The Man Who Became A Camera: Photographer Takuma Nakahira
With his photography and texts, Takuma Nakahira was a driving force behind Japan’s «political season» during the ‘60s and ‘70s, before suffering an artistic crisis that lead him into a medical emergency in 1977. Having lost a great part of his memory and his ability to speak, photographs became his life. Over a period of three years, the movie follows Nakahira on his daily quest to trace his life in photographs, whether in his Yokohama neighborhood or on a journey to Okinawa, a place visited in a long gone past.
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The Man Who Became A Camera: Photographer Takuma Nakahira
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
Status
Released
Release Date
Jul 1, 2003
Runtime
1h 31m
Genres
Documentary
Original Title
カメラになった男—写真家 中平卓馬
Director
Masashi Kohara
Description
With his photography and texts, Takuma Nakahira was a driving force behind Japan’s «political season» during the ‘60s and ‘70s, before suffering an artistic crisis that lead him into a medical emergency in 1977. Having lost a great part of his memory and his ability to speak, photographs became his life. Over a period of three years, the movie follows Nakahira on his daily quest to trace his life in photographs, whether in his Yokohama neighborhood or on a journey to Okinawa, a place visited in a long gone past.
