The Man Who Left His Will on Film

The Man Who Left His Will on Film (Japanese: 東京戦争戦後秘話 Tokyo senso senyo hiwa; lit. Secret History of the Post-Tokyo-War Period[1]) is a 1970 Japanese film directed by Nagisa Ōshima and starring Kazuo Goto and Emiko Iwasaki. The film is also known as He Died After the War.[2]

The Man Who Left His Will on Film
Theatrical release poster
Directed byNagisa Ōshima
Written byNagisa Ōshima
Tsutomu Tamura
Masato Hara
Mamoru Sasaki
StarringKazuo Goto
Emiko Iwasaki
CinematographyToichiro Narushima
Edited byKeiichi Uraoka
Music byTōru Takemitsu
Release date
  • 27 June 1970 (1970-06-27)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Premise

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The plot revolves around young activists in Tokyo in the wake of the 1968 student protests. While being chased by the police, one of them, a filmmaker, dies.

Cast

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  • Kazuo Goto as Shoichi Motoki
  • Emiko Iwasaki as Yasuko
  • Kazuo Hashimoto as Takagi
  • Sukio Fukuoka as Tanizawa
  • Kenichi Fukuda as Matsumura
  • Hiroshi Isogai as Sakamoto
  • Kazuya Horikoshi as Endo
  • Tomoyo Oshima as Akiko

Analysis and reception

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The Man Who Left His Will on Film is considered one of Oshima’s best achievements[3][4] It has been compared to Fellini's for its complex point of view[5]

The film is also remembered for its soundtrack by Tōru Takemitsu.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Vicari, Justin (2016-06-05). Japanese Film and the Floating Mind: Cinematic Contemplations of Being. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-2496-9.
  2. ^ "The Man Who Left His Will On Film (Tokyo Senso Sengo Hiwa) | BAMPFA". bampfa.org. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
  3. ^ Linnarz, Rouven (2022-02-11). "Film Review: The Man Who Left His Will on Film (1970) by Nagisa Oshima". Asian Movie Pulse. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
  4. ^ "The Man Who Left His Will on Film". TIFF. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
  5. ^ Branigan, Edward (2012-01-02). Point of View in the Cinema: A Theory of Narration and Subjectivity in Classical Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-081759-1.
  6. ^ Cooke, Mervyn (2008-09-25). A History of Film Music. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-316-26486-7.
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