For the month of August at the BFI, the UK's first retrospective of films from the Art Theatre Guild of Japan will have a glorious run with many classic and obscure titles playing on the big screen.

'Shinjuku Diaries: Films from The Art Theatre Guild of Japan' celebrates a period in the 1960's and 70's when Japan's film industry was experiencing considerable shifts in its development. The Art Theatre Guild of Japan (ATG), became an alternative to traditional film culture, bringing together outcasts and countercultural icons. Beginning with Imamura's genre blurring 'A Man Vanishes' and Oshima's absurdist farce 'Death by Hanging', ATG became the driving force behind a burst of creativity that molded a generation of Japanese filmmakers. The BFI season finishes with the iconic Terayama's 'Pastoral Hide and Seek' a fantastical look at a man's past, present and future.

Full information on all films playing can be found at:
http://www.bfi.org.uk/whatson/bfi_southbank/film_programme/august_season...

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