Beyond Borders: A Brief Introduction to the Work of Fujiwara Toshi. Issue 1 (1st March 2009)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bingham, Adam
• Is Part Of: Asian cinema. Volume 20:Issue 1(2009)
• Page Start: 155
• Page End: 165
• Publication Date: 2009-03-01
• Subjects: Motion pictures -- East Asia -- Periodicals; Motion pictures -- Southeast Asia -- Periodicals; Motion pictures -- Periodicals; Asians in motion pictures -- Periodicals; 791.43095
• DOI: 10.1386/ac.20.1.155_7
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1059-440X

Abstract

There can be few greater pleasures open to the committed and insatiable cinephile than the discovery of a new talent; the unearthing of a heretofore unheralded filmmaker one feels may potentially be a significant figure. The work of the Japanese director Fujiwara Toshi, in both documentaries and features, offers such a find: a small body of films that resonate across different genres, styles, and idioms to emerge as among the most interesting of any young Japanese director working today.