Record of A Long White Line

Record of A Long White Line

1960 · 13 min · Documentary

Early experimental PR "cine-poem" by Toshio Matsumoto. Commissioned by Kansai Electricity, the film paints an abstract, near-wordless retelling of the development of power stations in Japan, through to the presumed oncoming advent of nuclear power.

Directed by Toshio Matsumoto

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