Gods speed you, Black Emperor
Every Saturday evening, hundreds of bikers band together to hurtle through the streets of Tokyo. For more than two years, the film crew follows one of these gangs, known as the Black Emperor. After sharing the bikers’ existence, the crew gives an accurate picture of the group’s life – a picture which is far removed from the critical view of the man-in-the-street.
Il est remarqué dès son premier documentaire God Speeds You, Black Emperor, fonde sa maison Gunro Production et dirige des films de fiction :
Jukyu-sai no Chizu (Le plan de ses dix-neuf ans), 1979 – Saraba, Itoshiki Daichi (Saraba, adieu ma terre natale), 1982 – Himatsuri (Les feux d’Himatsuri), 1985 – Ai ni tsuite, Tokyo (About love, Tokyo), 1990. Il réalise un nouveau documentaire Tabisuru Pao Jiang Hu (Par monts et par vaux), 1995, puis une autre fiction Kamyu nante shiranai, 2005
Gunro Productions
Tomoyo Ushima
Kazuhara Urata; Shinpei Kikuchi
Katsutoshi Iwanaga