Video Portraits – Men: Shuntarō Tanikawa

Part of a series of “video portraits,” personal, one-on-one documentaries that Michishita made about various men in Japanese culture whom she considered positive counterpoints to the prevailing chauvinism of the time. Tanikawa, the acclaimed poet and translator, speaks to Michishita about Yoko Ono, true love, and the meaning of life.

Video Portraits – Men: Shuntarō Tanikawa is presented alongside Being Women in Japan Series: Liberation Within My Family and Cherry Blossoms as part of the April 2026 edition of e-flux Film’s series Staff Picks featuring Kyoko Michishita. This edition of Staff Picks is organized in collaboration with Vtape.

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