
Directing
Hisaya Iwasa
Born — Died
1934-10-29 — 2013-05-04
Place of birth
Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan
Known for
Directing
Credits
10 titles
Known for
6.9After a young boy captures a rare butterfly in Nagasaki, a caterpillar begins a relay-trip toward the northern tip of Hokkaido, serving as a silent witness to a series of vignettes featuring people struggling with the psychological and social scars of post-war Japan.
Silence Has No Wings
1966
6.0About the struggles of day labourers to achieve dignity and a standard of living above the starvation level. Utilising the Zenshinza theatrical troupe.
Still I Live On
1951
NROmnibus about three actresses from different generations
Nemuremitsu
1976
NRThis documentary follows and records interviews with an actress in an underground theater troupe and others around her.
Am I An Actress?
1969
NRA 6-year-old Tibetan boy leaves his family and flees to a refugee camp in northern India.
OLO, the Boy from Tibet
2012
NRFollowing cine-tracts Hangun No. 1 to 3 about the course of the trial of Konishi Makoto, an anti-war SDF official accused of mutiny
Hangun No. 4
1972
Behind the camera
6.9After a young boy captures a rare butterfly in Nagasaki, a caterpillar begins a relay-trip toward the northern tip of Hokkaido, serving as a silent witness to a series of vignettes featuring people struggling with the psychological and social scars of post-war Japan.
Silence Has No Wings
1966
6.0About the struggles of day labourers to achieve dignity and a standard of living above the starvation level. Utilising the Zenshinza theatrical troupe.
Still I Live On
1951
NROmnibus about three actresses from different generations
Nemuremitsu
1976
NRThis documentary follows and records interviews with an actress in an underground theater troupe and others around her.
Am I An Actress?
1969
NRA 6-year-old Tibetan boy leaves his family and flees to a refugee camp in northern India.
OLO, the Boy from Tibet
2012
NRFollowing cine-tracts Hangun No. 1 to 3 about the course of the trial of Konishi Makoto, an anti-war SDF official accused of mutiny
Hangun No. 4
1972
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Tibet 2002
2002
A documentary film on traffic accidents and emergency responders in Japan amid increasing motorization.
Zero Dead: A Record of Traffic-Related Head Injury
1966
Koki Hirota, the former prime minister sentenced to death at the Tokyo Trials, spends the 41 days leading up to his execution.
A Tragic Prime Minister: The Life of Koki Hirota
1993
NRDocumentary on an elderly Tibetan refugee who has lived in Nepal for 40 years
Momo Chenga
2002
