Photo of Akio Jissoji
Photo of Akio Jissoji

Akio Jissoji

“I like things that don't have a purpose. I don't like films whose purpose is to move people or give them strength. All of my own films are just the opposite — they don't have any purpose.”

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    POEM

    AKIO JISSOJI Japan, 1972

    Exploring the tensions between Eastern philosophy and Western modernity, this concluding part of Akio Jissôji’s spiritual trilogy is the New Wave iconoclast’s scathing critique of social power structures. An intimate, erotically-charged epic, Poem builds inexorably to its unforgettable final shot.

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