Extremely Beautiful Landscapes

Extremely Beautiful Landscapes

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 5, 2004

Runtime

0h 43m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

きわめてよいふうけい

Director

Takashi Homma

Description

In the late 1960s, photographer Takuma Nakahira published the legendary photography magazine Provoke with Daido Moriyama. With this edgy writings and photographs, Nakahira rejected preexisting photographic expression. In 1977, an alcohol-induced coma resulted in a permanent partial memory loss. In the following years, with gradual recovery, Nakahira started photographing stray cats, homeless, and thatched roofs in the neighborhood near his home in a monomaniac manner. This is documentary is a portrait of the Nakahira's daily life. Directed by photographer Takashi Homma.