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Tarō Okamoto
Born February 26, 1911 · Kanagawa, Japan
Died January 7, 1996 · aged 84
Tarō Okamoto was a Japanese artist, art theorist, and writer. He is particularly well known for his avant-garde paintings and public sculptures and murals, and for his theorization of traditional Japanese culture and avant-garde artistic practices.
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Onibaba · 1964Onibaba
★ 7.71964
MovieHorror
While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who stray into their swamp, then selling whatever valuables they find. Both are devastated when they learn that Kichi has died, but his wife soon begins an affair with a neighbor who survived the war, Hachi. The mother disapproves and, when she can't steal Hachi for herself, tries to scare her daughter-in-law with a mysterious mask from a dead samurai.
Warning from Space · 1956Warning from Space
★ 5.31956
MovieScience FictionHorror
Large star-shaped aliens travel to earth in hopes of warning them about an oncoming catastrophe. To prevent panic about their appearance, one alien takes the form of a popular singer.
Taroman Expo Explosion · 2025Taroman Expo Explosion
★ 9.02025
MovieActionScience Fiction
Osaka was the the site of Expo ’70, and among the most memorable elements of the event, standing to this day, is the "Tower of the Sun", a 70-metre-tall sculpture/building envisioned and designed by renowned artist Taro Okamoto, who some call “the Japanese Picasso”. This film is a theatrical adaptation of "TAROMAN", a tokusatsu series re-envisioning Okamoto's most famous pieces as surrealist superheroes and villains, with Ultraman-like TAROMAN, based on the Tower itself, at the forefront of it all.
Escape from Japan · 1964Escape from Japan
★ 5.71964
MovieDramaCrime
As Japan is preparing to host the Olympics, a gang member wanting to go to America is sought after by the police after helping his friend conduct a robbery.
TAROMAN · 2022TAROMAN
★ 7.02022
SeriesAction & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy
The protagonist TAROMAN engages in surreal and nonsensical interactions while battling strange creatures. The creatures confronting him are brought to life from the work of artist Taro Okamoto, such as "Sprinting Eye" and "Sulking Child". An action-packed tokusatsu tribute to one of Japan's most influential painters and sculptors!
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