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Delivering the rare masterworks of Japanese cinema
We're here for one reason: we love Japanese cinema. Unfortunately, many of the powerful and wonderful films we love aren’t available outside Japan, so naturally, our mission is to change that. Starting with The Roots of Japanese Anime, we'll present some of the classics and great works of Japanese cinema on information-rich, high-quality DVDs. Our main focus is anime and documentary, but as we scour archives and film festivals, our over-riding criteria are filmmaking excellence and historical significance, in whatever genre it's wrapped. Every DVD will come stocked with extra bonus features and commentaries by noted scholars sure to enlighten students, researchers, and even the casual observer of Japan. Along the way, we think you'll get a richer, truer conception of Japan and Japanese culture, how it is unique and groundbreaking, but also how it contributes to the splendor of world cinema and the history all of us share. Arigato. And don't miss... THE ROOTS OF JAPANESE ANIMEUntil the End of WW II A rare glimpse of early Japanese sound anime and prewar Japanese culture, The Roots of Japanese Anime features the masterworks of such pioneers of Japanese animation as Noburo Ofuji, Yasuji Murata, and Kenzo Masaoka, in addition to Mitsuyo Seo’s Momotaro’s Sea Eagle, the notorious war cartoon billed as Japan’s first feature anime. NOW AT A REDUCED PRICE! To learn more and order your copy, click here. |
Presenting THE DOCUMENTARIES OF NORIAKI TSUCHIMOTONoriaki Tsuchimoto is one of the most important figures in the history of Japanese documentary, famous for his compelling films on the shocking mercury poisoning incident in Minamata, Japan, and for his fascinating portraits of a modernizing Japan and a changing Asia. Tsuchimoto was involved in over 100 films, of different topics and styles, and Zakka Films is introducing four of those, starting with Minamata: The Victims and Their World, one of the masterpieces of world documentary; On the Road: A Document, a traffic safety documentary that was so powerfully critical it was shelved for 40 years; and two rare documents of Afghanistan before the Taliban filmed in the 1980s, including Traces: The Kabul Museum, the world’s only moving image record of a priceless collection that was largely lost to bombs and looting. WE'RE HONORED
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