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Foreign Correspondent - The Case of a Filmmaker
JAPAN · 1968

Foreign Correspondent - The Case of a Filmmaker

Nobuhiko Obayashi
Japanese cinema artistic identity cross-cultural encounter creative process experimental filmmaking
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Synopsis

This is a work of Nobuhiko Obayashi when he was around 30 years old. This semi-documentary from the perspective of a young designer visiting Japan from Northern Europe tells the story of the filmmaker Nobuhiko Obayashi and his friends who the young designer encounters in Japan.

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