Special Screenings

Japan / 2018 / 166 min.
Director: TOYODA Toshiaki

A mysterious and wondrous islands surrounded by an unparalleled natural environment exists in Tokyo Prefecture that is referred to as the Galapagos of the East. They are called the Ogasawara Islands. A man lives on one of these islands. He is 65-year-old MIYAGAWA Noritsugu, a legendary surfer–a tarzan of the sea–who established the world's first swimming-with-dolphins tour. Artists of every type are summoned to the island and shown around by MIYAGAWA. The imaginative power of these intensely perceptive individuals is drawn out by this tour and a never-before-seen Ogasawara comes to life. In order to chronicle these islands, director TOYODA Toshiaki moved to Ogasawara and took 5 years to complete this documentary. The film's pièce de résistance are the scenes didgeridoo instrumentalist GOMA, actors KUBOZUKA Yosuke and SHIBUKAWA Kiyohiko, drummer NAKAMURA Tatsuya, and guitarist YAMAJI Kazuhide are performing out among majestic natural surroundings.