Cast: Arata Isozaki

Direction Tomomi Ishiyama

Cast Tadao Ando · Rem Coolhaas · Peter Eisenman · Yoshio Futagawa

Direction Taka Iimura · Ken McMullen · Bob Rosen · Andrea Simon

Cast Richard Brilliant · Arata Isozaki · Michael Wilson

Synopsis The Program for Art on Film was a joint venture of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the J. Paul Getty Trust. It was established in 1984 to foster new ways of thinking about the relationship between art and moving-image...

Direction Michael Blackwood

Cast Tadao Ando · Kenneth Frampton · Itsuko Hasegawa · Arata Isozaki

Synopsis Japan's establishment as an economic superpower led to a Golden Age of Japanese architecture. Six innovators stand out particularly, fusing Japanese traditions with modern materials and technology.

Direction Nam June Paik

Cast Dick Cavett · Philip Glass · Keith Haring · Arata Isozaki

Synopsis Challenging Rudyard Kipling's quote "East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet", the film links together cultural and musical events taking place simultaneously in Tokyo, Seoul, and New York into a single live show.

Direction Marty Gross

Cast Naonori Kawamura · Arata Isozaki · John Nathan · Noriko Nomura

Synopsis This documentary, detailing the working relationship between director Hiroshi Teshigahara and writer Kobo Abe, features interviews with critics and a number of the filmmaker's associates and friends, including film programmer and professor Richard Peña, Japanese-film scholars Donald Richie and Tadao...

Direction Michael Blackwood

Cast Arata Isozaki · Aiko Miyawaki · Kenzo Tange

Synopsis Renowned architect, Arata Isozaki creates with a rare and specific hand, blending his Japanese culture and education with classic Western aesthetics. Inspired deeply by the architecture he saw in Europe, Isozaki's buildings appear both grand and delicate, entirely aware of...

Direction Michael Blackwood

Cast Michael Eisner · Toshio Hara · Arata Isozaki · Richard Koshalek

Synopsis Through a blend of Japanese history and Western influence, Arata Isozaki has built a career around his boldly distinctive architectural style. Constantly challenging the concepts of space, form and tradition, Isozaki's work dares us to imagine a merging of cultures...

Direction Jeff Perkins

Cast Bruce Conner · Samuel Francis · Al Held · Walter Hopps

Synopsis Forty years in the making, 'The Painter Sam Francis' is artist Jeffrey Perkins' intimate portrait of abstract expressionist painter Sam Francis. The film retraces Francis' life and career from his childhood in California to his artistic maturation in post-war Paris,...