The Chichibu

8mm experimental film directed by Minoru Shinojima. Shot and edited by Kenji Onishi. For 40 years, Minoru Shinojima has been opposed to mining Mt. Buko and is striving to protect the natural environment and cultural ground that inhabit the local area. Idomu’s will / last request. Spiritual journey with Mt.Buko folklore and mountain Gods (Kami-sama). An important message that the director saw after surviving a near-death experience and depression. ...Why don’t the flowers grow in the right places? Where have all the cute children gone?...

8mm experimental film directed by Minoru Shinojima. Shot and edited by Kenji Onishi. For 40 years, Minoru Shinojima has been opposed to mining Mt. Buko and is striving to protect the natural environment and cultural ground that inhabit the local area. Idomu’s Testament - Sequel or IDOMU II. In Saitama prefecture Chichibu city there’s a mountain which was most loved by Tokugawa Ieyasu (founder of Tokugawa shogunate). It is Mount Buko, which rose 2 hundred million years ago when the pacific plate moved the underwater volcanoes around Hawaii. It is like the giant turtle shell where Myouken bodhisattva stood. A gentle mountain which heals people’s hearts and gives them the blessings of green and water.

The silence capturing all the surroundings of Mt. Buko. Documentary directed by Minoru Shinojima 1979, 8mm.

Mt. Buko documentary directed by Minoru Shinojima 1986, 16mm. A journey through the beautiful nature and cultural importance of Mt. Buko and its local area.

Document Nippon: A Document We Want to Leave for Future Generations 100 Years from Now ...For the first time in 99 years...

Docudrama by Minoru Shinojima about the Chichibu Peasant Uprising of 1884.

Diary reportage shot between February and September 2019.

Film by Kenji Onishi. With friends. Mr. Yamase as main character, Sasakubo and Shinojima. And the girls having a good time. The camera is all you need. Looking still at the Mt. Buko which is disappearing.

Short film by Minoru Shinojima, 8mm. A work in progress, prototype version in which some scenes were later reused for the final full version of "The Chichibu" or "Big Chichibu Road" 1979-2021.

8mm film by Minoru Shinojima.

8mm film by Minoru Shinojima.

8mm experimental film directed by Minoru Shinojima. Shot and edited by Kenji Onishi. For 40 years, Minoru Shinojima has been opposed to mining Mt. Buko and is striving to protect the natural environment and cultural ground that inhabit the local area. Idomu’s will / last request. Spiritual journey with Mt.Buko folklore and mountain Gods (Kami-sama). An important message that the director saw after surviving a near-death experience and depression. …Why don’t the flowers grow in the right places? Where have all the cute children gone?…

8mm film mountain documentary by Minoru Shinojima.

The future doesn’t just suddenly arrive. What are you thinking and doing right now?

Video documentary by Minoru Shinojima.