A Shape of Time - the composer Jo Kondo

Jo Kondo (*1947) is one of the most interesting composers of contemporary music in Japan. His music is composed intuitively and at the same time it is highly abstract. Without clear directionality and at the same time not without form. For a Japanese audience it sounds “Western” and in the West it is regarded “Japanese”. A music in between categories. Like Kondo’s music the film is shifting between places and directions: a concert in the Muziekgebouw in Amsterdam, an elaborate sushi bar in Tokyo, a CD-production in a Cologne radio station, the Zuisenji temple in Kondo’s neighborhood in Kamakura. Kondo wants his music to appear “normal”, without spectacular surface or narrative elements. A concept of “normality” you may also find in the films of Japanese filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu, who – like Kondo – spent most of his life in Kamakura.

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Call Us Ishmael

Call Us Ishmael

2018

RINO – Příběh špiona

RINO – Příběh špiona

2016

20 × Brandenburg

20 × Brandenburg

2010

Man on the Bus

Man on the Bus

2019

Chacrinha: Eu Vim para Confundir e Não para Explicar

Chacrinha: Eu Vim para Confundir e Não para Explicar

2021

Harder Than Everest

Harder Than Everest

1987

The Real Charlie Chaplin

The Real Charlie Chaplin

2021

Carmen

Carmen

1989

Piazza Garibaldi

Piazza Garibaldi

2011

France / Tour / Detour / Two / Children

France / Tour / Detour / Two / Children

1979

Six fois deux/Sur et sous la communication

1976

The Phantom of the Operator

The Phantom of the Operator

2004

Fleetwood Mac: Tusk

Fleetwood Mac: Tusk

1980

Fire on the Track: The Steve Prefontaine Story

Fire on the Track: The Steve Prefontaine Story

1995

Breakin' 'n' Enterin'

1983

School of Babel

School of Babel

2014

Thomas Keating: A Rising Tide of Silence

Thomas Keating: A Rising Tide of Silence

2014

Undressing Israel: Gay Men in the Promised Land

Undressing Israel: Gay Men in the Promised Land

2013

The Journey: Mother Ocean

The Journey: Mother Ocean

2016

XV Beyond the Tryline

XV Beyond the Tryline

2016