Shigeru Shirai

The film uses the haiku of early 19th century poet Kobayashi Issa as its motif to portray the lives of farmers residing deep in the mountains of Nagano. Commissioned by the Nagano Prefectural Department of Tourism, the movie became instead, in the hands of Kamei, a depiction, sometimes ironic, of poverty and the harsh life of the inhabitants of the area. The short movie is often considered Japan’s first “poetic documentary”.

Propaganda documentary about the fall of Nanking. Considered for a long time as a lost film, it was discovered in Beijing, China, in the year 1995.

Documentary recording the devastation of the 1923 Kanto earthquake and subsequent relief efforts and reconstruction. Re-released by the Kanto Earthquake Digital Image Archive in 2021.

Documentary recording the devastation of the 1923 Kanto earthquake and subsequent relief efforts and reconstruction. Re-released by the Kanto Earthquake Digital Image Archive in 2021.