Masao Adachi & Nagisa Ôshima

Nagisa Ôshima, famed talent of the Japanese New Wave, is considered one of the most inventive and committed filmmakers of his generation. While he began as another cog in the system, he soon found himself struck by limitations - notably his own studio’s distribution ban on his film "Night and Fog in Japan". He shared with Wakamatsu, and even more so with Adachi, a passion for adventurous, anti-establishment cinema. He spent many nights in the Shinjuku bars with Adachi and collaborated with him in three projects: the two films presented in this cycle as well as "Diary of a Shinjuku Thief".