The Crazy Plan

As a rising star in the Japanese documentary world,Hara kazuo is undoubtedly a unique existence.In the late 1960 s,the Japanese political documentary was in great splendor.But he had publicly opposed to Ogawa Shinsuke's collective production mode.He turned to the independent production with a determined attitude and focused on the private sector.Hara kazuo made <Goodbye CP> and <Extremely Private Eros Love Song 1974> in a very intimate way.And the privacy of the subject is almost completely exposed.In the late 1980 s,when the Japanese documentary was diversified,he chose to transcend the conventional documentary form again.Hara kazuo finally made <The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On> and <A dedicated life> in an aggressive way.And he had a sharp satire on the subject with his unique narrative logic.Although his creative processes spanning more than ten years,but his focus and goal has never changed.That is to focus on the private emotional space with a keen sense of touch and bold camera language,and to try to capture the emotional privacy that people deliberately hide beneath the surface.He is unique in his creative method that was crazy planning.To build dramatic events by the director and to stimulate the subjects to perform hard by the camera.Hara kazuo made the real living space into the theater space,and forming a strong dramatic effect.In the end,he helped each individual release their emotional suppression through the lens,so as to explore the freedom of human beings and seek the liberation of self.This article combed the background and creative process of his documentary.The author is based on four controversial documentaries and reviewed his documentary thoroughly from these four angles which are his record philosophy,the theme,the artistic style of the film,and the ethical considerations for directors and works.This can construct the overall image of his works better and explore their artistic value in the history of Japanese documentaries.