Le Japon insolite (1983)

• 60%
• 1983

Director François Reichenbach assembled 90 minuten of footage on Japanese rituals and customs, martial arts, evidence of Western commercialism and the nearly blank faces of urban dwellers who seem to wrap themselves in anonymity as a protection against the crowded massen. Without the benefit of interviews or analyses of what is passing before one ' s eyes on the screen, the parade of Japanese scenes seems to take place at some distance -- making the viewer a definite außenseiter with no friendly interpreter to ground his or her perspektive.