After the war, many filmmakers were expelled from the Japanese film industry due to the Toho Dispute and the Red Purge. Amid such circumstances, there were people who set up their own independent production companies and embarked on film production without relying on corporations. This documentary film focuses on the passionate "spirit of film" of directors such as Satsuo Yamamoto and Tadashi Imai, who, despite many hardships, produced a succession of masterpieces overflowing with humanism and rebellious spirit.

Sen Yamamoto
Narrator (voice)

Hitomi Nakahara
Narrator (voice)

Shinjirō Ehara
Narrator (voice)

Makoto Akatsuka
Narrator (voice)
Katsumoto Saotome
Self

Yoji Yamada
Self

Kyōko Kagawa
Self

Kei Yamamoto
Self

Yasuo Furuhata
Self

Teruo Ishii Fan Club
Teruo Ishii Fan Club

Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague
Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague

Shohei Imamura: The Free Thinker
Shohei Imamura: The Free Thinker
The Erotic Empire
The Erotic Empire

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

The Ozu Diaries
The Ozu Diaries

Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza

Mikio Naruse 100th Birth Anniversary
Mikio Naruse 100th Birth Anniversary

Japanese Cinema: New Territories
Japanese Cinema: New Territories

A. K.
A. K.

Seijun Suzuki: kabuki & yakuzas
Seijun Suzuki: kabuki & yakuzas

Ken San
Ken San