There are two documentaries screening at The Tokyo Photographic Art Museum from September 12 to September 24. One of them is a new release. Since it starts today, here’s the post ahead of the weekend!
Pencil and Gun 
鉛筆と銃 長倉洋海の眸（め） 「Enpitsu to Juu Nagakura Hiromi no Hitomi (me)」
Release Date: September 12th, 2023
Duration: 90 mins.
Director: Atsunori Kawamura
Writer: N/A
Starring: Hiromi Nagakura,
Director Atsunori Kawamura has tracked the activities of veteran photographer Hiromi Nagakura in Afghanistan in a number of documentaries for TV. This documentary will be at the Tokyo Photographic Museum and a number of mini theatres over the autumn.
Synopsis: Hiromi Nagakura, a veteran photographer who has worked around the world, is the subject of this documentary which looks at his ties to Afghanistan. Those ties began in 1983 when he met and got to know a resistance leader named Masood. Even after Masood’s assassination at the hands of Islamic extremists in 2001, Nagakura kept visiting. One reason was a small mountain school established by Masood in his hometown in the Pansir Valley. Nagakura established an NGO to support that school and goes there every year to record the children’s growth.
Maruki Iri Maruki Toshi Okinawa-sen no zuzen 14-bu / Okinawa-sen no Zu
丸木位里 丸木俊 沖縄戦の図 全14部 「Maruki Iri Maruki Toshi Okinawa-sen no zuzen 14-bu」
Release Date: July 15th, 2023
Duration: 88 mins.
Director: Atsunori Kawamura
Writer: N/A
Starring: Narise Arakaki, Bunyo Ishikawa, Yumiko Shimabukuro, Osamu Taira, Etsumi Taira,
Synopsis: Maruki Iri and Maruki Toshi are painters who have created works based on “The Battle of Okinawa,” “The Atomic Bomb,” “The Nanking Massacre,” and “Auschwitz”. Their preparation included listening to the testimonies of those who had experienced the war and visiting locations. This documentary specifically looks at their Okinawa work.