Tamotsu Kawasaki

Undersea Girls

A semidocumentary film about female pearl divers and fishermen.

Listen to the Voices of the Sea

This film is strongly anti-war film. The film is based on the collection of writings by Japanese student soldiers who died during World War II. The film is located to Burma. It shows the everyday problems of soldiers in contrast of their ideas and the cynicism of their commanders. Soldiers are also victims of military bullying by their commanders.

Street of Violence

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.

Phoenix

A Japanese war widow recalls her love affair with her deceased husband.