Art Theatre Guild
By: John
If you are unfamiliar with the Art Theatre Guild, and would like to read up on it, then you can peruse Roland Domenig’s article here. There is very little I could add to that research, as it is very thorough.
Basically, the ATG was a a collection of Japanese filmmakers and distributors from about 1962 to 1984 who broke away from what they saw as the limitations of large-scale studio filmmaking, and instead went off on their own to produce new, interesting works. The typical production model was that the filmmaker had to raise 50% of his proposed budget, and then the ATG would pay the other half.
The only thing I’m aware of to compare it to would be the Czech New Wave, as to me, both are so wildly innovative, and totally break away from established norms. In my opinion, the ATG was the most creative phase of Japanese cinema. This is a compendium of all films produced under that logo.
Nanami: Inferno of First Love
Preparation for the Festival
Heroic Purgatory
Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets
Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
Coup d’Etat
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01Shôhei Imamura
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02Nagisa Ôshima
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03Susumu Hani
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04Kihachi Okamoto
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05Toshio Matsumoto
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06Masahiro Shinoda
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07Nagisa Ôshima
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08Toshio Matsumoto
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09Nagisa Ôshima
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10Akio Jissoji
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11Yoshishige Yoshida
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12Kazuo Kuroki
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13Shûji Terayama
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14Akio Jissoji
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15Shûji Terayama
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16Toshio Matsumoto
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17Shûji Terayama
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18Nagisa Ôshima
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19Akio Jissoji
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20Susumu Hani
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21Kôji Wakamatsu
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22Nagisa Ôshima
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23Yasuzo Masumura
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24Kon Ichikawa
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25Yoshishige Yoshida
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26Kôichi Saitô
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27Masahiro Shinoda
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28Akio Jissoji
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29Shûji Terayama
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30Kazuo Kuroki
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31Kazuhiko Hasegawa
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32Yoichi Higashi
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33Yasuzo Masumura
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34Yoichi Higashi
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35Kichitaro Negishi
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36Nobuhiko Obayashi
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37Nobuo Nakagawa
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38Yoshimitsu Morita
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39Toshiharu Ikeda
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40Sogo Ishii
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41Shûji Terayama
