Outlaw-Matsu Comes Home
無法松故郷に帰る
Synopsis
“In Search of Unreturned Soldiers was about former soldiers of the Japanese army who chose not to return to Japan after the war. I found several of them who had remained in Thailand. Two years later, I invited one of them to make his first return visit to Japan and documented it in Outlaw-Matsu Returns Home. During the filming, my subject Fujita asked me to buy him a cleaver so that he could kill his ‘vicious brother.’ I was shocked, and asked him to wait a day so that I could plan how to film the scene. By the next morning, to my relief, Fujita had calmed down and changed his mind about killing his brother. But I couldn’t have had a sharper insight into the ethical questions provoked by this kind of documentary filmmaking.” —Shôhei Imamura
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- Director
- Shōhei Imamura
- Original Title
- 無法松故郷に帰る
- Country of Origin
- Japan
- Spoken Languages
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 52m
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Shōhei Imamura
Masao Tochizawa
Matsuo Takahashi
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Shōhei Imamura
Director
Masao Tochizawa
Director of Photography
Matsuo Takahashi
Producer
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What is Outlaw-Matsu Comes Home about?
“In Search of Unreturned Soldiers was about former soldiers of the Japanese army who chose not to return to Japan after the war. I found several of them who had remained in Thailand. Two years later, I invited one of them to make his first return visit to Japan and documented it in Outlaw-Matsu Returns Home. During the filming, my subject Fujita asked me to buy him a cleaver so that he could kill his ‘vicious brother.’ I was shocked, and asked him to wait a day so that I could plan how to film the scene. By the next morning, to my relief, Fujita had calmed down and changed his mind about killing his brother. But I couldn’t have had a sharper insight into the ethical questions provoked by this kind of documentary filmmaking.” —Shôhei Imamura
Who directed Outlaw-Matsu Comes Home?
Outlaw-Matsu Comes Home was directed by Shōhei Imamura.
Who stars in Outlaw-Matsu Comes Home?
The principal cast of Outlaw-Matsu Comes Home includes Shōhei Imamura.
When was Outlaw-Matsu Comes Home released and how long is it?
Outlaw-Matsu Comes Home was released in 1973 with a total runtime of 52m.