Yu Kaneko

Movies

Film Fetish
Director
For some eight years, Kaneko Yu followed Japanese avant-garde director Okuyama Jun'ichi, observed him making and showing his films, and collecting printed materials.
Mlabri in the Woods
Director of Photography
The Mlabri is one of the smallest ethnic minorities on the planet who have lived in the mountainous forests of northern Thailand and western Laos. Since being "rediscovered" on the Thai side in the early 1980s, they have gradually come to live a settled life in a few villages in Nan and Phrae provinces in Thailand. However, even though they have been integrated into modern society, they do not have a means of livelihood. They receive public assistance, make knitting crafts, or are hired by the neighboring Hmong as day laborers to help with the cultivation. Ito Yuma, a young Japanese linguist has been collecting and studying the Mlabri language, which is ind danger of disappear.
Mlabri in the Woods
Editor
The Mlabri is one of the smallest ethnic minorities on the planet who have lived in the mountainous forests of northern Thailand and western Laos. Since being "rediscovered" on the Thai side in the early 1980s, they have gradually come to live a settled life in a few villages in Nan and Phrae provinces in Thailand. However, even though they have been integrated into modern society, they do not have a means of livelihood. They receive public assistance, make knitting crafts, or are hired by the neighboring Hmong as day laborers to help with the cultivation. Ito Yuma, a young Japanese linguist has been collecting and studying the Mlabri language, which is ind danger of disappear.
Mlabri in the Woods
Director
The Mlabri is one of the smallest ethnic minorities on the planet who have lived in the mountainous forests of northern Thailand and western Laos. Since being "rediscovered" on the Thai side in the early 1980s, they have gradually come to live a settled life in a few villages in Nan and Phrae provinces in Thailand. However, even though they have been integrated into modern society, they do not have a means of livelihood. They receive public assistance, make knitting crafts, or are hired by the neighboring Hmong as day laborers to help with the cultivation. Ito Yuma, a young Japanese linguist has been collecting and studying the Mlabri language, which is ind danger of disappear.
A Man Who Became Cinema
Director
Masato Hara made his directorial debut in high school in 1968 and achieved a reputation as a young prodigy. Many years later, he continues to make films and show his old experimental 'live-screening' films, but is saddled with massive debts. This film follows eight years in his life.
The Garden Apartment
Producer
Hikari is a newly expectant mother cohabiting with her boyfriend Taro. However, their relationship seems to be on the rocks. The couple has had trouble finding steady employment since graduating from college, and mounting financial problems further strain their relationship. Taro has a secret: he’s been relying on his eccentric aunt Kyoko, who has been acting strangely since losing her husband at a young age. Hikari’s first encounter with Kyoko does not go well, but Hikari visits Kyoko’s home unbeknownst to Taro and is introduced to a world where young women take part in bacchanals. This could spell doom for her relationship with Taro...
Imperial: How They Create a War
Editor
In the year 2045, after the re-militarization of Japan, conflict erupts in Korea, and Japan is destroyed in the ensuing nuclear war. A survivor uses an old computer in the "zone" to produce a documentary from photographs, interviews and newsreels, reconstucting the last 100 years of Japanese history
Imperial: How They Create a War
Director
In the year 2045, after the re-militarization of Japan, conflict erupts in Korea, and Japan is destroyed in the ensuing nuclear war. A survivor uses an old computer in the "zone" to produce a documentary from photographs, interviews and newsreels, reconstucting the last 100 years of Japanese history
Muneo-ism
Director of Photography
Follows the election campaign of Muneo Suzuki, a politician who was at the center of a corruption scandal but is now extremely popular in his home Hokkaido for his character, and examines the state of postwar democracy through his election campaign.
Muneo-ism
Editor
Follows the election campaign of Muneo Suzuki, a politician who was at the center of a corruption scandal but is now extremely popular in his home Hokkaido for his character, and examines the state of postwar democracy through his election campaign.
Muneo-ism
Director
Follows the election campaign of Muneo Suzuki, a politician who was at the center of a corruption scandal but is now extremely popular in his home Hokkaido for his character, and examines the state of postwar democracy through his election campaign.
Belgrade 1999
Editor
The "new right" organization Issuikai was founded by activists after the death of Yukio Mishima in 1970. Director Kaneko follows representative Mitsuhiro Kimura's efforts to build an international anti-American network, visiting warzones in Iraq and former Yugoslavia.
Belgrade 1999
Director of Photography
The "new right" organization Issuikai was founded by activists after the death of Yukio Mishima in 1970. Director Kaneko follows representative Mitsuhiro Kimura's efforts to build an international anti-American network, visiting warzones in Iraq and former Yugoslavia.
Belgrade 1999
Director
The "new right" organization Issuikai was founded by activists after the death of Yukio Mishima in 1970. Director Kaneko follows representative Mitsuhiro Kimura's efforts to build an international anti-American network, visiting warzones in Iraq and former Yugoslavia.