Directing
Motoo Ogasawara
Known for
Directing
Credits
13 titles
Known for
Feature documentary to commemorate the engagement of the royal prince.
Crown Prince of Japan
1958
6.9An artistic and unconventional approach to winter sports, using striking visuals, sound design, and a focus on both the spectacle and the human element—including behind-the-scenes figures like ice maintenance workers—to create an intimate and aesthetically unique portrayal of the Olympics.
Sapporo Winter Olympics
1972
6.1Postwar Japan as it is described by Etsuko, the manager of a bar catering to foreigners in Yokosuka. The way of life of a woman brimming with vitality, who skipped the countryside right after the war and, with her womanhood as a weapon, lived through atomic bombings, black markets, prostitution aimed at American soldiers and the Korean War. Inserting newsreels, Shohei Imamura depicts the history of twenty-five years in the Japanese postwar by way of the female body. (doclisboa)
History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess
1970
The horrors of war and the devastating effects of the atomic bomb.
Hiroshima: A Mother's Prayer
1990
Unaware that the war had ended, two Japanese soldiers who had been hiding in the jungles of Guam returned home. During their sixteen years on the southern island, Japan had gone through a whirlwind of history, from defeat to reconstruction.
The Lost 16 Years
1960
NRDocumentary about the Tokyo Universiade Sports Competition.
Tokyo Universiade
1967
Behind the camera
Feature documentary to commemorate the engagement of the royal prince.
Crown Prince of Japan
1958
6.9An artistic and unconventional approach to winter sports, using striking visuals, sound design, and a focus on both the spectacle and the human element—including behind-the-scenes figures like ice maintenance workers—to create an intimate and aesthetically unique portrayal of the Olympics.
Sapporo Winter Olympics
1972
6.1Postwar Japan as it is described by Etsuko, the manager of a bar catering to foreigners in Yokosuka. The way of life of a woman brimming with vitality, who skipped the countryside right after the war and, with her womanhood as a weapon, lived through atomic bombings, black markets, prostitution aimed at American soldiers and the Korean War. Inserting newsreels, Shohei Imamura depicts the history of twenty-five years in the Japanese postwar by way of the female body. (doclisboa)
History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess
1970
The horrors of war and the devastating effects of the atomic bomb.
Hiroshima: A Mother's Prayer
1990
Unaware that the war had ended, two Japanese soldiers who had been hiding in the jungles of Guam returned home. During their sixteen years on the southern island, Japan had gone through a whirlwind of history, from defeat to reconstruction.
The Lost 16 Years
1960
NRDocumentary about the Tokyo Universiade Sports Competition.
Tokyo Universiade
1967
NRDocumentary about the Tokyo Universiade Sports Competition.
Tokyo Universiade
1967
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Crown Prince and Princess' American Tour
1960
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Crown Prince and Princess' American Tour
1960
NRA history of the Pacific War comprising of American combat footage with Japanese wartime newsreels
Secret Record: Complete History of the Pacific War
1975
6.0A documentary about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945.
Hiroshima: A Document of the Atomic Bombing
1970
NR1962 Japanese documentary
Kōtaishi go fusai no Ajia ryokō
1962
NRDocumentary on baseball player Shigeo Nagashima
Moeru otoko Nagashima Shigeo: eikō no se-bangō 3
1974
