Shinsuke Ogawa

Japanese: 小川紳介 - おがわしんすけ
Shinsuke Ogawa

Film director. Born on June 25, 1935 in Kamado Village, Gifu Prefecture (now Kamado, Mizunami City). Dropped out of the Faculty of Literature at Kokugakuin University in 1957 (Showa 32). Worked as an assistant director at Iwanami Productions from 1960, went freelance in 1964 and made the documentary Sea of ​​Youth: Four Correspondence Course Students (1966). Founded Ogawa Productions in 1968 and made seven feature films about the farmers' movement against the construction of Narita Airport, living in their villages and fighting alongside them. These works range from Japan Liberation Front: Summer at Sanrizuka (1968) to Sanrizuka: May Sky, Village's Wandering Road (1977). After this, he lived in Makinomura, Kaminoyama, Yamagata Prefecture, and made "Nipponkoku: Furuyashikimura" (1982) and "1000-Year-Old Sundial: Makinomura Monogatari" (1987). His method of filming themes that explore what it means to be a farmer and what it means to be a rural village while living with the villagers became known internationally as one of the ultimate ways of making documentaries, and he particularly influenced Asian filmmakers. He passed away on February 7, 1992.

[Tadao Sato]

Documents List of Director's Works

The Sea of ​​Youth: Four Correspondence Course Students (1966)
Record of the Struggle at Takasaki University of Economics (1967)
First-hand report: Record of the Haneda struggle (1967)
Japan Liberation Front: Summer in Sanrizuka (1968)
Japan Liberation Front Sanrizuka (1970)
Sanrizuka: Battle to prevent the third compulsory survey (1970)
People of Sanrizuka Second Fort (1971)
Sanrizuka: A steel tower was built on the rocky mountain (1972)
Sanrizuka Heda Village (1973)
Don't worry! Humanity Festival: Kotobuki, the city of free workers (1975)
Visit to the Clean Center (1976)
Sanrizuka: May Sky and the Village Road (1977)
Story of Makino: Silkworm Farming (1977)
Makino Monogatari: Pass (1977)
Nippon Country: Old House Village (1982)
The 1000-Year Sundial: The Story of Makino Village (1987)
Manzan Red Persimmons, Kaminoyama - A Journey with Persimmons and People (2001)

"Eiga Shimbun ed. Talking about Ogawa Shinsuke -- The trajectory of a documentary director" (1992, Film Art Co.)""Ogawa Shinsuke and Hasumi Shigehiko, Nagoya Cinematheque Series: Ogawa Shinsuke" (1993, Furindo)" ▽ "Kimura Michio, A Red Bird Flew to a Village in Yamagata -- 25 Years with Ogawa Shinsuke Productions" (2010, Nanatsumori Shoten)""Ogawa Shinsuke and Yamane Sadao ed., Harvesting Films -- In Search of Documentary Bliss, Revised and Enlarged Edition (2012, Ohta Publishing)"

[References] | Documentary films

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

映画監督。昭和10年6月25日、岐阜県釜戸(かまど)村(現、瑞浪(みずなみ)市釜戸)に生まれる。1957年(昭和32)、国学院大学文学部中退。1960年から岩波映画製作所で助監督として働き、1964年にフリーとなってドキュメンタリーの『青年の海 四人の通信教育生たち』(1966)をつくる。1968年に小川プロダクションを設立し、成田空港の建設に反対する農民たちの運動を、彼らの村に住み込んで農民たちといっしょに闘争しながら長篇7本にまとめる。『日本解放戦線 三里塚の夏』(1968)から『三里塚 五月の空・里のかよい路』(1977)に至る作品である。このあと山形県上山(かみのやま)市牧野村に住み込んで『ニッポン国 古屋敷村』(1982)と『1000年刻みの日時計 牧野村物語』(1987)をつくる。農民とはなにか、農村とはなにかというテーマを、村で村人たちといっしょに暮らしながら撮るという彼の方法は、ドキュメンタリーの作り方の一つの究極として国際的にも知られ、とくにアジアの映画作家たちに影響を与えた。平成4年2月7日没。

[佐藤忠男]

資料 監督作品一覧

青年の海 四人の通信教育生たち(1966)
圧殺の森 高崎経済大学闘争の記録(1967)
現認報告書 羽田闘争の記録(1967)
日本開放戦線 三里塚の夏(1968)
日本解放戦線 三里塚(1970)
三里塚 第三次強制測量阻止斗争(1970)
三里塚 第二砦の人々(1971)
三里塚 岩山に鉄塔が出来た(1972)
三里塚 辺田部落(1973)
どっこい! 人間節 寿・自由労働者の街(1975)
クリーン・センター訪問記(1976)
三里塚 五月の空・里のかよい路(1977)
牧野物語 養蚕篇 映画のための映画(1977)
牧野物語 峠(1977)
ニッポン国 古屋敷村(1982)
1000年刻みの日時計 牧野村物語(1987)
満山紅柿 上山――柿と人とのゆきかい(2001)

『映画新聞編『小川紳介を語る――あるドキュメンタリー監督の軌跡』(1992・フィルムアート社)』『小川紳介・蓮実重彦著『名古屋シネマテーク叢書 小川紳介』(1993・風琳堂)』『木村迪夫著『山形の村に赤い鳥が飛んできた――小川紳介プロダクションとの25年』(2010・七つ森書館)』『小川紳介著・山根貞男編『映画を穫る――ドキュメンタリーの至福を求めて』増補改訂版(2012・太田出版)』

[参照項目] | ドキュメンタリー映画

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