From February 3 through 11, the Gene Siskel Film Center presents Imamura Investigates, a series of six films representing the documentary side of the celebrated Japanese director’s career (although one of the films, A MAN VANISHES, is an unclassifiable hybrid of fiction and documentary).
The six films in this series all come from the period after 1966, when Imamura left the powerful Nikkatsu studio in order to make films for his own independent production company. More concentrated than his fiction films, Imamura’s documentaries convey a similar fascination with outcasts, outsiders, and outlaws—although his point is that the marginalized, underacknowledged underside of Japan is actually its most essential and revealing side.
Films include: A MAN VANISHES, IN SEARCH OF THE UNRETURNED SOLDIERS IN MALAYSIA, IN SEARCH OF THE UNRETURNED SOLDIERS IN THAILAND, KARAYUKI-SAN: THE MAKING OF A PROSTITUTE, OUTLAW-MATSU COMES HOME, THE PIRATES OF BUBUAN.
sleestakk logged 3 movies during Imamura Investigates. Back to Events Overview.
| Title | Director(s) | Year Released | Viewed On |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karayuki-San, the Making of a Prostitute | Shōhei Imamura | 1973 | 02/10/2013 |
| Outlaw-Matsu Returns Home | Shōhei Imamura | 1973 | 02/10/2013 |
| Pirates of Buban, The | Shōhei Imamura | 1972 | 02/10/2013 |