Tatsuya Mori
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Tatsuya Mori (森 達也, Mori Tatsuya, born 10 May 1956) is a Japanese documentary filmmaker, TV director and author.
Career
Born in
One particular scene from A, in which a plainclothes policeman attacks an Aum follower who is then arrested for attacking the actual attacker (Mori was filming from a distance), sparked controversy among the audience watching the film.[citation needed] The footage was later introduced in court and the 'Aum attacker' was acquitted as a result. Filmmaker Mori was accused of staging the improbable incidents and using actors.[citation needed] Some even refused to believe the footage was shot inside the Aum facilities.[citation needed]
When A2, Mori's second controversial film about the cult was completed, the filmmaker declared his unwillingness to return to the Aum theme in the future.[citation needed] By his own admission, the efforts invested in production of the two documentaries did not bring him anything more than financial damage and troubles, due to limited scale of theatrical screening and refusal of TV broadcasting corporations to license the films (Mori refused to allow isolated scenes to be used in video sets to Aum-related news broadcasts).[citation needed] However, in 2010 he wrote a critically acclaimed book on the intervening decade of Aum entitled A3.
While his documentaries on Aum Shinrikyo were very controversial when they were being filmed and shown, Mori is today considered amongst Japan's most talented independent non-fiction filmmakers.[
He has also published many books on social issues and the media.
Selected filmography
- A (1998)
- A2 (2001)
- 311 (2011)
- Fake (2016)[5]
- i: Documentary of the Journalist[6] (2019)
- September 1923 (2023)[7]
References
- ^ a b "Dokyumentarī sakka Mori Tatsuya". Tamashii no shigotonin. iQ. November 2005. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
- ^ "Annual Archives: 1999 Programme". Berlinale. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
- ^ "Past Festivals: 2001". YIDFF. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
- ^ "Grief of March 11 disaster laid bare in new documentary". Japan Today. 9 October 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
- ^ "FAKE". eiga.com. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ "'i: Documentary of the Journalist': Japanese press freedom laid bare". Japan Times. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- ^ "福田村事件". eiga.com. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
External links
- Japan Times: "You just need to ask" - on films by Tatsuya Mori. Registration required (free).
- Midnight Eye: A. A review.