Shocking, confrontational, and made with white-hot fury, these radical documentariesdirected by Kazuo Hara and produced by his wife and longtime creative partner, Sachiko Kobayashigive voice to the outsiders and iconoclasts who wage war against the conformism of modern Japanese society. From a woman willing to risk everything on her journey toward personal and sexual liberation (Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974) to a man whose quest to expose Japanese wartime atrocities borders on madness (The Emperors Naked Army Marches On), the unforgettable subjects of these films are invited to be collaborators in Hara and Kobayashis process, resulting in works of unmatched power and immediacy.

Goodbye CP

An early documentary to portray the experiences of disabled people with compassion and complexity, Kazuo Haras searing debut is also one of the most unflinching films ever made about what it means to be an outsider. Prod