Four Seasons: Utopiano (Shoichiro Sasaki, 1980) w/ English Subs

Originally aired January 12, 1980, on the NHK, this made-for-TV movie by Shoichiro Sasaki (Dream Island Girl) is a quiet monument, a beautiful and interior thing that's like, The Velvet Underground of Japanese film in the sense that it seems like everybody who saw it went on to become a major player in the film world. Shunji Iwai tried to copy it as a student; Hirokazu Kore-eda has held lectures on it; Shinya Tsukamoto has been open about how influential it was to him; etc etc etc. A recursive poem filmed with the eyes of a dream, staggering and ahead of its time and FINALLY, for the first time, available to watch in English! you can find more of my work, including essays, fiction, and translations, here: https://www.tsundokudiving.com/ if you want to donate a buck: https://ko-fi.com/baxters my bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cosmicspooks.bsky...