long protest-film series

   Jan 1, 1968Labels: Summer in, Ogawa Productions

   • CinReal
   • ICA

10. Prehistory of the Partisans films politics from inside the barricades

    Jan 1, 1969Labels: Prehistory of, Noriaki Tsuchimoto

    • NipponConn
    • YIDFF

11. Sanrizuka: The Three Day War embraces ‘bullet film’ urgency

    Jan 1, 1970Labels: Sanrizuka The, Ogawa Productions

    • ICA
    • TIDF

12. Minamata begins Tsuchimoto’s landmark industrial-disaster cycle

    Jan 1, 1971Labels: Minamata The, Noriaki Tsuchimoto

    • Minamata
    • YIDFF

13. Narita, Peasants of the Second Fortress records a turning point

    Jan 1, 1971Labels: Narita Peasants, Ogawa

    • IDFA
    • ICA

14. Minamata Revolt documents negotiation and organized patient activism

    Jan 1, 1973Labels: Minamata Revolt, Noriaki Tsuchimoto

    • MoMI
    • YIDFF

15. Sanrizuka: Heta Village shifts from battles to ‘village time’

    Jan 1, 1973Labels: Sanrizuka Heta, Ogawa Productions

    • JapanSoc
    • YIDFF

16. Ogawa Pro relocates to Magino, signaling a new rural-documentary phase

    Jan 1, 1974Labels: Ogawa Productions, Magino

    • ICA
    • JeuPaume

17. The Shiranui Sea extends Minamata into everyday aftermath

    Jan 1, 1975Labels: The Shiranui, Noriaki Tsuchimoto

    • Shiranui
    • Minamata