Collapsed Swamp, or Painter Yamashita Kikuji (1976)

A documentary about the iconoclastic painter Yamashita Kikuji that depicts the 1969 Tomurai-ten (Funeral Exhibition) of then-recent work by Yamashita and his late older brother Taniguchi Kunbi, the living space he shared with his wife and his pet owls, and scenes of the artist at work.

Released Oct. 12, 1976 38 min None+