Tower of the Sun
SEKINE Kosai 関根光才
太陽の塔
Taiyō no tō

Japan
2018
112
Colour
English
subtitles

The documentary debut from SEKINE Kosai is about the artist, sculptor and architect OKAMOTO Taro and his infamous Tower of the Sun which was unveiled at the World Expo in Osaka in 1970. Using the tower as the starting point, this documentary uses many diverse forms of art, including dance and animation, to express everything OKAMOTO stood for. SEKINE Kosai’s feature film debut, Love at Least, will also be screened at CAMERA JAPAN this year.

Screening with Future Arita by ENDO Sato and Nicola UNGER (NL/Japan 2018, 17 min)

Het debuut als documentairemaker van SEKINE Kosai, wiens speelfilmdebuut Love at Least dit jaar ook vertoond wordt op CAMERA JAPAN, gaat over kunstenaar, beeldhouwer en architect OKAMOTO Taro. En met name over diens beruchte Tower of the Sun, gebouwd voor de World Expo in Osaka in 1970. Met de toren als uitgangspunt combineert deze documentaire diverse kunstvormen, inclusief dans en animatie, om te laten zien waar OKAMATO voor stond.

De vertoning wordt voorafgegaan door de korte film Future Arita van ENDO Sato en Nicola UNGER (NL/Japan 2018, 17 min)

http://taiyo-no-to-movie.jp/

About the Director

SEKINE Kosai majored in philosophy at Sophia University in Tokyo. In 2005, he directed the short film Right Place. In 2006, he won the Young Directors Award at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity for Daughter. SEKINE is involved with NOddIN, a collective of filmmakers and artists who make activist art in Japan.

2018 – Tower of the Sun (CJ 2019)
2018- Love at Least 生きてるだけで、愛