Magino Village – A Tale / The Sundial Carved With A Thousand Years of Notches
Magino Village – A Tale / The Sundial Carved With A Thousand Years of Notches
Magino Village – A Tale / The Sundial Carved With A Thousand Years of Notches
Synopsis
This film combines all the themes of their concern: farming, state violence, resistance, modernisation, and village time. It masterfully mixes the conventions of science films with Griersonian documentary sequences about ghosts and gods, along with fictional sequences featuring cameos such as the butoh founder Tatsumi HIJIKATA and Roman Porno star Junko MIYASHITA. It's a thoughtful meditation history and the way it is never quite "past" in village Japan.