Naomi Kawase's documentary about Nishii Kazuo, a photo critic. He is the last chief editor for the Camera Mainichi magazine, rushing through his time with Araki Nobuyoshi and Moriyama Daido as provocative artists in the photograph world.
Direction
Kawase's patient, loving gaze—she's saying goodbye too.
Editing
Still images breathe with elegiac rhythm.
Director
Naomi Kawase
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Nishii championed the 'are, bure, boke' (grainy, blurry, out-of-focus) aesthetic that defined 1970s Japanese photography.
Title references Nishii's final essay about photographing cherry blossoms while hospitalized.
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