佐藤忠男、映画の旅
Journey into Sato Tadao
映画評論家・佐藤忠男の映画人生に迫ったドキュメンタリー。 独学で映画評論の道を開拓し、60年にわたる評論家人生で日本映画史を体系化した功績、そして後年にはライフワークとしてアジア映画を発掘し日本に先駆的に紹介した功績から、映画評論家として初めて文化功労者に選出されたことでも知られる佐藤忠男。庶民の目線から多岐に映画を論じ、アジアとの映画交流や後進の育成にも尽力したが、2022年3月に91歳で逝去した。 佐藤が学長を務めた日本映画学校（現日本映画大学）での教え子だった寺崎みずほが初監督を務め、2019年より佐藤に密着取材を実施。少年期の戦争体験や映画との出会い、映画人生の長い道のりを共に歩んだ最愛の妻・久子との出会い、そして佐藤が愛したインド映画「魔法使いのおじいさん」への思いなど、生前のインタビューや世界の映画関係者の証言を通してその人物像に迫り、佐藤の“たからもの”を探すべく日本からアジアへと旅に出る。
A documentary exploring the cinematic life of film critic Tadao Sato. Known for pioneering the path of film criticism as a self-taught scholar, systematizing Japanese film history over a 60-year career as a critic, and later discovering and introducing Asian cinema to Japan as a lifelong pursuit, Sato is also known as the first film critic to be selected as a Person of Cultural Merit. He discussed films from a wide range of perspectives through the eyes of ordinary people and devoted himself to film exchange with Asia and the nurturing of younger generations, but passed away in March 2022 at the age of 91. Mizuho Terasaki, a former student of Sato's at the Japan Film School (now Japan Institute of the Moving Image) where he served as president, makes her directorial debut, having closely followed Sato since 2019. Through interviews conducted during his lifetime and testimony from film figures around the world, the film delves into his character—his wartime experiences as a boy, his encounter with cinema, his meeting with his beloved wife Hisako who walked with him along the long road of his film life, and his affection for the Indian film The Magician's Grandpa—as it journeys from Japan to Asia in search of Sato's treasures.
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